Superdrag's second major-label album, Head Trip in Every Key, lacks anything as immediately grabbing as Regretfully Yours' knockout punch, "Sucked Out," but on the whole, the album is nearly as good as its predecessor. Sonically, the group's attack has tightened up considerably -- the guitars are punchier, the rhythms more visceral -- and the hooks are sharper. John Davis still has a tendency to strain his voice too much, but that's a minor flaw, since Superdrag delivers punk-pop with style.
Right now, I'm listening to a Superdrag CD. I don't know why I waited this long to get it - for almost 10 years, I subsisted on a dinky cassette tape. It's ancient and I liked that about it. It was my first exposure and I couldn't give it up. That cassette, man. I listened to it so many times the tape literally broke inside. I could hear the music of "She is a Holy Grail" in my dreams, the thi...
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On this coming April 11th "Superdrag":http://mog.com/music/Superdrag and "Nada Surf":http://mog.com/music/Nada_Surf are playing up in New York City. I think my greatest musical regret of 2007 was not seeing Superdrag when they played at the 9:30 Club back in November, so I don't want to pass up this opportunity to see them.Plan is to take the train up to NYC from DC Friday morning, catch some sit
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Right now, I'm listening to a Superdrag CD. I don't know why I waited this long to get it - for almost 10 years, I subsisted on a dinky cassette tape. It's ancient and I liked that about it. It was my first exposure and I couldn't give it up. That cassette, man. I listened to it so many times the tape literally broke inside. I could hear the music of "She is a Holy Grail" in my dreams, the thi...
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