Hometown Sweethearts
NYC's Hometown Sweethearts are by far the best cover band in the world. Bar none. The best. Just so happened they grew up here in Madison. They play the songs you want to hear, and in a way that makes you feel nostalgic yet current. Many of those ubiquitous songs of the past few decades are now a little more ubiquitous thanks to local cover band Hometown Sweethearts, who’ve played everywhere from its regular Tuesday-night gig at Crystal Corner to the Old Fashioned. Now your very own home can be Anybar as well, thanks to the Sweethearts’ new CD, A Shower Of Golden Hits!, which includes an R. Kelly song (“Ignition”) and a Tom Waits song (“I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”). The Sweethearts’ bouncy versions recall the fun of the original songs without being too literal, which is fitting—who wants to hear a bar band do it dead serious?
