"The fast martial step and chrome-glaze harmonies in "I Don't Believe You" and "Nothing Like You" - are authentically vicious. ... "

"The Price is Right ... "

"Fine Piece of Sixties Pop ... "

"In the lineage of the Milkshakes and the Prisoners, this excels at the craft of short, sharp tunes with added bite ... "

"The latest album Pictures is their third and strongest to date in my eyes. A complete album that doesn't drop the ball at any time ... "

"Very few managed to combine fine original songs with energetic abandon in ways that are creative ... "

"Straight, simple and refreshingly catchy ... "

"More of their very 60s sounding retro Brit pop energy ... "

"'Pictures' is unabashed in its references, from the propulsive Kinks guitar riffs to the soaring Who-like harmonies ... "

"The Len Price 3's third album packs choppy Kinks riffs, Keith Moon whirlwind drums, Beatles harmonies, vintage Pete Townshend-style social observation ... "

"The Kent trio do mix in some nice The Who, Squeeze-y, Jilted John cockernee punk, and the 13 tracks come in around the half hour mark, so no song outstays its welcome. ... "

"At the start of live onstage if you want it,an announcer introduces the Chesterfield Kings as the second greatest rock and roll band in the world. For those who don't know, he's riffing on the oft-repeated intro to Rolling Stones concert, the greatest rock and roll band in the world. ... "

"Another revisit to older times, Len Price 3 take the period when the Beatles made pop records, and The Kinks threw out radio-friendly single after single. No one in the band is called Len Price, oddly, as it suggests the band chose the name to refer back to a golden 60s period. The way that the record sounds mirrors that  there seems to have been too great an attempt to make it sound as though it could be an uncovered 60s gem..."

"This concert set captures em at their best ... "

"Their third album Pictures was recorded in style..."

"It's a blast. Some critics would no doubt accuse the Len Price 3 of being shamelessly in thrall to the past. And its true. This is a deliberate attempt to recreate the music they love, right down to the matching black and white striped shirts they wear for every live performance..."

"Coincidentally or not and happily so or, I remember this lot playing a good few years ago up here in Mancytonstanley & since then this is now their third album and released on no no other label than Steve Van Zandt's, one must doff a fair play cap their way..."

"Really pernicious, in a positive way is clear, these three English boys, as we already had the pleasure of crossing in Chinese Burn, grappling with the most brazen and entertaining revival of garage rock that was. Pictures settles the route, corners rounded, sounds compact and is another target fully sunk in, as long as you do not do the finicky with inspiration, originality and other unnecessary demands. ..."

"We've been enjoying these UK rockers for some time now, recently went on a buying spree over at eMusic, and have saved our favorites from the new one for our next buyfest..."

"Their new album, "Pictures," is even more pop-based than their first two releases - the chorus of "Keep Your Eyes on Me" sounds like it was ripped from a Paul McCartney and Wings album. It's a good tune, especially with the wacky lyrics...."

"Mods arise! Shamelessly lifting from the usual '60s sources and more modern templates like Teenage Fanclub and Holly Golightly, the LP3 succeed in making exceedingly well-tread ground seem freshly furrowed. The songs are pure dynamite..."

"You say you're looking for the old Stones sound? How about a big ol' dollop of that combined with some Animals swagger and the occasional trip-the-breaker-panel Yardbirds rave-up? Yeah? Yeah? YEAH?..."

"The Len Price 3 continue to singlehandedly relaunch the British invasion with "Pictures," the British group's third and best album..."

"Little Steven's Underground Garage stands out from most commercial music radio because it still shows the idosyncratic touch of its namesake host...."

"He loves Sirius/XM channels like Underground Garage, the channel featuring "Little Steven" Van Zandt; the eclectic Loft; and Soul Town, for classic R&B. "Every time I listen, they play an artist or a group I never heard of," Chabon marvels. The music, he says, will always be around..."

"They do it with a detail of organs, tambourines, guitar amps, just everything, is amazing..."

"The latest rock 'n' roll road rocket to come roaring out of Little Steven Van Zandt's "Underground Garage" is the 2010 model of Len Price 3, slightly more streamlined on "Pictures" than its punkier predecessors ("Chinese Burn," "Rentacrowd") but still bearing a strong sonic resemblance to the '60s British music machines that inspired them...."

"Nobody in The Len Price 3 is called Len Price, but the name seems nevertheless appropriate: workmanlike, no-nonsense, somewhat redolent of meat and potatoes, the sort of thing getaway drivers were called in black-and-white Ealing comedies...."

"The Len Price 3 takes this to heart, countering sweet harmonies and simple melodies with banged guitars and bashed drums. They also borrow The Who's knack for storytelling, as on the title track's nasty little tale of a creepy photographer..."

