Articles by Andrew Steenberg

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  Kaada

  Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Norwegian knob-twiddler Kaada finally brings his debut solo album to North America a full two years after its European release. Tough break...

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  Blue Man Group

  The Complex

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  You’ve gotta wonder who the genius is responsible for signing a visually-oriented performance troupe like the Blue Man Group to produce 14...

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  Russell Crowe and 30 Odd Foot of Grunts

  Different Ways of Speaking

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  The acting world’s dalliances in popular music have blessed us with so many abominations you wonder why studios don’t explicitly restrict t...

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  14 Year Old Girls

  Zombies In Robots Out

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Fun-lovin’ upstarts 14 Year Old Girls have managed to parlay an obsession with Nintendo and Devo into a 16-track, 17-minute LP. A truly nob...

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  Palaxy Tracks

  Cedarland

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  You don’t fool me Palaxy Tracks, you bunch of bedroom rockers! You moved from Texas to Chicago to get closer to the Sea and Cake, you mix c...

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  +/-

  Holding Patterns

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  While no one’s too sure what’s going on with Versus, we can all rest safe in the knowledge that James Buluyut’s "other” band, +/-, are aliv...

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  Starflyer 59

  Old

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Starflyer 59 is the kind of band that, in a rational but not quite ideal world, would replace Treble Charger as a staple of rock radio, how...

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  Trouble With Sweeney

  (I Know You Destroy)

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  You can’t really fault Joey Sweeney for not practicing what he preaches. The salon.com music critic puts his money where his mouth is on hi...