Under the Gun Review

There is a scene in High Fidelity where John Cusack, playing Rob Gordon, the under appreciated scholar of pop-culture, looks as an employee of the record shop he owns and confidently says “I will now sell five copies of “The Three EPs” by The Beta Band.”  Within moments of starting the song “Dry the Rain,” the inhabitants of Championship Vinyl begin questioning the song. Instantly, it has their attention.

That moment is exactly how “Lonesome,” the opening track from Dr. Dog’s seventh album Be A Void was for me. Having been what could easily be classified as a hipster …