Artist: Volebeats
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005
Volebeats – Like Her
The Volebeats wanna party like it’s 1966 or ’67. They always have, really, and unabashedly so. On their seventh album, Like Her, the guitar-pop quintet from Detroit invokes the more shimmering facets of Moby Grape, the autumnal brooding of Forever Changes, vintage Hollies minus the froth, the jingle-jangle of the Byrds circa “Feel A Whole [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #49 Jan-Feb 2004
Volebeats – Country Favorites
Odds-and-sods compilations are usually meant to satisfy hungry fans, soak bucks from doting legions, give bands something to shill on tour, or clear the decks of a particularly prolific act. But none of those reasons fits Country Favorites. To date, the Volebeats’ greatest claim to fame is that they opened a leg of tour dates [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #34 July-Aug 2001
Volebeats – Below the radar or: Keep a secret
A relatively affluent inner-ring suburb, Huntington Woods seems to blithely ignore the notion of Metro Detroit as a wasteland of post-industrial blight. The houses here, generous old brick edifices mostly, sit well back from the shaded streets. They’re carefully kept up, some of them even elegant. By local standards, the Oakes place is modest. Comfortable [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #21 May-June 1999
Volebeats – Solitude
Detroit’s Volebeats have made an interesting career out of shattering expectations about the kind of music that comes out of the Motor City. On their fourth full-length disc, the Volebeats have made it a point to shatter expectations about the kind of music that comes out of the Volebeats. Since the indie release of Ain’t [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #13 Jan-Feb 1998
Volebeats – “Maggot Brain (Parts 1 & 2)”
Well, somebody finally got hip and covered the 1971 Funkadelic classic guitar freakoff. They even properly dedicated the blessed thing to the late, great Eddie Hazel, who died of “ghetto causes” several years ago. The concept is fulfilled with a high lonesome version of the Hendrix-inspired original that makes for a noirish, spaghetti-western style instrumental. [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #7 Jan-Feb 1997
The Volebeats – The Sky, the ocean, and the Hamtramck shuffle
Can’t forget the Motor City. Whether in the timeless sounds of Motown or in the resilience of Patti Smith, Detroit has left its gritty and elegant mark on modern music. Although the Volebeats have yet to carve a permanent and arguably a prominent place on the city’s musical map, credit this quintet with three albums, [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #2 Winter 1995
Volebeats – Bittersweet
Any band that starts out a record with a country version of a Barry White song is okay in my book. Of course, great ideas aren’t always executed well, but the Volebeats’ take on White’s “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby” is such a restructured revelation that it completely steals the song [...]
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