Lara Yazvac..............vocals
Andrew Robertson......guitar
Christian Pierce.........drums
Brett Burleson........org/guit
Matthew Million............bass
Influences
Heartaches by the number, troubles by the score, old records, goooood music, other stuff and things and whatnot.
Sounds Like
Click on our songs and find out. Well-crafted original RnR with dynamite vocals, melodies, hooks and beats.
Columbus Ohio garage rock outfit the Tough and Lovely have to be one of the most aptly named bands in years, maybe ever. The TOUGH: the sharp guitar hooks and rock solid rhythm section. The LOVELY: the swirling organ and heart wrenching love songs with vocals found on both sides of the coin- sweet and soft one minute and in the next hard as nails.
-Erica McIntyre, CityBeat/Cincinnati
A good band becomes a great band when they have a front woman with style and presence, making you stop whatever you are doing and pay attention. The Tough & Lovely have got the goods in Lara Yazvac. She has such force and veracity but also complete control; it was like these songs were written just for her and no one else. The band has chops too. Andrew Roberston (who wrote or co-wrote with Lara the entire album) fires out thick, gut-penetrating rock n roll riffs like the Stones or the Sonics, but can also lay out some cool blues bars, like so many of those garage bands who had an even more unabashed love of the roots of rock. The rhythm section is tough as nails and (fittingly) pounds out the back beat like a hammer, supplying lots of movement, depth, and (wahoo!) cool backing vocals. These songs kick ass. From the straight-up bullshit-free, in your face opener Born Of The Stars to the hip-rattling The Ooh La La (which is about a dance called the Ooh La La) which nears the finish, its pretty much solid hits top to bottom. Excellent album! Kudos all around! Yes, its worth getting excited about. Good albums coming out of nowhere (to me) are rare, great albums rarer still, but great albums that also make you a fan, that get you interested in seeking out more releases and promoting them for the sake of adoration (rather than it being my job as a reviewer) are 1 in 8,000*..................
*Yes, I've done the math.
Thursday 1am- Preacher’s Kids 12am- Psychedelic Horseshit 11pm- Wheels on Fire 10:15pm- Grafton 9:30pm- Pink Reason 8:45pm- Dragline Bros. 8pm- Never Evers 7:15- Casual Future 6:30- Spooktober 6p- Mishka Shubaly
Friday 1am - This Moment In Black History 12am - Greg Cartwright 11pm - Dan Melchior Und Das Menace 10:15pm- Thomas Function 9:30pm - Cheap Time 8:45pm - El Jesus De Magico 8pm - The Makebelieves 7:15pm- Paper Machetes 6:30pm- Loaded Revulvas 6p- Goodbye Goats
Saturday 1am - Terrible Twos 12am - Birthday Suits 11pm- Necropolis 10:15pm - Dropdead Sons 9:30pm- Ribs 8:45pm- Guinea Worms 8pm- Kurt Vile 7:15pm- Grave Blankets 6:30pm- Silo Circuit 5:45pm- Octoberfist 5pm- RedDahlia 4:15- Sad Bastards 3:30p - the Pages
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Thanks! And yeah, those Customes 45's haven't been around for decades. BUT, The Customs and The Long Gones will be playing reunion shows for Shake It Records 30th anniversary May 31st at The Southgate House. Which will also be a CD release of unreleased Customs stuff from way back when.
I heard you on the Dave The Spazz WFMU show and thought it had to be a masterpiece by Phil Spector. I don't know how you're pulling this together, but I love it.