"I Don't Believe You (MP3)"

"Despite the fact that these guys hail from Medway, home of Billy Childish, they sound a lot poppier than their noisy countryman. "After You're Gone" starts with a couple snare cracks and "la la la" vocals straight out of the Who's A Quick One. Worth three minutes of your time, for sure...."

"Third album from U.K. trio might continue the band's comparisons to early Who, especially with endorsement of "Little" Stevie Van Zandt..."

"After You've Gone (MP3)"

"Talk about a quick sonic blast. UK trio Len Price 3 channels the Beatles, the Who, the Beach Boys and the Kinks. Then mix today's muscular, frenetic pop-rock style into 31 minutes of bouncing-and- bobbing perfection on Pictures (Wicked Cool Records)..."

After You've Gone (MP3)

"In a nutshell, The Len Price 3 provide pure, refreshing, back to basics rock and roll; 'Pictures', the Kent trios' latest offering makes no deviation. On their MySpace page, the band describe themselves as "garage pop" and pride themselves on their "driving energy and catchy hooks..."

"The Len Price 3's latest string sounds raw and unpolished, the energy of guitar, bass and drums rampant fires through the garage wall and meanders its way to the dance floor of the British Isles..."

"Championed by both Rolling Stone Magazine, and a key associate of New Jerseys premier fictional crime syndicate, The Len Price 3 are undoubtedly on the cusp of great things. Fortunately, not only do the band and their supporters talk the talk, their records walk the walk...."

"The Len Price 3 is much like garage punk, cool as much as passe. The band has something and knows no other cliches to its own favor. That feature makes 'Pictures' is so exciting: the album begins retro but contemporary ends..."

"This group is from the Medway Delta in the north of Kent (the Garden of England) but their music is nothing bucolic, it may in some ways that evoke bands like the Who, the Kinks or the Creation..."

"The Len Price 3s third LP Pictures is an album brimming with energy, gusto and versatility. Title track Pictures opens the maelstrom with an eruption of Pop-Art The Who style guitar and layer upon layer of harmonies building up into a operatic crescendo. This mini-monster epic about an extremely dodgy photographer is a tale told in under 2 minutes, an impressive tune of concise proportions...."

"What an absolute joy to find a band that not only takes its cues from the great British pop bands of the sixties and seventies but also creates new pop classics without any embarrassment over their influences. This is half an hour of the best pop Ive heard for ages...."

"Christmas shopping in ram-packed shops, teeming crowds and evil bus drivers had me bah-humbugging all the way home. But lo and behold when I pop in Pictures, the third album by Kentsters The Len Price 3, I am suddenly and magically transported into the middle of Ready Steady Go! Of all the decades that musicians will hark back to it is the 60s that remains a firm favourite, and well it should...."

"The press release for The Len Price 3s new record, Pictures, namedrops almost as often as the Game did on The Documentary. Whether featuring a Steven Van Zandt quote about them sounding like early-period Who or the release itself proclaiming comparisons to The Kinks, the Creation and, yes, the Who, the fact that such assessments are (overly) plentiful  even including a quote from Rolling Stones David Fricke calling the band rock saviors  suggests that perhaps the praise is warranted...."

"In the ashes of soul mates, musical forefathers and regional neighbours the Milkshakes, The Prisoners & the Buff Medways, The Len Price 3 returns with a third album full of sharp tunes, sharp hooks, frenetic energy and adrenaline driven sounds. Thirteen songs long the band treats us on tunes that reminds us of such greats like the Who, The Creation or The Kinks mixed with some later elements from garage, punk & pop!..."

"I saw The Len Price 3 open for The Boonaraaas!!! once. Whilst not outright bad they were just taking up valuable time and I havent given them a second thought until now. They always made pretty decent records but the new one Pictures is leaps and bounds ahead of the others in terms of punch..."

"Hailing from Kent and featuring no one by the name of Len Price, the Medway trio sound as if theyve stepped out of a 60s garage power pop time warp that has welded together the various atoms of The Who, The Creation, Small Faces, Kinks, Beatles and The Byrds...."

"Hailing from Kent's Medway Delta; that fabled corner of the Garden of England that spawned such cult acts as The Buff Medways, The Milkshakes and The Prisoners, the raw unfettered garage pop of The Len Price 3 could yet eclipse them all..."

"Natives of Kent's fabled Medway Delta, the output of The Len Price 3 has somehow eluded me so far but I'm mighty glad that their third album "Pictures" has made it onto my radar. Released on Stevie Van Zandt's Wicked Cool label, it's an early contender for 2010's best album - it'll sure take some beating!..."

