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.
The Tough and Lovely will be featured on this weekend’s episode of Undiscovered, airing 6/14.
Listen on: KBRE in Merced, California; WOSC in Salisbury, Maryland; WHBR in Parkersburg, West Virginia; WAMX in Huntington/Ashland, West Virginia; WAQX in Syracuse, New York; and WTFX in Louisville, Kentucky Four of our affiliates stream their signal on-line so you can hear the show from anywhere (links on our website)
Undiscovered- we bring Indie music to broadcast radio!
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Hi, my first mixtape here : ALAN HOWARTH Drive to santa mira ALICE COOPER School's out PRESIDENTS OF USA Ca plane pour moi JAY REATARD Let it all go FRED MYROW Welcome to morningside BROADCAST The black cat TENDER FOREVER Tender forever ALAN HOWARTH First chase JAY CHATTAWAY Cemetery chase DEVO Snowball ALAN HOWARTH Chariots of pumpkins WHY ? Pantone cyan SJ ESAU Sports man FABIO FRIZZI Sequenza coro e orchestra NECRO No remorse GEORGES DELERUE Les visiteurs YO LA TENGO Nuclear war GOBLIN Profondo rosso STEREOLAB Canned candies ENNIO MORRICONE Humanity (part 2) THIS HEAT Sleep BOB LIND Cool summer http://www.lesmixtapesdemesamis.blogspot.com/
Tough and Lovely will be featured on this weekend’s episode (3/20-3/22) of Undiscovered-
Listen on: KBRE in Merced, California; WOSC in Salisbury, Maryland; WHBR in Parkersburg, West Virginia; WAMX in Huntington/Ashland, West Virginia; WAQX in Syracuse, New York; and WTFX in Louisville, Kentucky Four of our affiliates stream their signal on-line so you can hear the show from anywhere (links on our website)
Undiscovered- we bring Indie music to broadcast radio!
My drummer (Will Ong) was in the hospital from 7-28 to 8-08 with organized pneumonia, and chronic influencea & boop.
He has tiny holes in his lungs traping air in his chest, throat and sometimes shoulder blades. He had a lung byopsy almost three weeks ago that didn't help with the diagnosis. He also had a chest tube in him for a week along with a bronchoscopy. He eneded up leaving with 3 staples and 12 stitches in on his side along with a nice hole from the chest tube. He is currently home on an oxygen machine for 2 months. The doctors don't know if these holes in his lungs will seal up or if the infection will return so It might be longer.
There are a couple of benefit shows coming up to help Will pay for his $72,000 and rising hospital bill. On top of the several doctors I need to see in the next few weeks. One of hese shows is 9-12-08 @ the High Five.
If u could come out or help promote this benfit show and support a great drummer, musician and friend it would help out a great deal for Will.
