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Press 2006-2007 (for "Like A Metaphor")
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" «««« ... like prime Costello"
Howard Druckman, Eye Weekly (Toronto,ON) 07/13/06
ECHO WEEKLY FEATURE -Bill Adams, ECHO Weekly (Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Guelph,ON) 12/20/07
"HOT
TICKETS-MUST SEE SHOWS"(Rob Szabo @ The Blackdog)
BEST OF 2006 EYE WEEKLY THE LIST TO END ALL LISTS 2006 (Toronto,ON) (it's in JULY) KW RECORD INDIE ROCK '06 (Kitchener-Waterloo,ON)
Szabo serves up ‘Metaphor’ with plainspoken directness Scott McLennan, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Worcester,MA) 01/16/07
" The album’s story-driven melodies showcase his sharp-wit and ability to write outside of the tired and usual love-song ballad."
Janine Toms, Exclaim! (Nation-Wide,Canada) 08/02/06
"Yes indeedy this is another wonderful Canadian artist."
Colin Meeks, IndieLaunchPad.com
(Internet-Canada) 01/31/07 "One
of the area's finest songwriters"-Michael Barclay, The Record
(Kitchener, Waterloo,ON) 4/27/06
Interview with Rob Szabo
MONKEY BIZ.ca (Hamilton,ON) 12/14/06
"ROB SZABO: Niagara Wine Festival Lures Him To The Region"
Taking Some Inspired Road Trips
"Plugging in to
America--8-man U.S. band finds kindred spirit in Kitchener's Rob Szabo
and repays a visit"
(story about The Johnstown Kids coming to Kitchener!) Folky
Rob Szabo spreads the words Here's my
Earthy pop Rob Szabo
hits the road with new CD/DVD Szabo's
homegrown CD deserves success |
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Press 2004-2005 (for "Late Bloomer/Sore Loser") |
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"Szabo's
no amateur, and his songwriting clearly telegraphs it ... a very
personal sensitive glimpse at the diversity of a skilled artist"-Anthony
Caroto, ORIGIVATION (Philadelphia, PA) July/05 Rob
Szabo Goes It Alone "...
brilliant, Cobain-worthy."-Dave Richards, Erie
Times (Erie,PA) 02/24/05
SZABO MAKES A GREAT DIVIDE-Jason Schneider,The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo,ON) 11/18/04 [full interview]
DOUBLE THE SZABO-Neil Mcdonald, Echo Weekly (Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Guelph,ON) 11/18/04
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Press 2003 (for "a battery of tests") |
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"The fact that Szabo is a gifted musician has never been in question, but A Battery of Tests is easily his finest songwriting to date, placing him in good stead alongside post-Beatlemaniacs like Elliot Smith and Crowded House's Neil Finn ... Szabo has just made the album of his career ... "-Michael Barclay, The Record (Kitchener -Waterloo) 05/15/03 [full article]
"Best
of the second half of 2003. Szabo’s songs possess a wonderfully
intimate quality that fits well with the subtlety of the songwriting.
From the opening of “Watchin’ A Movie,” Szabo establishes the mood
he is hoping to evoke with this release and maintains it beautifully
throughout the rest of the album."
"You
probably know Rob Szabo. If not by name, then by his music ...(a battery
of tests is) a personal expression from a talented artist ... though the
songs are his stories, he has a natural ability to make them ours ...
raw backporch guitar ease."-Jeff Hurst, Cambridge
Times (Cambridge,ON) "
... a battery of tests is a gloomy musical voyage of discovery by an
accomplished singer/songwriter who lays bare his tortured soul for all
to hear."-David McPherson, Umbrella
Music.com 06/06/04 [full
article] "...
Szabo gently strums through songs of relationships and regret, assuming
an almost Radioheadish sense of despair in his lowest emotional ebbs("The
Life of the Party"). But on "I Live for the
Summer," he finally kicks his desolation blues for good; like a
distant cousin to Big Star's "Watch the Sunrise," it climaxes
with a chorus so big you barely notice the song doesn't even have
drums..." Changing
The Battery-Rob Szabo on his own A
darker song set by Szabo-Kitchener singer puts Plasticine on hold for
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