"This is an album that wins the first listen. Because the trio in question consists of Glenn Page (guitar and vocals), Neil Fromow (drums and backing vocals), Steve Huggins (lower) court knows very special touch..."

"Whose brainchild The Len Price 3 are, they make it absolutely clear from the start: Some of the new title of the whole inclined listeners snatches of old Who and Kinks can sing along classics..."

"Skip to track 3, I Don't Believe You and early Who influence is loud and clear. The problem with this album is it's rather like stepping back to the 60's with little or no modern creative reference point. It's a vibrant record with a distinctive live sound, and I suspect that this band is better heard in the flesh than on record..."

"Subtelty. Suavely understated cool. Moodily bleak poetics. None of that going on round the LP3's gaff. Their third album, its 13 tracks are one relentless balst of 60s inspired garage punk riffola that takes inspiration from the Kinks, Who, Creation and on to more recent amp crunchers such as the Buff Medways, Milkshakes and Prisoners...."

"On Pictures, the Len Price 3 further develop their mastery of melody and harmony, combining the crackling electricity of their live shows with more ambitious arrangements, instrumentation and deceptively mature songwriting...."

"Naturally, 'Pictures' delivers generously in terms of immediacy and storming garage pop power. Songs like 'Nothing Like You', 'You Tell Lies' and the daft, B-Movie-style fun of 'The Girl Who Became A Machine' are quintessential LP3 rauncherama, built upon bassist Steve Huggins and drummer Neil Fromow's pile-driving rhythms and Page's knack for cranking out atomic, Dave Davies-style riffs..."

"Cocktail Slippers earn great review for St.Valentines Day Massacre in City Magazin Pforzheim..."

"Cocktail Slippers reviewed in the most recent edition of RCN Magazine..."

"Cocktail Slippers St. Valentines Day Massacre receives solid review from Music-Discovery in Germany..."

"This Sunday, the American hardrock band Crown of Thorns comes to Bergen to release their first album in seven years. Front figure Jean Beauvoir would like to be in Sogndal..."

"Cocktail Slippers earn great review for St.Valentines Day Massacre in City Magazin Pforzheim (Germany)..."

"In line with their previous work, The Len Price 3 (in which there is no one named Len Price, naturally) once again paints a masterful canvas using a palette of colors appropriated from freakbeat, mod, and traditional power pop song structures, and borrows somewhat liberally from the same type of working class lyrical ideas typical of Ray Davies..."

"Steven Van Zandt is launching a music-themed social-networking site FUZZTOPIA Fuzztopia (currently in beta), will serve as a hub for insider information and advice directly from bands. "It's going to be like an insiders' sort of Web site [where] fans are welcome to peek in backstage..."

"Cocktail Slippers SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE album of the week (w/o July 13) The Cocktail Slippers outshine in a form of style earlier used by Blondie, Joan Jett, The GoGos and The Bangles and which finds its roots in sixties girlie pop...."

"Remember this the next time you hear somebody wibbling on about the "endless possibilities" offered by all the new music sites and, in particular, the music- oriented social network sites. Allowing anybody anywhere to get their songs out has not resulted in a brave new DIY world; it just means the lunatics have taken over the asylum..."

"The last Little Steven's discovery for his great record label, Wicked Cool, are this norway girls that looks that they can be one night without problems on Bada Bing but with this "all girls group" garage pop bands indescribable charm: sharp guitars and melodies, well administer farfisas and even vocal harmonies that remember us B52's (and also a falsetto Rolling Stones)... the most funny girls from Oslo..."

"The E Street Band-er is broadcasting live from the D2 record store, and plugging his label.Sunday July 12 finds Little Steven popping in to Tower Records in Wicklow Street to both present a live edition of his Underground Garage radio show, which usually airs every Friday at 10pm on Dublin City FM, and plug his Wicked Cool record label..."

"The E Street Band-er is broadcasting live from the D2 record store, and plugging his label.I don't know if it's the economic pressure or society's softening stance on Christianity, but walking into a church and seeing a rock 'n' roll band spread out on the alter with Marshalls and Les Pauls blazing is a strange site no matter how it happens to be there..."

"Cocktail Slippers "In The City""More Norwegian throwback pop, this one from a female garage-rock group crushing on Ronnie Spector and, maybe, The Vogues"..."

"The new and improved Wave Gathering will host a street-wide (and free) outdoor festival on Saturday, June 20, 12-6 p.m., in Downtown Asbury Park on Cookman Avenue to compliment the weekend..."

"I want to spend just a minute on a topic that never ever gets discussed in the music business -- the music", the Bruce Springsteen guitarist and Sopranos star said in a speech to the SXSW music and arts festival in March. "The reason nobody wants to talk about it is because it mostly sucks!..."

