CityBeat - Band Guide for the Fifth Annual MidPoint Music Fest
A band that draws on too many sources can be pulled off track by their own influences, but Shrug doesn't have any trouble orchestrating their numerous heroes into their own unique sound. Classic Rock collides with Grunge, Glam waltzes with jangly Pop, and Americana does shots with Punk. At the end of it, as if to say "Hope you liked it," there's a Shrug.
Dig It: A campfire memorial for Johnny Thunders, Kurt Cobain, Jeff Buckley and half The Who, with David Bowie, Michael Stipe, Tom Petty and Steve Earle passing the guitar (BB).
CityBeat - September 20-26 2006