Articles by Bill Adams

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  Aqualung

  Strange and Beautiful

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  If any band best exemplifies the musical stereotype of "sad-sack, maudlin college rock” it is Aqualung. Apparently, singer Matt Hale and gu...

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  Cruiserweight

  Sweet Weaponry

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Not since Cheap Trick has any quartet made such exacting power pop as Austin, Texas’s Cruiserweight on their debut bulldozer ride through t...

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  Decahedron

  2005

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  With the news of Decahedron’s recent break-up on my mind, it’s impossible not to feel like the band’s efforts were wasted ones. Decahedron’...

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  Furios

  Warning Shot

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  How is it that Winnipeg label Bacteria Buffet became the Canadian ska mecca? Following such fantastic releases as those by the Barrymores a...

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  Hurst

  Wanderlust

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 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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  Moaners

  Dark Snack

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Looking like the love child of Jackie and Blackie Onassis and dredging up an orgiastic frenzy of scuzzy, bottom-feeding riffs, Melissa Swin...

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  Scum of the Earth

  Blah…Blah…Blah…Love Songs for the New Millenium

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  While comparisons to Rob Zombie are unavoidable where Scum of the Earth’s debut is concerned (for a variety of reasons — most notably that...

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  Kingston Fog

  You'll Never Win, Love Always, God

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 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 Hol...