"On March 19, the Journal Star's L. Kent Wolgamott and Gary Graff of Suburban Newspapers interviewed Little Steven Van Zandt at the Four Seasons hotel in Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest Music Conference. This is a transcript of that interview..."

"The music business has been shrinking for a decade, and now the economy has followed it into the tank. So why were the streets of Austin filled last week with thousands of music fans and industry types hustling from one club to the next in pursuit of more than 1,900 acts?..."

"Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years. But they can't tour because of drug problems..."

"ittle Steven says drugs prevent Primal Scream from Stateside success 'Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world,'..."

"Van Zandt is a highly respected figure in American music, writing hit songs, performing with Springsteen, hosting radio shows and even playing Silvio Dante on The Sopranos TV show. But when it came to Primal Scream, he couldn't get anywhere..."

"The Breakers at SXSW..."

"Little Steven at SXSW..."

"SXSW 2009: Little Steven Interview..."

"After opening well with a short set by the High Dials, a jangly pop Montreal band on the bill at Little Steven Van Zandt's Underground Garage showcase, I went off in search of a New York band called Alberta Cross..."

"The stunts were done in protest "Wall Street's dirty ways" according to the release. The band also had this to say..."

"Bruce Springsteen's guitarist, Tony Soprano's consigliere and, more recently, creator of the superb Underground Garage radio show and satellite radio stations, was one of several speakers on Friday at SXSW. He bemoaned the degradation of the craft of rock n roll today. He blamed that, more than illegal downloads, for the problems of the music business today..."

"Clem Burke, best known as Blondie's drummer. He's involved in a number of projects, one of which is designed to explore the health benefits of drumming with an aim of helping obese youth..."

"From the HBO's The Soprano's to Austin's South By Southwest Music Conference ... it's a natural progression, ya know? Little Steven, perhaps best known as the guitarist in the E Street Band, but also played the role of Silvio in the Soprano's, will do a gig as a featured speaker at the Austin Convention Center..."

"Steven Van Zandt is a musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, human rights activist, and a radio and TV host. A founding member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, Van Zandt also performs with his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. He starred as..."

"Momo's So just how widespread is this teen scene bubbling in and around Austin? 1980s pop queen Debbie Gibson, better known today as Broadway star Deborah Gibson, is showcasing her wunderkind, Casey Lee Smith, at this first-ever official SXSW day party for teen acts. This isn't aw-aren't-they-cute-li'l-darlings..."

"Crystal Wiebe at the Pitch penned an interesting blogpost yesterday about a press release she received about a Living Things gig at SXSW, during which the band set fire to money onstage..."

"Hi. I'm Sarah Vasquez and I've written for the Accent's Life & Arts section for the past year. This is my fifth year attending South by Southwest Music Festival but this year I get to fully experience the festival with the help of the paper..."

"A break in the Austin action for iced coffee and South By San Jose, where the Mother Hips are presently doing a very good impersonation of Crazy Horse (Mark Olson and Gary Louris are up next). Quick takes on the free day parties this afternoon: Bishop Allen was tighter and more musical than I guessed, Great Northern more shoe gaze and sexy..."

"Steven Van Zandt, right, doing just one of his jobs, playing guitar with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the NFL Super Bowl XLIII halftime.AUSTIN -- Steven Van Zandt plays many roles: Guitarist in the E Street Band. Tough-talking club owner Silvio Dante in "The Sopranos." Host of syndicated radio show..."

"Steve Van Zandt talks about the E Street Band's new drummer - Just before Steve Van Zandt took the stage for a 75-minute speech today at SXSW about the state of the music industry (today's music is "sucking major moose c---," he said at one point, to much applause. "Nobody's buying records? No s---. They suck!"), news broke that Max Weinberg's son, Jay, will be filling in on drums for any dates on the upcoming Springsteen tour that conflict with Max's gig on ..."

"Steven Van Zandt plays many roles: Guitarist in the E Street Band. Tough-talking club owner Silvio Dante in "The Sopranos." Host of syndicated radio show "Little Steven's Underground Garage..."

"Bruce Springsteen's right-hand man brands the Primal Scream singer a 'drug addict' and 'waste of space' for missing his chance of success in America..."

"I took a lot of photos yesterday, but there's just no time to go through them and put them online. Look for them coming soon. Since I rode home on the shuttle last night, exhausted but exhilarated, I've been trying to think of the appropriate way to describe the best day of music that I've ever seen. I suppose I should describe it as it unfolded..."

"I'm back in the press room at the Austin Convention Center filing this. There was no time this morning because I had to get downtown early for a speech my Little Steven Van Zandt. It was well worth getting up early because Steve gave a very intelligent, insightful speech on the state of the music business from the perspective of a musician..."

