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Reviews

Smog: A River Ain’t Too Much to Love

By Rob Horning

The bedrock of virtually every Smog songs remains Callahan's deliberate guitar playing, often clipped arpeggio triplets sounding chords with no embellishment, and his nonpareil voice, the perfect instrument for relating his elusive first-person parables. [25 July 2005]

Smog: Dongs of Sevotion

By Jacob Swiss