(4 OUT OF 4 STARS)
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
By ANDREW DANSBY Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle

The vibe of Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, an outrageously energetic album of 21st-century garage soul by Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, is retro down to its Naugahyde heart. Blasts of brass pop like corn, the keys are soupy and funky, the guitars never solo when they could be wah-wahing. Then there’s Lewis, who sells it all like a screaming carnival barker. He’s the kind of expressively unhinged singer that has been in short order in R&B for decades. Check out the unholy howl three-and-a-half minutes into I’m Broke (great title). On a hiking trail...(Click Here to read the full review)