"Steven Van Zandt began wryly. And yet, having raised the specter of the industry's ongoing implosion, Van Zandt glossed over business mechanics in order to focus on aesthetics, mincing no words in his colorful assessment of the state of rock: "It sucks major moose cock..."

"An early highlight of Little Steven Van Zandt's Magical Mystery Mondo Matinee at Antone's Friday afternoon was a short, yet scorching set from this six-piece all-girl band of harmonizing garage punks from Oslo, Norway. Though the women onstage could almost pass for runway models, they know how to give the sometimes too reverent genre of underground garage a kick in the droopy black jeans. They generated some needed fresh air...."

"If garages didn't exist, the Krayolas would have had to invent them. The '70s-era ensemble from San Antonio who minted a string of regional hits got a fresh wind under their collective tail with the release last year of a new album, "La Conquistadora." Now, with a new album ("Long Leaf Pine (No Smack Gum)") and a new generation of fans, the Krayolas are a force to contend with once more..."

"Much of the interest for Norwegian artists because the festival's booking responsible for Europe, Matt Sonzala, has built up a solid network in Norway...."

"An early highlight of Little Steven Van Zandt's Magical Mystery Mondo Matinee at Antone's Friday afternoon was a short, yet scorching set from this six-piece all-girl band of harmonizing garage punks from Oslo, Norway. Though the women onstage..."

"Whether by design or coincidence, the music lineup for this year's South by Southwest conference/festival is a little light on superstars and living legends. Advertisement Quantcast That's not necessarily a bad thing. Sure, seeing the likes of R.E.M..."

"Saturday with PJ Harvey and Beyonce's Little Sister, Friday with New York Dolls and Camera Obscura - Where to begin? I should start with the ornamental comb, like three white gleaming stakes from some Gnostic purification ritual, holding a jet-black stack of hair atop the fiery head of Polly Jean Harvey..."

"Rockin' amid recession: More than 1,900 artists will play at the South by Southwest festival - AUSTIN, Texas - Is there anything going on in this Lone Star State capital city on a South-by-Southwest Thursday night? Well, let's see..."

"Tuesday In Austin of SXSW week is like the short prologues that kick off cycle races: just a small taste of the competition to come. A quick show of colors in advance of the real contest..."

"The Urges are simply the best that has come from Ireland since Jameson and Ronnie Whelan" "Amazingly authentic 60's-Nuggets-style Garage Punk reflecting the one tiny ray of hope from the stygian dark hopeless madness of the asylum we like to call the 21st Century." - Little Steven Van Zandt..."

"One saving grace of the action-packed South by Southwest music festival is that Austin is a relatively small city. If you play your cards right and ignore your friends' pleas to meet up, you actually have a fighting chance of catching a good number of the bands you really want to see..."

"For the nearly 2,000 acts performing at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this week, the odds of success would seem insurmountable. The music industry is a wreck and the economy is in disarray. This is not an opportune time for a band looking to land a record deal or sell a lot of records..."

"Although Psych Ward was released in Europe a almost a year ago on Germany's Screaming Apple Records, this release that has garnered so much praise both far and wide overseas is out on Wicked Cool Records and easily available in The States..."

"The Cocktail Slippers' new record is entitled St. Valentines Day out on April 28, and features the man himself on two songs that he wrote, produced, and arranged for the band. Van Zandt flew to Oslo, Norway, to do the tunes, recording them in..."

"A European tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour in 2003 turned into a scouting opportunity for guitarist Steven Van Zandt. When the band played Oslo, Norway, that summer, Van Zandt, who champions garage rock through his Wicked Cool record label..."

"The theme for this year's SXSW has finally reared it's ugly head to me. The 2009 SXSW quest is to find the best fuzz-based, psychedelic, garage rock band at the festival. With Little Steven and his Underground Garage..."

"They are rock, they are beautiful and they never stop. On their upcoming album they even got help from the musical legend Steven van Zandt as a songwriter and producer. Mission: To save the rock..."

"It's that time of year again, preparations for the South By Southwest music festival in Austin. Oh wait, we're not going. But perhaps you are, and so here are our picks for a grand ole' time. Let us know how it goes..."

"The Cocktail Slippers release killer 'Massacre' Listen up all you hip cats: E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt has penned a new single that's so hot, you'd never believe it's coming at you directly from Norway..."

"The Oak Ridge Boys and Little Steven have joined the lineup for this year's South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, organizers said. The festival is..."

"Written and produced by E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt, this hip track from Norwegian girl group Cocktail Slippers is the title cut from their latest album, which is set to be released on Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records on Feb. 17. Amidst a swirling sea of classic-sounding keyboards and backup vocals, lead singer Lisa Farfisa goes in for the kill when she asks "Who'll be the last lover standing come St. Valentine's Day?..."

