Articles by Andrew Steenberg

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  Black Lipstick

  Sincerely, Black Lipstick

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  One gets the impression that, around 2001, an international fiat was declared obliging all new bands to feature at least one Velvet Undergr...

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  The Bravery

  The Bravery

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  The Bravery occupy that inoffensive middle ground of music in which they commit nothing egregious, yet nothing especially interesting, to t...

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  Longwave

  There's a Fire

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  The press release for There’s a Fire begins by discussing where Longwave intended to record the album (in New York), then goes on to discus...

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  Stereo Total

  Do the Bambi

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Stereo Total, like shellfish, are either loved or hated. There are few, if any, people who are impartial to the French-based polyglots’ wry...

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  Dirty Vegas

  One

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  The slightness of Dirty Vegas’ career may never be equalled by any band, ever. Their eponymous debut album sold nearly one million copies s...

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  Enon

  Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  There is a precept among music fans that rarities compilations, like covers albums, are the domain of catchpenny, blocked writers. Given th...

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  Mae

  (Destination: B-Sides)

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Mae’s new collection of b-sides is set to Balkanise the entire music community. A large sect will emerge wondering, "Who are Mae?” These pe...

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  The Stills

  Opera House, Toronto ON - October 3, 2004

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  On Thanksgiving weekend, the Stills played a show at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern in which, if one were so inclined, it would have been safe...