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July 30, 2004

Hitchcock Gets "Spooked"

Singer collaborates with Gillian Welch, David Rawlings on new CD
September 25, 2003

Bottom Line Granted Reprieve

Club still trying to land deal to prevent eviction
April 11, 2002

Robyn Hitchcock Sings Dylan

New Soft Boys album also due in September
August 18, 1999

Robyn Hitchcock: Same Wit, Different Day

Robyn Hitchcock: Same Wit, Different Day

Recordings and Reviews

Goodnight Oslo

Tom Waits and Elvis Costello get all the props, but fellow veteran eccentric Robyn Hitchcock's recent work is easily as consistent as theirs. This time out, the British singer-songwriter tapped three R.E.M.-related players — guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Scott McCaughey and drummer Bill Riefli...

2009 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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One of rock & roll's most gifted eccentrics, Soft Boy frontman Robyn Hitchcock at his best evokes much of the same benign insanity that marked John Lennon's whimsicality -- at times, his songs even evoke a similar sense of melody. His first solo album, Black Snake Diamond Role, picks up pretty much where his work with the Soft Boys left off, even to the point of employing most of his former...

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