"When a dude labels his anthology series "The Coolest Songs in the World" and backs up his audacious claim through seven solid volumes of garage-rock manna from heaven, his musical recommendations can be trusted implicitly. So, if Steven Van Zandt loves the Cocktail Slippers, you should, too..."

"The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas is excited to announce the participation of the Oak Ridge Boys in the 2009 Music Conference and Festival. South By Southwest is also thrilled to announce Steven Van Zandt as a featured speaker..."

"The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday..."

"In a head-scratching move, the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival has announced the Oak Ridge Boys as one of the main interviews for the the March 18-22 event in Austin, Texas. Also, Little Steven has been added as a "featured speaker..."

"The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas is excited to announce the participation of the Oak Ridge Boys in the 2009 Music Conference and..."

" The South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas is excited to announce the participation of..."

"We where a fly on the wall when Cocktail Slippers and Little Steven was in studio to produce the new record. Here is their own story..."

"Steven Van Zandt has always been a man of action whether arranging and co-producing Bruce Springsteen's 'The River' and 'Born in the USA' albums or forming The Artists United Against Apartheid to expose the heroes of South Africa's policies during the '80s. Still, after landing the part of gangster Silvio Dante in the Sopranos, HBO's..."

"The Oak Ridge Boys and Little Steven have joined the lineup for this year's South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, organizers said. The festival is slated to take place March 18-22...."

"Usually by this time in January, the rumor-mongering and hype about SXSW has reached a fever pitch. PR people are playing coy, bands are surprising fans via MySpace announcements, and dayshows..."

"The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 18 - 22, 2009 in Austin, Texas is excited to announce ..."

"Guitarist, actor and new media pioneer Steven Van Zandt has been announced as a speaker for SXSW 2009. Among his many credits, Van Zandt is a founding member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street..."

"The same depths of Wicked Cool label, the record of the great Steven Van Zandt, rescue disk and clinched a 2008 to start this new course. This is a work of a powerful few as vibrant today. Psychedelic Sunrise (Wicked Cool / Locomotive) is..."

"The same depths of Wicked Cool label, the record of the great Steven Van Zandt, rescue disk and clinched a 2008 to start this new course. This is a work of a powerful few as vibrant today. Psychedelic Sunrise (Wicked Cool / Locomotive) is the latest testament to the indispensable The Chesterfield Kings...."

"I see the story of Little Steven has caused a sensation. I appreciate your words and I hope, at heart, that the interview did not disappoint your expectations..."

"Pop in this compilation featuring Darlene Love, Keith Richards, and the Ramones' too-cool-for-yule 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight),' and give 'Jingle Bell Rock' a rest..."

"The music industry keeps shrinking, but the amount of music released continues to grow. This is never more apparent than during the holiday season.."

"Little Steven Goes to the Source for a Rockin' Christmas A Go-Go.."

"To properly appreciate Little Steven Van Zandt's compilation of garage-friendly seasonal music, you should imagine yourself a good few hours into a night at a sleazy, blue-collar American.."

"Underground Garage host Little Steven (Van Zandt) pulls together a raucous collection of holiday garage rock tracks celebrated.."

"Underground Garage head Little Steven - he of Bruce Springsteen and Sopranos fame - has gathered 20 of his favorite fun holiday songs. Some are brilliant variations on the traditional, such as The Chevelles joyous instrumental surf romp through "Oh Come All Ye Faithful," dubbed here "Come All Ye Faithful Surfer Girls." Some are great originals.."

"The Irish rockers evoke the underrated Electric Prunes at their psychedelic peak. (Let's say Get Me to the World on Time, I Had Too Much to Dream, Great Banana Hoax. If you don't know any of those, I urge you (and the Urges would probably urge you) to remedy that lack. ..."

"This fun-filled Christmas grab bag features tunes naughty and nice, garage rock, power pop, psychedelia, rhythm & blues, novelty songs and one of the greatest couplets in the history of the holiday: "Come on Comet, come on Cupid, don't just stand there looking stupid..."

"Christmas A Go-Go" might be the perfect rocking Christmas stocking stuffer.."

"As it looks now will not be our generation musicians to be replaced. But the gown worthy of being your own niche. My goal is to help people to live by rock music, and maybe we will discover the ties that in ten years can take our place, "he says of Renegade Nation. He started the radio show Little Steven Underground Garage 2002nd Today, broadcast program, where he used to play both The Hives, Mando Diao, Soundtrack of Our Lives and The Hellacopters, the 200 radio stations in the United States...."

