Classic 1999 second lo-fi LP by the John Peel favourites (Rooney the UK band not the US one). http://www.paulrooney.info/ Available digitally for the first time, April 2014. In 1999 Common Culture Records released this impressive collection of low-fi art songs of ordinary life: keeping your distance from people at bus stops, fare dodging at local train stations. They are an attempt to make something communicable of the commonplace. The personnel expanded for this album: Paul Rooney was joined on some of the tracks by Colin Cromer, Jackie Kerr and Ian S Jackson. Rooney released thre… read more
Classic 1999 second lo-fi LP by the John Peel favourites (Rooney the UK band not the US one). http://www.paulrooney.info/ Available digitally for th… read more
Classic 1999 second lo-fi LP by the John Peel favourites (Rooney the UK band not the US one). http://www.paulrooney.info/ Available digitally for the first time, April 2014. In 1999 Com… read more
California rock band Rooney emerged in 2002, making their live debut warming up for Phantom Planet, a more experienced L.A.-based group who shared similar classic pop influences (ELO, the Beach Boys) along with a family member. The younger brother of actor and former Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman, Rooney maestro Robert Schwartzman was also a son of Hollywood who had dabbled in acting, but by the early 2000s had turned his full attention to crafting pleasantly retro guitar pop. By the year's end, Schwartzman and his bandmates Taylor Locke (guitar), Matthew Winter (bas… read more
California rock band Rooney emerged in 2002, making their live debut warming up for Phantom Planet, a more experienced L.A.-based group who shared similar classic pop influences (ELO, the B… read more
California rock band Rooney emerged in 2002, making their live debut warming up for Phantom Planet, a more experienced L.A.-based group who shared similar classic pop influences (ELO, the Beach Boys) along with a family member. The you… read more