Slant Magazine Though they’ve long been written off by mainstream pop audiences, Hanson has continued to play to a devoted cult following and, more importantly, emerged as an awfully good pop band. Their eighth album, Shout It Out, is the trio’s most ambitious project to date, borrowing heavily from several eras of Top 40 pop… Read More »
LA Times It’s not every day that you get to witness an “American Idol” contestant meeting one of their Idols, but that’s exactly what happened late Wednesday night at the Mondrian Hotel’s Sky Bar, where Season 9 sixth-place finisher Siobhan Magnus came face-to-face with three guys named Taylor, Zac and Isaac, otherwise known as her… Read More »
FLICKR The second topic of conversation on the day I met my wife, within ten minutes of meeting here – was about this band. Namely their BRILLIANT second album. Without a doubt, in all seriousness, one of my Top 5 Bands of all time. Such hooks, songwriting, and joy that comes out of every song… Read More »
Culture Map Houston It never dawned on me that there would come a day when Good Charlotte and Hanson would be the den leaders on a rock n’ roll trek with younger acts who have superceded them on the pop and alt-rock charts. But that’s exactly what’s happening in the Bamboozle Roadshow (a vast traveling… Read More »
PrideSource Also Out Hanson, ‘Shout it Out’ Boy band, whaaat? Even if this trio of “MMMBop” brothers carries that limiting label on their eighth album (!?), they’re breaking out the blues for some big-people pop that’s about as sunny as cruising the SoCal coast. It doesn’t get much more fun than “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’,” a… Read More »
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MTV Maura Johnston, music journalist 3. Hanson, “MMMBop”: I still remember the first time I saw this video on MTV, which took place early one morning right before I graduated from college. I was pretty spellbound — not just by the skills of the extremely young drummer on display, but by its ever-bubbling chorus and… Read More »
SPIN BEST GUILTY-NO-MORE PLEASURE: Hanson Anyone old enough to remember the original reign of Hanson’s “MMMBop” — almost nobody in this crowd — would find the band’s latter-day version almost unrecognizable. There’s the age thing, of course, as even the littlest guy in the “MMMBop” days is now married and in his 20s. But Hanson… Read More »
Daily American When I was in third grade, I had only one aspiration in mind for my future. “Kayla, what do you want to be when you grow up?” my teacher once asked. I looked up at her and blushed. “Taylor Hanson’s wife, Mrs. Stackhouse.” I was obsessed—I repeat, obsessed—with the Hanson brothers. “MMMBop” was… Read More »
May 28 aLive BackStage Pass Pr… 8:30 PM Members will enjoy a pre-show chat with the band. The band will take questions about Shout It Out song writing and the album. (8:30pm ET, 7:30pm CT, 6:30pm MT, 5:30pm PT) May 29 aLive BackStage Pass Pr… 7:00 PM Members will enjoy a pre-show chat with the… Read More »