Alejandro Escovedo, The Strange BoysSons of Hermann HallJune 4, 2009Better than: Putting up with the crowds at the House of Blues for the Animal Collective show. (A review of that show should be up shortly)The Strange Boys and Alejandro EscovedoIt wasn't exactly an energetic start to the evening at Sons of Hermann Hall: There The Strange Boys were, performing their band's drug-addled brand of retro-rock on the venue's blue curtain-backed retro stage, and sounding great, too. But there the dancef
The now-Austin-based (and formerly Dallas-based--frontman Ryan Sambol and his brother, bass player Phillip, are the sons of Bob's Steak and Chophouse owner Bob Sambol) lo-fi garage rockers The Strange Boysare getting all prepped for the March 24 release of its debut LP, The Strange Boys...And Girls Club. And, as a result, the publicist for the band (which recently got some Rolling Stone love) is all over the place today, pimping out two things: first, the above video for the song "Woe Is You And
​Pitchfork's Stuart Berman reviewed Austin-by-way-of-Dallas garage rockers The Strange Boys' The Strange Boys And Girls Club today, eventually giving the album a not-too-shabby 7.1 after establishing the premise that garage-rock is and always has been the realm of social misfits.The review suggests that the Boys "never actually blow their tops," and cites "Probation Blues" and "Who Needs More" as lackluster. But overall, Berman seems pretty impressed. The Nuggets-vintage rudiments are al
