On his new CD Lovely Invalids, Ward White comes across as something of a musical John Cheever, sardonically skewering soulless Manhattan careerists, self-centered squeezes and sell-outs of every stripe. The music falls somewhere between Wilco and early Bowie, punctuated by White's fast, incisive lead guitar and keyboardist Amy Schneider's warm, fluid organ fills. Fans of Elvis Costello, Matt Keating and anybody who misses Lloyd Cole's frequent shows here in the mid-90s should check him out. -- New York Press