“Negotiating fad is a tricky business. What happens when your brand of fuzzed-out, retro garage rock catches major media attention? When similarly coifed Lou Reed fans are fitted for rotation on MTV? Are you awarded special regard for your prescience, or seen, erroneously or no, as cliché? Do you sink or swim?
The predominance of critically acclaimed retro rock bands this year is an undeniable adv”
