Classic 1998 debut lo-fi LP by the John Peel favourites (Rooney the UK band not the US one), including the track 'Went to Town', which reached number 44 in the 1998 Festive Fifty. http://www.paulrooney.info/ Available digitally for the first time, April 2014. In 1998 Common Culture Records released this impressive collection of low-fi art songs of ordinary life: wandering down the local shops, looking at family holiday snaps. They are an attempt to make something communicable of the commonplace. Paul Rooney wrote and performed all the songs with some vocal input from Jacki… read more
Classic 1998 debut lo-fi LP by the John Peel favourites (Rooney the UK band not the US one), including the track 'Went to Town', which reac… read more
Classic 1998 debut lo-fi LP by the John Peel favourites (Rooney the UK band not the US one), including the track 'Went to Town', which reached number 44 in the 1998 Festive Fif… 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