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    Broomtree

    Broomtree

    (1997)

    Reviewed by Linda T. Stonehocker

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    Label Rustproof RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth1998
    alternative rockhard rockpop rockpower pop

    She calls it, "hard and happy chick music," and laughs. Kylie Schlig is female, but nobody's chick. Kylie Schlig is the real deal. A poet and guitar student long before she decided to head up a rock 'n roll band, she wasn't manufactured or packaged by anyone besides herself, and her redeemer. She's assembled a tight, loud four-piece to flood her songs with a buzz so solid you can lean on it in concert. Simple, direct lyrics intended to reach her peers don't offer much intellectual depth, but do connect with her audience. The tempo is upbeat and there are several radio-friendly numbers destined to become hits including "Flower in Mud," "Save You," and "Without You." Her age will confine her to all-ages venues for now, but keep your eye on this babe.

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    7ball #16Reviewed by Nik BarnesHailing from Ohio, it's no surprise Broomtree has some things in common with neighbors Morella's Forest and Belly. Sometimes described as "hard and happy chick music" (as you'll hear for yourself on the record), the straight-ahead guitar rock and little-girl-lost vocals of Kylie Schlig charge through simple songs of faith and devotion. The main songwriter, as well as guitarist and vocalist,…The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Josh Spencer"Davia! You've come back to Dakoda Motor Co. and made a new record! Oh, I love you sooo much....wait a minute, you aren't Davia. What kind of sick joke is this.....?" Okay, maybe that was a bit harsh. But the truth is like that sometimes, and it really does seem that Broomtree has come along to halfway fill the Dakoda Motor Co. void, with vocalist Kylie sounding quite similar to Davia (with…

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