Hyphens Discography of CDs

Hyphens music CDs Embracing everything from early rock & soul to punk, The Hyphens combine an energetic live show with with their own infectious brand of rock & roll. They've drawn comparisons to The Shods, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Real Kids, Graham Parker and even legendary acts like The Valentinos. The Hyphens include alumni of Boston-based bands Agent 13, Lake Boone and The Brothers of Intention, as well as the popular Washington DC outfit ...

Hyphens discography What's The Hyphens?The irresistible toe-tappin fun of 50s rock & roll. The raw sweat and energy of 60s garage-soul. The bare-bones "fuck you" of 70s punk. Rock & roll that doesn't discriminate, even against those of the most discriminating tastes. Rock & roll that belongs to me, you and anyone else with a little rebellion up their sleeve. Rock & roll the way it was meant to be. THAT is The Hyphens.

Hyphens CD discography Sandinista! was the most glorious folly of the Clash's career, an epic-scale three-LP set in which the band seemed determined to try a little bit of everything and offer it all for public perusal, whether it actually worked or not. That a significant majority of the album's experiments actually succeeded didn't quite compensate for the fact the ones that didn't hit the ground with a mighty thud, or that the sheer scale of the thing made it the rock equivalent of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a marvel of obsessive ambition that was ultimately too big to fly. If you want to pay homage to the Clash, Sandinista! seems like a curious place to start, but rock writer Jimmy Guterman, who confesses a great sentimental attachment to the album, has compiled The Sandinista! Project, a tribute album in which thirty-five acts cover Sandinista!'s 36 songs in their original sequence (appropriately, Jon Langford and Sally Timms tackle both "Junco Partner" and its dub variant, "Version Partner"). The eclecticism that was Sandinista!'s calling card has carried over to the ...