Dallas Morning News review
New Toadies CD captures the band’s old magic
By THOR CHRISTENSEN / The Dallas Morning News [ original article ]
The Toadies don’t reinvent themselves on No Deliverance, their first album in seven years. They simply reaffirm their status as one of rock’s most ferocious bands.
Though never a household name, the D-FW group tapped the post-Nirvana zeitgeist with 1994’s Rubberneck, which sold a million copies and spawned “Possum Kingdom” – a spooky radio hit about obsession and possible murder. Read more
Live Daily reviews Toadies “No Deliverance”
Album Review: Toadies, “No Deliverance” (Kirtland)
By Tara Hall / LiveDaily Contributor [ original article ]
As if they’d never disbanded and spent seven years doing everything but playing together, Fort Worth, TX, rockers the Toadies have delivered a spanking new album that proves true musical talent transcends time. Read more
Dallas Observer article
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Stand and Deliver
With No Deliverance, The Toadies revert to the bare bones of their past
By Pete Freedman [ original article ]
It was a Big Deal time slot: Lollapalooza co-headliners Wilco and Rage Against the Machine were scheduled to go on at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, only about an hour after The Toadies were scheduled to perform their own gig at the three-day Chicago festival.
And, in a sense, it was like a perfect storm—which is to say that most roads led fans to The Toadies’ set. During the revered Fort Worth post-grunge band’s time slot, there were only two options for festival-goers: seeing retro soul act Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings—definitely a worthy choice for some fans—or taking a chance on a set from a band most attendees hadn’t thought about in, oh, 10 years or so. As a result, there The Toadies were—frontman Vaden Todd Lewis, guitarist Clark Vogeler, drummer Mark Reznicek and new bass player Doni Blair (formerly of Hagfish)—about to play a show in Chicago’s Grant Park to a massive crowd of curious listeners. Read more
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