Articles by Andrew Steenberg

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  The Fiery Furnaces

  Gallowsbird's Bark

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  It would come as no surprise if Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger revealed that their parents used to lock them in the basement with a Fisher...

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  Leaves

  Breathe

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Unrefined thoughts: Leaves singer Arnar Gudjonsson sounds exactly like a Thom Yorke/Richard Ashcroft hybrid. In other words, he sounds a lo...

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  Mugison

  Lonely Mountain

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  It’s official. The cloistered Icelandic experimentalist has now joined the streetwise, inner-city punk and the suburban, four-track fumbler...

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  Stellastarr

  Stellastarr

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  David Byrne drowning, the B-52s covering the Talking Heads, Shabba Ranks. All of these are reasonable comparisons to Stellastarr front-man...

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  Thrills

  So Much for the City

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  The Beach Boys, steel pedal guitars and surfing — not exactly things you’d associate with Ireland, but Dublin quintet the Thrills pack them...

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  Kings of Leon / Jet

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON - September 8, 2003

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  If there is indeed a rock'n'roll high school, decades from now its instructors will use the Kings of Leon/Jet tour as a comparative dichoto...

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  David Bowie

  Reality

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  You may have heard of David Bowie (pronounced beau-ee), but in case you haven’t here are the important bits. He’s made 26 studio albums, vi...

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  Hiss

  Panic Movement

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  For production on their debut LP, Atlanta thug-rockers the Hiss called upon Brit-rock guru Owen Morris — the knob twiddler behind two landm...