It has been said by many that there is nothing new in music, that it's
all been done before; all that is left is to adopt a past style, a
past sound of music and wear it like a retro outfit from a vintage
clothing store. That certainly appears to be true when almost every
hyped band makes this old school music head (and a lot of new
schoolers, too) think "where have I been bored by this before?" One
band after the other trots out '70's hard rock, '60's folk and punk
rock that's thirty years old. Some artists try to blend different
styles and at least gets an A for effort. Unfortunately, such attempts
usually reveal other problems like no strong musical identity and a
distinct lack of observations and commentary regarding real life and
the human drama. It adds up to being less of more of the...