Articles by Andrew Steenberg

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  For Against

  Echelons

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Originally released in 1987, Echelons never made much of a splash, plop or even drip in the music world, but it appears For Against are wil...

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  Memphis

  I Dreamed We Fell Apart

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Always too youthful, too forward or too clichéd, pop music’s never been very good at love. And now, forces such as superficiality, sales an...

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  Silkworm

  It'll Be Cool

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  At least, it could have been cool. Silkworm has several qualities in its favour: interesting album art, a number of attractive songs ("Don’...

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  The Killers

  Hot Fuss

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  The offensively hyperbolic press release accompanying the Killers’ debut, Hot Fuss, tells us the band’s formative influences, single plans...

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  Telescopes

  Altered Perception

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  Before My Bloody Valentine single-handedly bankrupted Creation Records, Alan McGee signed a band named the Telescopes, who rarely get menti...

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  Dykehouse

  Midrange

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Each month Exclaim! receives at least one CD-R in the mail with a note, scrawled in crayon, beseeching us to "rEvIew mY bAnd’s alBuM...pLeA...

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  Auf Der Maur

  Auf Der Maur

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Whether it was by sheer luck or knowing the right people, Melissa Auf der Maur has managed to make a pretty formidable career as, essential...

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  The Helio Sequence

  Love and Distance

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Good record labels aren’t perfect, but lately a couple "bastions of good tunes” have made strong cases that they’ve completely lost their m...