Sister Sweetly by Big Head Todd & The Monsters

Pros: Evocative, interesting, great melodies, good performances...
Cons: Not necessarily the most creative thing I've ever heard...

I've never been much a fan of Big Head Todd and The Monsters. I suppose my main issue with the band has to do with their 1994 album Strategem. It is this release that I was first exposed to them and it is also this release that is probably regarded as ...

Pros: Hooks, riffs and chords galore!
Cons: Why aren't these guys HUGE?

Sometimes I think I must have been living under a rock, musically for much of the past decade. A more likely culprit is my overweening fascination with trippy hippie nostalgia, and a questionable addiction to Oldies Radio, circa 70's and 80's.
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Pros: Infectious songs and Mohr has a great voice
Cons: Somewhat depressing songs

There is no question that grunge as an influential and dynamic period in popular music. Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden changed the face of music when they burst onto the scene in 1992. At the same time, there was another musical revolution that went ...

Pros: Bittersweet
Cons: The rest of the album doesn't measure up to Bittersweet

I listened to the Sister Sweetly album several times. The songs are ok and you may find some more appealing than others, but the song that pops is Bittersweet. I had heard the song Bittersweet years ago just once. Big Head Todd and the Monsters never ...

Pros: Many great melodies, lyrics and performances
Cons: Feel of record may bore some

This record combines all the elements that make Big Head Todd and the Monsters a group I listen to regularly, despite their fairly limited radio airplay. You have some funky blues in Groove Thing, tender acoustic melodies (Brother John)...