Bio
With the release of his second CD, "The Wonderful World of Mandrew," Twin Cities musician Mike Andrew continues his slightly off-kilter, power-poppy journey. "The Wonderful World of Mandrew" is filtered through the sounds of the Beatles, Beach Boys and the Zombies, mixed with the lyrical and musical stylings of Elvis (Costello), The Shins,and Buzzcocks, with a shot of 60s guitar-driven garage-pop, and a dusting of alt-country. It brings a bit more of a focused edge stylistically than his first release, with more instrumental depth and production expertise.
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Flash crítica MANDREW "The wonderful world of..." (2007)
Tranquilos todos aquellos a los que el (ligero) pinchazo del último trabajo de James Mercer y los suyos les haya provocado alguna que otra dolencia cardiaca. El bálsamo lo encontrarán con el debut en largo de este quinteto de Saint Paul titulado de manera acertadísima "The wonderful world of Mandrew", y es que el debut de este combo liderado por Mike Andrew viene con desfibrilador y marcapasos incorporado (por si...
CD of the Day, 3/13/07: Mandrew-The Wonderful World of Mandrew
Last month I told you about Mandrew, and his great debut album on eMusic. Well, here's his new one, and it's another quality outing which falls somewhere between "power pop" and "indie pop". Whether it's the rocking "Burning" (which sounds like Paul McCartney fronting Collective Soul), the Jon Brion-ish "Expanding The Collection", the Beatles-by-way-of-Matthew-Sweet "I...
Comments
posted on Apr 10 at 8:01 pm
Hey guys thanks for joining up! Nice musics!
posted on Apr 10 at 10:38 am
Great stuff man. Your influences are transparent, and yet you wrap them up and create something entirely your own. Great shit man-drew!
