Not since Cheap Trick has any quartet made such exacting power pop as Austin, Texass Cruiserweight on their debut bulldozer ride through th...
Articles By Bill Adams
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ReviewsCruiserweight Sweet Weaponry Published Jul 01, 2005
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ReviewsDecahedron 2005 Published Jul 01, 2005
With the news of Decahedrons recent break-up on my mind, its impossible not to feel like the bands efforts were wasted ones. Decahedrons...
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ReviewsHurst Wanderlust Published Jul 01, 2005
The Canadian lead singer/pop star scenario has another chapter thanks to Trevor Hurst. The solo debut by former Econoline Crush lead singer,...
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ReviewsFurios Warning Shot Published Jul 01, 2005
How is it that Winnipeg label Bacteria Buffet became the Canadian ska mecca? Following such fantastic releases as those by the Barrymores an...
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ReviewsAqualung Strange and Beautiful Published Jul 01, 2005
If any band best exemplifies the musical stereotype of "sad-sack, maudlin college rock it is Aqualung. Apparently, singer Matt Hale and gui...
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ReviewsScum of the Earth Blah Blah Blah Love Songs for the New Millenium Published Jul 01, 2005
While comparisons to Rob Zombie are unavoidable where Scum of the Earths debut is concerned (for a variety of reasons most notably that t...
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ReviewsMoaners Dark Snack Published Jul 01, 2005
Looking like the love child of Jackie and Blackie Onassis and dredging up an orgiastic frenzy of scuzzy, bottom-feeding riffs, Melissa Swing...
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ReviewsKingston Fog You'll Never Win, Love Always, God Published Apr 01, 2005
While many folk acts lately have gotten a lot of critical kudos by mining the gothic sounds of the American South (Iron and Wine, Jolie Holl...
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ReviewsAdrian Belew Side One Published Apr 01, 2005
The fact that Adrian Belew has had a storied career (stints with Frank Zappa, David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails) and is a wildly creative guit...
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ReviewsAni Difranco Knuckle Down Published Mar 01, 2005
Following her previous, totally homegrown (she recorded, produced, wrote and played everything) effort, Educated Guess, Ani DiFranco has tak...
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ReviewsA Day and A Deathwish A Day and a Deathwish Published Mar 01, 2005
It was once said that the only band in the Seattle scene of the 90s that fit the term grunge was Alice in Chains. Following that line of lo...
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ReviewsGene Simmons Speaking In Tongues Published Nov 01, 2004
Exactly how self-important must Gene Simmons be to have released Speaking In Tongues? The DVD is marketed as a sort of self-help video, à la...
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ReviewsBlondie Live By Request Published Nov 01, 2004
Not unlike all of the instalments of Live By Request, Blondies contribution to the series was supposed to be a greatest hits live collectio...
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ReviewsBlondie Live By Request Published Nov 01, 2004
Why Blondie even bothered agreeing to do a Live By Request set is something of a mystery. Did they honestly think anyone other than the host...
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ReviewsF-Ups The F-Ups Published Nov 01, 2004
The F-Ups are the worst kind of pre-packaged pabulum: catchy yet vacant and inauthoritative and destined for mainstream airwaves. The F-Ups...
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ReviewsOtto Von Schirach Global Speaker Fisting Published Oct 01, 2004
If its true that technos appeal for its fans is imagining the sound of a large, cosy waiting room where people can dance and relax until c...
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ReviewsBarrymores All Nighters Published Oct 01, 2004
The Barrymores are proof that ska and reggae music dont necessarily need a message for the music to be good (a sentiment often forgotten th...
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ReviewsMotion City Soundtrack/Matchbook Romance Split Published Oct 01, 2004
In support of my theory that even a mediocre punk band can sound fantastic if you put acoustic guitars in their hands, I submit the cases of...
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ReviewsCeremonial Snips Fuck The Pain, Bring The Noise EP Published Sep 01, 2004
How can doing something as simple as mixing hardcores urgency with skas inherent pogo and horn section sound as fresh as on the Ceremonial...
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ReviewsBuffseeds Picture Show Published Sep 01, 2004
After Picture Show, Devinshires Buffseeds will probably spend the next couple of records distancing themselves from the barrage of Coldplay...