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The Wizard of Garage
Kent H. Benjamin
PETE HOLLY The Wizard of Garage Look's Music Pop Culture Press review issue 45 fall '98 Pete Holly's been making critically-acclaimed cassettes of his homemade and homeplayed songs for quite some time. The Wizard of Garage is a CD collection of new and old highlights. While a decidely lo-fi affair, the album is overall quite charming and interesting. Holly's not the best singer, tending to waver around the notes a lot, but in a similar manner to Lucinda Williams, that just makes his primarily romantic songs sound that much more touching and vulnerable. In places it reminds me of Jonathan Richman, in places of a non-political Billy Bragg, yet all ultimately coming from a Beatles-descended power pop feel, even though many of the songs are just voice and acoustic guitars. Holly certainly has good taste and good influences, and it's easy to imagine many of these songs being successfully covered by other artists, much as happened with Austin's Daniel Johnston. Some of my favorites are "Hard To Love A Man (Who Loves His Guitar)," "Rock'n'Roll Street." and "Wish I Knew You." The Wizard of Garage is a quirky, but very likeable introduction to an artist who may very well become well-known, or at least a major cult success. Recommended, but not for everbody.
Sound Advice, by J.D. Hunter
The following article is from "Sound Advice" written by J.D. Hunter of the Boise Weekly- Under the Influence of Television The beat flows along predictably, the songs make simple sense, and, I'm not sure why, but the no surprise tunes of Pete Holly inspire. His seemingly-pointless-yet-poetic stories ramble on, relating subliminal information unbeknownst to ordinary consciousness. Holly describes the original punk movement, circa 1976, as a catalyst for his talent. He heard some songs from KBSU's... read more
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ASIN: B00000IWTD Release Date: 2000-03-11 |
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