Phantom Parade : TK Webb : Review : Rolling Stone

Missouri-born, Brooklyn-dwelling Thomas Kelly Webb is a twenty-eight-year-old bluesman who allegedly mastered a load of Zeppelin guitar parts by age nine and was accompanying much older men by thirteen. His second album speaks less to his chops than to an ability to write grimy blues songs that toss in snatches of Neil Young and the Stones -- not to mention a narcotic, sometimes murky guitar sound. A handful of songs sound undercooked, but others are oddly gripping: Slo-mo swamp blues like "You Got Faded" are all drony minimalism, and "Classy" could be the Black Keys. Best among the more upbeat numbers is "The Spade," in which Webb cleans up his growl, drops a wordy rant and shows he can make with the catchy. Phantom Parade ain't exactly groundbreaking, but it channels old-school sources with more brains than nostalgia.

CHRISTIAN HOARD

(Posted: Nov 13, 2006)

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5of 5 Stars

thats a tender situation, like rainfall on electronics I f a9 year
old knows led zeppelin, he eats hungrily/drinks thirstily;
maybe he covers names with pentagrams. folks are sold the
New Sleeep every season Call on the Echoey Waves that splash
and misbehave (and) let pour out to the deep and wide the
troubles that pulse the temples and tremble inside RIDE
NEUTRINOS TO TH OTHER SIDE where the folding begins and
ends (and) the Clasping Cores of gasping stars stare + stare
+ stare
ONTO SLUMBER BLUFF IMPLODING HORIZONS OF LIGHT
DIVIDED
the pulse of it all/just a ripple (but)
but a closer
a stopper
an ender
NO LIGHT NO TIME NO SPACE NO BEFORE NO AFTER
YES
one lump sum. rebel hanky.
"you might be from snata cruz."
HIT SNOOZ/ DONT LOSE/
EXTINCT CABOOSE
MELLOW-MONGOOSE
SLOW SHAGRIN
BATHTUB GIN
you'll find a song in the
jokes I remind
you'll find a voice throuigh
a picturemind
INTREPID HINDSITE
SPOCK vs. THE FONZ
BE A MULTIPURPOSE CHANGELING
BE A HEADCOATMAN
THIS NIGHT HAS OPENED MY LEGS
dudes you dont know 'r' ugly and stupid