Reviews

HIgh Noon Saloon Reviews SBG

January 25, 2010

A decade after their formation on a front porch in a neighbouring LA suburb, and country-rock outfit I See Hawks in L.A. take a moment to reflect on their achievements, and err…. the public’s failure to recognise a hit song when they hear one. Wryly titled, Shoulda Been Gold is a retrospective of sorts, taking [...]

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L.A. Daily News Reviews SBG

January 25, 2010

“Shoulda Been Gold 2001-2009″ I See Hawks In L.A. American Beat Records 4 stars Not merely the ironic best-of collection its title implies, this latest from our town’s most authentic, underappreciated country rock band features, along with selected non-hits, new songs, never-before-released cuts (including a beautiful lost love ballad called, well, “Shoulda Been Gold”) and [...]

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Twangville Reviews SBG

January 25, 2010

Imagine if Graham Parsons had hooked up with Grace Slick instead of Emmylou, and one of their offspring had moved out to Joshua Tree for a decade or so, then formed a band with a couple of his friends. The real story of how I See Hawks In L.A. came into being is less, well, [...]

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Daggerzine Reviews SBG

January 25, 2010

SHOULDA BEEN GOLD, 2001-2009-(AMERICAN BEAT)- Can’t claim to have ever heard of this bunch but from the sound and looks of it maybe they were Southern California’s answer to the Flatlanders? Just a guess there ..anywho, it seems they appeared on the scene in L.A. at the dawn of the 2000’s (during, as they say, [...]

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Beat Surrender: I See Hawks in LA – Shoulda Been Gold (Collectors’ Choice)

January 25, 2010

January 26th will see the release of Shoulda Been Gold the fifth album from Californian country-rockers I See Hawks in LA, a 17 track tongue-in-cheek greatest hits collection that takes in tunes from the bands previous albums as well as five new tracks, so you get the best of both worlds as the band, Rob [...]

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“Hittin’ The Note” Review of SBG

January 5, 2010

Review from the Allman Brothers Fanzine: * I See Hawks In L.A. is a great name for a band, the idea behind it, a stoned vision, going hand in hand with their adventurously-written country/rock of the Burritos-Poco-etc. classic kind. The liner notes to the boisterously but very appropriately-titled Shoulda Been Gold 2001-2009 shoulda been printed [...]

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Shoulda Been Gold makes 2009 Best of List

January 5, 2010

Even though it’s not out until 2010! Check out Gary Miller’s Best of List at State of Mind Music out of Vermont: “OK‚ so I lied. Technically‚ Shoulda Been Gold will be released on January 26‚ 2010‚ but it’s a stunning work of Post-Parsons Americana‚ and I want you to know about it now. Who [...]

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LOST HILLS REVIEW: I SEE HAWKS LIVE IN L.A.

December 20, 2009

I See Hawks In L.A. Live at the Cinema Bar, December 4th, 2009 Being stuck in L.A. for a couple of weeks can be trying, but it also has it’s bright spots. There are listenable radio programs here, readable free tabloids and world class live music any night of the week. I always gravitate to [...]

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Live review: Artists try to cope with the loss of Amy Farris — and honor her — in a tribute concert

November 12, 2009

Dave Alvin hosts the event in remembrance of the late singer-violinist, who died in September at age 40. “When we lose a member of our tribe, we don’t mourn, we celebrate, and we make a lot of racket,” Dave Alvin said at the outset of a 3½-hour tribute to the late violinist, singer and songwriter [...]

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Humboldt named to top pot anthems list, Houston Press

September 21, 2009

WM Smith of the Houston Press named our “Humboldt” one of the alltime marijuana anthems. http://blogs.houstonpress.com Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues: Eight Great Pot Songs By William Michael Smith Sep. 21 2009 John Prine may have set the standard for pot songs in American music with his sardonic “Illegal Smile,” but that snowball [...]

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