Mike Shupp | Reviews | MODE MAGAZINE VOL. 3, NO. 10

MODE MAGAZINE
VOL. 3, NO. 10 · APRIL, 1999
Millennium CD Review Roundup
By Ed Yashinsky

MIKE SHUPP
OCTOBER SUN

There's nothing better than a songwriter with a sense of melody and the intuition for a killer hook. (It should be required for all songwriters, but sadly, that's not the case.) On October Sun, Mike Shupp delivers both of these skills in spades along with some great guitar playing. Recently named one of the best unsigned bands in America by Spin Magazine, Shupp's sound combines shreds of Marshall Crenshaw and John Hiatt wrapped around a rough-hewn electric core that recalls The Replacements mature (and sober) years. It's just rock music, and Mike Shupp does it very well.
(Private Mind Records, P.O. Box 2064 , Falls Church, VA 22042)

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