Editorial Reviews
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Music Review
Maxis and Remixes [Limited Edition] [Import]
Mozart the Remix/Various [Import]
Music: Nag Nag Nag [CD-single]
(Rap) Superstar Pt. 1 [Import]
Nobody's Watching Nobody's Listening [Import]
Amazon.com
Head Eel Mark "E" Everett purges his soul with a smile on Shootenanny!, as he delivers bursts of bittersweet wit and lighthearted drama. Unlike solemn 1996 epic Electro-Shock Blues and 2001’s thorny Souljacker, E's songwriting here puts the emphasis on light melodies and clean pop craft. While his limber genre-jumping often earns comparisons to Beck, there's also some of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy in E’s razor-burn voice. And though Shootenanny! isn’t out on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’s experimental ledge, it has a similar unruly twang that injects a dose of whimsy into soul-searching songs like "Love of the Loveless." "Wrong About Bobby," for instance, glides along on sunny, jangling guitars while E tries and fails to forgive a violent grudge. By mixing sweet with sour, E's warm and fuzzy mope rock sounds great whether it's blasting out of a convertible on a sunny day or playing in the background on a rainy night. --Matthew Cooke
Album Details
UK Version with Exclusive Enhanced Studio Footage and Performance. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.