Useless and Modern
General
| Apr 2003
Reviews
Stuart
Reviewed 2003-05-04
Reviewed 2003-05-04
Terrific CD from Sacramento-based punk rock/pop band. Male vocals, guitar, bass, drums. Most tracks med-fast, and some have a spooky, creepy, spy feel. Simple lyrics, and fun, energetic straightforward music with few gimmicks. FCC on tracks 5,6,7. Recommend 1,8,9,12,13.
1 – uptempo, drum flurry at end
2 – big beat, garagey
3 – simple beat, repeating gritty guitar
4 – simple
5 – FCC 4x “fucking”
6 – FCC 3x “fucking”
7 – FCC “shit” at 2:00 rem., “fucking” at 0:20 rem.
8 – creepy spy feel in instrumental parts, jumpy and choppy guitar and vocals
9 – more spy feel, jumpy guitar and solo
10 – frenetic hopping guitar after slightly bluesy intro
11 – catchy chorus, squealy guitar solo
12 – med, creepy intro, more steady and paced, relatively quiet interlude near end
13 – big guitar and drum intro, good beat, cool choppy guitar solo
1 – uptempo, drum flurry at end
2 – big beat, garagey
3 – simple beat, repeating gritty guitar
4 – simple
5 – FCC 4x “fucking”
6 – FCC 3x “fucking”
7 – FCC “shit” at 2:00 rem., “fucking” at 0:20 rem.
8 – creepy spy feel in instrumental parts, jumpy and choppy guitar and vocals
9 – more spy feel, jumpy guitar and solo
10 – frenetic hopping guitar after slightly bluesy intro
11 – catchy chorus, squealy guitar solo
12 – med, creepy intro, more steady and paced, relatively quiet interlude near end
13 – big guitar and drum intro, good beat, cool choppy guitar solo
Recent airplay
T.V Light, I Live Alone
The Weekend Effect — Jun 20, 2003
Hi-Fi
Mr. SparkleChallenge — May 29, 2003
T.V Light
the rust belt — May 23, 2003
T.V Light
In the Leaves — May 20, 2003
Useless and Modern
the rust belt — May 16, 2003
Dead Pink
press and release — May 14, 2003
Charting
2003-04-28 — 2003-06-30
Loud
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 22 | 2 |
| Jun 1 | 1 |
| May 25 | 2 |
| May 18 | 3 |
| May 4 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | I Live Alone | ||
| 2. | D.O.A | ||
| 3. | The Man From O.S.I | ||
| 4. | Summer Holiday | ||
| 5. | Down the Street | ||
| 6. | 20/20 | ||
| 7. | Shes Terminal | ||
| 8. | T.V Light | ||
| 9. | Automatic | ||
| 10. | Dead Pink | ||
| 11. | Any Other Day | ||
| 12. | Hi-Fi | ||
| 13. | Useless and Modern |