Articles by Aaron Levy

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  Gavin Castleton

  Hospital Hymns EP

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  The latest from prolific producer and composer Gavin Castleton is a five-track, 15-minute concept EP that chronicles the quirky spiritualit...

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  Panther

  Secret Lawns

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  Anthony Kiedis if he was back on speed? Maybe a more accurate analogy for Portland’s latest proto-dance punk sultan would be if Xiu Xiu’s J...

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  Pink Nasty

  Mold the Gold

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  For Sarah Beck to shake the stigma and stereotype of the singer-songwriter thing, she certainly needed to go above and beyond on Pink Nasty...

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  Templo Diez

  Winterset

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  Templo Diez felt a fire recently, defending themselves against their mediocre Haig, Netherlands hometown music scene. Canadian music fans,...

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  Bocce

  Hi Birdbear/Can't Reason Do It?

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Bocce are hip, Bloc Party hip. They are less Radiohead’s The Bends gone new wave and more Godspeed’s entire family acting immature and bein...

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  Jatun

  Jatun

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Jatun brings to mind a method of making computer music that’s idiosyncratic yet completely natural. With lush, lo-fi loops and digital drum...

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  Various

  The World is Gone

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  Its been a while since I mused of band names like Green Day and Refused rhetorically describing their catalogue material, but unlike those...

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  Paul Wirkus

  Deformation Professionnelle

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  Polish drummer/producer Paul Wirkus’ fourth album engenders urgency. Opening up to methodically chopped melodic patterns, an arrhythmic str...