Articles by Bryon Hayes

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  Disguises

  Weaponizer

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

  Having harvested most of Toronto’s negative energy in just a few short years, this trio of urban noise shamans finally decided to unleash t...

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  Exploding Star Orchestra

  We Are All From Somewhere Else

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Cornetist and multimedia artist Rob Mazurek formed his Exploding Star Orchestra as a way to showcase Chicago’s contemporary avant-garde sou...

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  Gang Wizard

  Byzantine Headache

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  Formerly a trio, the cacophonous avant-rock outfit known as Gang Wizard now boast a line-up that is 14 strong. At least that’s what the lin...

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  Brush

  Brush!?

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  A rare record collector’s wet dream since its initial 1971 release, this self-titled album (also known as Escape) from Japanese underground...

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  Coughs

  Secret Passage

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

  On their sophomore release, this Chicago six-piece demolition crew ratchets up the energy and the sense of reckless abandon that its music...

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  Vampire Can't

  Key Cutter

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

  With the sound of a dozen unstable quarry employees releasing their frustration by flinging themselves into an unsuspecting stone crushing...

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  Wolf Eyes

  Human Animal

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

  The concept of noise as music is lost on the majority of the general public. Music whose sole intent is to motivate mammalian viscera to sp...

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  Irma Thomas

  After the Rain

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Recognised as New Orleans’s Queen of Soul since 1960 when she hit the charts with "(You Can Have My Husband But Please) Don’t Mess With My...