"Little Steven Van Zandt is on a personal mission to highlight some of the coolest garage rock gems on his Wicked Cool Records label releases Coolest Songs in the World series..."

"The Chesterfield Kings' Long Road to the Throne Longtime E-Streeter and part-time consigliore Little Steven Van Zandt launched the Underground Garage-a nationally-syndicated radio show..."

"The Maggots wriggled out of Sweden in 1999, a trio fronted by Mans Mansson, one of the most exciting guitarists on the garage scene..."

"Little Steven Van Zandt has amassed quite an underground empire of garage rock with his Wicked Cool label, showcasing some of the best the genre has to offer..."

"Irish group The Urges, from Dublin IE (not to be confused with St. Louis band The Urge, also a very good band) are certainly not blazing any new territory musically, but that is not really their intention. An affinity for 1960s garage/psychedelic music..."

"utrageous Cherry have been purveying their brand of psychedelia for approximately fifteen years now, and doing an admirable job of it at that. However, while their sound teeters ever so closely to that of retro revivalists like the Church and Robyn Hitchcock (or more precisely, the original '60s savants -- Pink Floyd, the Move, the Pretty Things and the like), this Detroit outfit has never received the recognition accorded...."

"Outrageous Cherry have been crafting their own version of the Nuggets box since they dropped their reverb-drenched self-titled debut on Bar/None in 1994. Driven by the immaculate pop craftsmanship of guitarist/singer Matthew Smith, the group's penchant for early-Bee Gees melodies, Velvet Underground freakouts, and Galaxie 500-induced dream..."

"Somewhere in a box of cassettes, next to our Pablo Honey, a Morrissey cassingle of "Tomorrow", and Bandwagonesque, lies our cherished first Outrageous Cherry EP (on cassette as well). Lead singer and guitarist Matthew Smith has been writing garage-fuzz, power pop and psych-influenced songs for his band Outrageous Cherry..."

"Saturday Afternoon" from "Wide Awake in the Spirit World: The Best of Outrageous Cherry" (Wicked Cool, B). The sun finally breaks..."

" Categorization is one of the realities of widespread music/art consumption, and despite how much energy and time is spent trying to avoid labels, no one is above that sort of thing. And amongst those admittedly simplistic designations are several problematic cristenings: punk, garage, classic rock..."

"After practically 20 years of existence and success in Australia and Europe, The super loud powerpop guitar attack of Perth, Australia's The Chevelles finally hit American shores next week with Barbarella Girl God: Introducing The Chevelles. The American debut is well earned...."

"It ain't too new, but it ain't old. So goes good rock 'n' roll. Throw in some mid '60s Stones, the larger than life early '70s sounds of The Who, add the feedback and psychedelia from The Byrds, add a little weirdness from The Electric Prunes, invite Roky Erikson and the ghost of Syd Barrett, then add the energy and volume of The Ramones..."

"Little Steven Van Zandt's Best Garage Bands Of All Time..."

"What do rocker fans and Jersey mobsters have in common? Well apparently they both dig Aussie pop slingers The Chevelles..."

"It's "wicked cool" indeed whenever someone with influence decides to help out a deserving rock and roll band which has been toiling in the trenches for years, earning rave reviews and converting everyone they play in front of into rabid fans..."

"This U.K. band describes itself as guitar power pop, and overall the sound is just that. There's lots of guitar, and it drives each track in a way that is powerful and joyful..."

"This guitar-worshipping quartet released their first full-length on Rainbow Quartz in 2000, a year or so after forming, and have studiously submitted four albums since then..."

"When he signed the Medway scene garage punks to his Wicked Cool label, Little Steven Van Zandt asked for all of the Brits' music and compiled his favorites for the stateside release..."

"Perfect Disguise, Introducing the Contrast is the sixth album of The Contrast, formed in 1999, Peterborough (UK), this album is a compilation of the previous registers, becoming in the perfect way to know a band who practically is ignored in his birth-place..."

"Almost ignored in their home country, Peterborough's The Contrast have been quietly producing classy, stylish guitar pop for a while now. An REM comparison immediately springs to mind..."

"The Len Price 3's secret weapon is their winning combination of sweet harmony vocals and muscular Medway guitars, a big winning sound for a three piece..."

"When New Jersey psychedelic revivalists The Grip Weeds decided to remix, remaster, and reissue their 1994 debut album, House Of Vibes, it didn't hurt that the band's drummer and lead singer, Kurt Reil, is also a professional recording engineer..."

"The Contrast, Perfect Disguise (out this week): I have raved about this British band before, but this compilation provides the ideal introduction to their unique sonic delights..."

"I received a copy of Perfect Disguise: Introducing the Contrast almost a week before the official US release, so I was pretty excited to review a release that was not yet available. They're a great guitar driven powerpop four piece from Middleborough, Cambridgeshire, UK...."

