Articles by Andrew Steenberg

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  T. Raumschmiere

  Blitzkrieg Pop

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  T. Raumschmiere circa 2005 bears the features of a man who seems to be trying too hard. His new album contains songs titled "Sick Like Me”...

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  Amusement Parks on Fire

  Amusement Parks on Fire

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Amusement Parks on Fire possess several amazing qualities; among them is a truly horrible name and a gorgeous debut album written and recor...

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  A.R.E. Weapons

  Free in the Streets

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  The first half of this decade was notable for its bulk of bands that managed to be ironic without trying to be ironic. Andrew WK made grima...

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  King Cheetah

  The King Cheetah LP

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  The editors at Exclaim! are fairly liberal — and generous — in their allowance of dirty, four-letter words in the magazine, but two words t...

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  Archie Bronson Outfit

  Fur

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  There are essentially two forms of repetition in pop music: an artistically utilitarian repetition-for-effect, sublimated by the Ramones an...

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  Starflyer 59

  Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Upon seeing the Christian label Tooth & Nail on the back of a CD one can reasonably brace for a disc of streaming hosannas and pharisaic Je...

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  Electrelane

  Axes

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  After listening to Axes, one gets the impression that Electrelane bashed it out over a weekend with a couple of Pepsis at Steve Albini’s ho...

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  New Order

  Power, Corruption and Lies

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  There was a time, before 2002, when little was known about New Order. The blond one played guitar, it was thought, and the paunchy one, we...