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| "This beautiful collection
of songs reminds me of some of the best '60s and early '70s, with
nuggets that echo |
| Bad Finger in full Paul McCartney-mode.
Stereowide comes from that all-too-brief period before music became |
| bloated, when it was more about
the melody and less about the business" (Playback St. Louis).
Stereowide |
| received rave reviews with the press
and its fans. "In 2002, three years after the release of its
debut album, |
| Adios-Exactly-Goodbye, Tinhorn dropped Stereowide,
a treasure trove of pop hooks and guitar delights" |
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Times). |
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| Tinhorn was formed in 1996, with the first lyrics
being penned by guitarist/singer Sean Garcia.
Since then, the |
| St. Louis based quartet has continued to explore
its slightly psychedelic and intensely rocking pop sound through |
| touring, writing, and recording their upcoming
third full-length release. The current line-up features veterans
of the |
| St. Louis music community including: Mike
Martin (guitar/vocals), Steve
Smith (drums), and Ann Hirschfeld |
| (bass/vocals). Tinhorn's philosophy is about
the song, and how it moves within its space; at one moment playing
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| soft passage, then exploding, bending the sound
into another direction. The music is emotive, raw, and above all, |
| always evolving. |
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| Tinhorn has shared the stage with Jay
Farrar,
the Bottle Rockets, Magnolia
Summer, The Barkers, and Nadine. |
| Tinhorn was nominated in two categories in the
2003 Riverfront Times Music Awards: "Best Pop Band" and |
| "Recording of the Year." The band is in several
KDHX-FM DJs regular rotation, logs airtime on 101.1 The River, |
| and was one of the premiere bands to hit the
Internet with the launching of ichannelmusic.com. Tinhorn recently |
| joined Jay Farrar, the
Bottle Rockets, Magnolia Summer, and Fontella
Bass to contribute new tracks for the |
| Chuck Berry tribute, Brown Eyed Handsome
Man: St. Louis Salutes the Father of Rock N' Roll. |
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| The finishing touches are currently being added
to Tinhorn's third full-length release, which should be available |
| in Spring 2007. |
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| Playback STL - Review of Stereowide |
| This beautiful collection of songs
reminds me of some of the best '60s and early '70s, with nuggets
that |
| echo Bad Finger in full Paul McCartney-mode.
Stereowide comes from that all-too-brief period before music |
| became bloated, when it was more about the melody
and less about the business. |
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| Stereowide bounces from style and influence as
if there had been rock icons lined up at Sean Garcia's door, |
| begging to get in. "What You See" sounds
so simple, yet it surreptitiously takes you out to the edge and
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| gently lures you back to earth. "How it
Goes" and "Lift You Up" are like classic songs that
have been around for |
| years: you know exactly where to shake your head,
you know which way your senses will fly. They are simply |
| great songs. In fact, this is a CD filled with
great songs. Very rarely does the album hit anything less than
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| perfect note (Jim Dunn). |
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| RFT Music Awards Profile (2003) |
| If the Beatles' "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Rain" were
the foundation for a rock band, Tinhorn would be the |
| building. Rhythm guitars chop and snap while
lead guitars swirl and meander down melodic side roads. The bass |
| slips and slides around the guitars, and the
drums hold it all together. The vocals are strong and inviting,
with |
| soaring three-part harmonies. In 2002, three
years after releasing its debut album, Adios-Exactly-Goodbye, |
| Tinhorn
dropped Stereowide, a treasure trove
of pop hooks and guitar delights. |
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| The Riverfront Times - December 25, 2002 |
| Right on the heels of the new Grandpa's
Ghost album, Tinhorn self-released its second record, Stereowide,
which |
| is everything fans of the band have grown to
expect -- and then some. With gorgeous Beatlesesque harmonies |
| and intricate but never overly ornate
arrangements, Tinhorn sounds accessible without ever pandering
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| lowest-common-denominator marketing trends. |
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| Vintage Vinyl - Review of Stereowide |
| Tinhorn, "Stereowide," Broom Factory
Records. This St. Louis band has put together a fine album's worth
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| psychedelic, melodic pop/rock. "...guitars
and vocals tend to hold notes across shifting backgrounds, achieving
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| nice, trippy affect that never grows
tiresome" (Steve Pick). |
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| The Riverfront Times - May 2002 |
| "...the band weds droning melodies of the
Red House Painters with forever-young crush of Big Star, thanks
to the |
| twin guitars of singer Sean Garcia
and ex-Kamikaze Cowboy Mike Martin. Their Rooster Lollipop debut, |
| adios-exactly-goodbye,
is by turns pensive and elegiac, angsty and furious, languorous
and sweeping." |
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| The Riverfront Times - Review of Adios-Exactly-Goodbye
(4/99) |
| "...their music treads closer toward flat-out
rock, mixing in the ethereal textures of Yo La Tengo with a strong |
| backbone of tension. Stirred in with the guitar,
bass and drums is a dose of Farfisa and Mellotron, and unlike most |
| one-trick ponies out there in the rock world,
Tinhorn understand dynamics and variety and has discarded the |
| oft-boring aggression in favor of subtler, more
confusing emotions. They even mix in a remarkable quasi-surf |
| song, the freaky "Insomnia." |
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