"Some bands are just cool. No way around it, and no matter what your musical taste, you know it when you see it. One such band is The Grip Weeds..."

"E Street guitarist, liberal activist, solo artist, Silvio on The Sopranos - Little Steven, a.k.a. Steven Van Zandt, has donned numerous hats, not to mention hairpieces and bandannas..."

"The Len Price 3 is a great band to listen to when you're not sure what the hell kind of music you're in the mood to listen to as they manage to sound like different bands on pretty much every song..."

"On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Or as Steven Van Zandt remembers the moment: "It was the beginning of my life." Van Zandt fell for the Beatles and discovered the blues and early rock music that inspired them. He played in a series of bands on the Jersey shore..."

"When the Chesterfield Kings first emerged in the late '70s as the living embodiment of '60s garage rock, they were a baker's dozen years too late to be included on Nuggets but just in time to spark a much-welcomed revival of that raw sound..."

"The evening was branded "Colossal Fun" featuring the art of Krk Ryden, a talented and insane artist that made us giggle. Graphic, cartoony art with hot pink fur glittery frames, wiggly bits and blinking neon..."

"Norway might be known as the chief musical exporter of black metal and the death punk of Turbonegro, but thanks to Little Steven Van Zandt and his label, Wicked Cool, it's also becoming known for giving the world foxy female garage rock bands... "

"This album is the strongest release yet from Little Steven Van Zand's Underground Garage empire. A Brit band, the Stabilisers deliver garage-punk with sticky hooks and a hefty dose of frattitude 'Born To Kiss Arse... "

"They're out there." Pluck those three words from Steven Van Zandt's mini-rant and you might pause, wondering if the old man has watched one too many "X-Files" episodes. But he's not talking UFOs or extraterrestrials... "

"If there's one thing many modern garage rock bands have over their vaunted predecessors, it's better musical chops. That's not to say that many latter-day garage rockers play like Dream Theater, but they have achieved a level of skill that torches the lesser abilities of those that came before them... "

"Ya gotta hand it to arena rock star/TV icon/garage music goombah Little Steven. Like freshly prepared calamari, he smells tasty music from an ocean away. His latest appetizer, the indefinable Stabilisers, blend angular, mid-60s garage crud with in-your-face insolence and the high-octane energy of late 70s punk... "

"Stoned again? On their terrific new album, Psychedelic Sunrise, Rochester's Chesterfield Kings reclaim old turf as though it was theirs all the time... "

"This time it's personal. In preparation for the new disc, I had to dust off my vinyl LP (That stands for long-player, kids) of 1982's Here Are The Chesterfield Kings. I could really geek out over garage rockers in the 80's with page boy haircuts slinging Vox guitars and sporting Beatle boots.... "

"Interesting week for listening, with some nice discoveries. Next week may be a bit of a challenge, as I'm out of town for the weekend and probably will hear nothing but classic rock radio on the road (not necessarily by choice; it's all there is on large stretches of the route to where I'm going), unless I can sneak a few CDs in... "

"Stop toiling hopelessly over that homemade flux capacitor. All you need to go back in time are a few of Wicked Cool Records's new releases. Little Steven's label specializes in unearthing modern bands stuck in rock's 60s heyday... "

"Garage legends The Chesterfield Kings drop their latest slab o' snarling, cortex-shearing tuneage on the public this coming September 18. The title, appropriately enough, is Psychedelic Sunrise, and the venue is none other than Wicked Cool Records... "

"It's too bad garage rock isn't the music du jour anymore, because bands like this one and its new record prove that some hype is justified for groups that just want to turn it up and turn it loose.... "

"Employing garage-band ethos for a song or two is one thing. Maintaining it over a whole album is another matter entirely. In most cases, bands simply don't have enough material. No such problem for the Len Price 3.... "

"The Woggles aren't trying to reinvent the garage rock wheel, but after slogging it out in every dive club since 1987, they realize that bringing new spins to the formula neither dilutes it nor opens them up to the dreaded sell-out finger pointing... "

"The title song on Rentacrowd (Wicked Cool), the fantastic second album by English avenging0garage trio the Len Price 3, is two minutes and change of spangly 65-Who-ish spleen against Britain's hysterical addiction to flavor-of-the-month bands... "

"No, the Woggles aren't a kiddies band, unless your toddler chain-smokes Camels and knows how to tap a keg. This Georgia four-piece plays in the style of '60s-era Troggs, Kinks and Sam the Sham... "

"Grumbling over the current state of rock radio and the need to find something worthy of blowing a few woofers and tweeters over? Stand up, raise up, and beg not, my friend... "