Cover Lay Down (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
The kids in my tiny uberliberal prep school loved The Lemonheads before they were cool, and as more than just local heroes — the band had been formed in the same hallowed halls, and the oldest of our peers could still remember their presence among us. The music was perfectly adolescent, too: raw [...]
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Just a heads-up in case any of you, like me, didn’t know that Juliana Hatfield was going to be playing the Dame this Sunday. Doors are at 8pm and tickets are $12. Strangely just today I asked my boss at the record store if Juliana Hatfield had been in any old bands that I should [...]
Hecklerspray (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Why do indie babes rock our world so much? There really is something special about a girl with a guitar who can knock out a song you would actually not be ashamed to own on your iPod. But, why? Is it because, unlike their Hollywood counterparts, they actually have some kind of talent? Or is it because, unlike their Hollywood counterparts, they remind you of the smart girl at school who suddenly became...
donewaiting.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Benco’s got another great one coming up this weekend but this one is sliding in under the radar (no preview in either the Other Paper or the Alive this week). Meredith Godreau began performing under the name Gregory And The Hawk in 2003, added Mike McGuire in 2005, self-released an EP and a full length [...]
Atomic Ned (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Sometimes you get that feeling. I got it when I blindly asked Gregory And The Hawk to take some digital photos while on their current tour and send them to me to put up here. They could have sent a bunch of crummy shots, but they didn’t. They delivered … big time. Here’s the obligatory plug [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
There's an entire chapter about hunger in Juliana Hatfield's new autobiography, When I Grow Up . In the wake of the label politics that kept her God's Foot album from seeing the light of day, the singer fixated on controlling what went in her mouth. A Clif Bar for breakfast, a handful of trail mix for lunch. "I came home from the Blake Babies reunion tour in 2001 weighing a hundred pounds, my lowest...
Confessions of a Music Addict (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Juliana Hatfield (of Blake Babies fame) just released a memoir called When I Grow Up on September 22nd. If you are a fan of Hatfield or if you have ever struggled with the everchanging music business, pick it up. It's a really good read. Here's a little blurb from the book's inside flap: Ask a young girl what she wants to be when she grows up, and there's a good chance she'll say "a rock star." Ask...
Argie-Bargie (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
I was trying to make a joke with this one, but at some point I forgot what it was. By track 13 or 14, it's pretty much a normal mix. 01. Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All (5:40) 02. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (4:25) 03. Bonnie Tyler - It's [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Juliana Hatfield had a good thing going as an indie-rock star in the early '90s. She was signed to a major label. She had a hit song on MTV. She got to tour the world with the Lemonheads. The former Blake Babies vocalist even got to make a cameo on the cult...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
“People are in the spotlight for awhile and then they kind of go away and people forget about you,” Hatfield said over lunch one day recently.
Hi Fidelity (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Side A Elvis Costello-No Dancing Fountains of Wayne-Radiation Vibe Blake Babies-Take Your Head off My Shoulder Futureheads-Worry About it Later Brand New-OK I Believe You but My Tommy Gun Don't Guided by Voices-Surgical Focus Weezer-Undone/Only in Dreams (demos) Funeral Oration-Expanding Archers of Loaf-Wrong (live) Trusty-A Modest Proposal Casket Lottery-Better Off Velvet Crush-Weird Summer Rentals-Sweetness...
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Former Blake Babies star/90s indie-rock babe Juliana Hatfield has a memoir -- When I Grow Up (John Wiley & Sons) -- coming out on Sept. 22. I've always kinda liked Hatfield, even during the whole Evan Dando soap opera, so this bit from a piece in today's New York Times struck me as particularly interesting: But it [success] was all too much for the shy Ms. Hatfield to handle. She’d binge on ice cream...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
In her new memoir, the singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield considers what happens after “your dream comes true.”
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
As long as it’s been since the band had any sort of relevance, Juliana Hatfield still remains—and might forever be—a member of the Blake Babies in your mind. The idea of her making her a solo record seems a departure from her main preoccupation as a member of that band. She’s still that Boston college-rocker, [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Filed under: Video , Exclusive Spinner.com : Even back during her punk rock days in the late '80s group Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield has always had a knack for melodic pop. The singer-songwriter's prolific solo career spans 16 years, and her upcoming album, 'How To Walk Away,' proves she is... Read more
