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Here are reviews, songs clips from The Action!, Rocko Dorsey and Mat BurkePosted by Mark Bialczak December 28, 2008 5:59AMHere's my Post-Standard review of "Exploding Radio" by The Action!
Here's how to explode a radio, according to The Action!
Take two trumpet and two trombone players. Turn them loose.
Add hard rock guitar, bass and drums. Set them free.
Allow the singer to express himself.
The Syracuse band exudes energy on "Exploding Radio." Recorded at SubCat Music Studios in Skaneateles, the ensemble work of Mike Gibson on lead vocals and guitar, Chris Nolan and Brandon Hall on trumpet and vocals, Dave Piwinkski and Dan King on trombone, Adam Carkey on bass and Craig Chamberlain time and again builds to a peak of excitement.
They start with the title cut, a 38-second acoustic intro stark and full of old-time vinyl ticks and pops.
That jumps into the warm glow of "This Is Gonna Hurt," swimming with slightly mysterious horn work that'll make you want to take a look around to see if Bond, James Bond, is lurking around the corner.
The 12-original-song journey rolls from good times and reggae sweetness in "New Old Friend" to a stolid piece of denial in "I Don't Love You" to the 1940s-feel of "Louie the Lounge Singer." That last one rings of Cab Calloway's gem "Minnie the Moocher," full and flattering.
And who can't smile at an ode to a favorite pooch? In "Dooleytown," Nolan sings, "You will always be my dog." Now that's a love song with a bark.
On the Internet:
http://www.theactionband.com.
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