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Fort Worth’s Toadies make welcome comeback with familiar sound

The Toadies, of ‘Possum Kingdom’ fame, are back after a seven-year drought with a kickin’ album that picks up right where they left off
By PRESTON JONES [ original article ]

Rock reunions rooted in the ’90s are de rigueur these days — from Stone Temple Pilots to Extreme — so no time like the present for Cowtown’s own alt-rock export, the Toadies, to re-form and release its first new music in almost a decade.

Not all of the returning rockers are successful, but in most cases, the powerful pull of nostalgia is enough to boost most bands over any bumpy patches. In the case of the Toadies, despite being down one original member (bassist Lisa Umbarger), the Vaden Todd Lewis-led quartet is ripping through its muscular melodies as though hardly any time has passed. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

A Long Road Back

Fans never gave up hope – and the Toadies breathe again.
By CAROLINE COLLIER [ original article ]

When tickets went on sale for a Toadies show at the Ridglea Theater in June, diehard fans scooped them up within 45 minutes. After that, online scalpers asked as much as $150 for a pair. But they couldn’t find many to resell: Few were willing to part with their chance to witness the first Toadies hometown show since the band broke up in 2001. As far away as New York City, another Toadies show at the Bowery Ballroom sold out all 500 seats in a day. (more…)