★★★★★
In this case, hailing from Hartford provides an added twist. While I have no personal vendetta against the city, it's not exactly the stuff of rolling hills, unabashed optimism and open-air inspiration (and yes, I've spent some time there and have written for the local alt-weekly). As it turns out, Up, On & Over was recorded in rural Virginia (as vocalist Chris Henderson puts it, ".....
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-09-17
★★★★★
DigSin Bronze Radio Return may be the best-kept secret in roots-rock music. Anyone who has seen the band's show--whether as headliners or openers--likely can't help but agree with NPR's note urging those attending SXSW to catch the band they dubbed "...this year's fun." That is truer than ever now that the group has released Up, On & Over, the follow-up to their 2011 breakthrough album Shake! Shake! Shake...
- www.relix.com
2013-08-28
★★★★★
DigSin Bronze Radio Return may be the best-kept secret in roots-rock music. Anyone who has seen the band's show - whether as headliners or openers - likely can't help but agree with NPR's note urging those attending SXSW to catch the band they dubbed "...this year's fun." That is truer than ever now that the group has released Up, On & Over , the follow-up to their 2011 breakthrough album Shake! Shake! Shake...
- www.relix.com
2013-09-20
★★★★★
It feels slightly disingenuous to have to begin this review - indeed, review - with a mention of another band, but despite agonizing over the matter for a couple of days now I simply can't shake the feeling that the context in which I'd be most comfortable hosting an online discussion about Bronze Radio Return's is the one that mentions that other exuberant, slightly-high-on-helium indie rock release of the summer - namely, a certain ...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-06-27
★★★★★
On it's sophomore full-length recording, the Hartford, CT, based Bronze Radio Return (BRR) continues to define its sound. Shake! Shake! Shake! is a well-produced and polished CD that finds the band continuing to move beyond the roots rock leanings of its debut EP. The sound is a clear move toward a more radio friendly, rock/pop sound, yet its is anything but trite, clichéd or overtly commercial. This is hook laden modern rock meant to get souls moving...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-07-18
★★★★★
Trivia question: Name a major rock band--hell, a major band of any type--based out of Hartford, Connecticut. It's okay, we'll wait. Doesn't seem fair, does it? Nearby New York has a lion's share of famous acts--Lou Reed, the Ramones and much of the rest of first-wave punk, the Strokes, Anthrax, Public Enemy--while Boston to the northeast can claim Aerosmith, The Cars, Boston, and (cough) 'Til Tuesday...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
What the world needs now is not love, sweet love, but another dose of JohnMayer. Or Dave Matthews. Or Ben Folds. It's the only thing that there's just too little of, so the boys of Bronze Radio Return trot out more of the same in the form of a self-titled five-song EP. But initial impressions can be deceiving. Their particular intersection of rock and blues touches on the band's potential of genre-busting, but never quite rises above basic mimicry...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
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