Articles by Chris Boutet
Spoon Stay Classy
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2007
Over the past decade, perhaps no other North American rock act has been as surprisingly consistent and consistently surprising as Austin in...
Tour Diary
SOFTWARE
PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2007
Keeping track of digital music collections can be hard enough, let alone remembering when favourite bands are passing through town. But thi...
Storyboard
Storyboard
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2007
Originally slated for wide release last year but held back by unforeseen complications with a prospective label relationship fell through,...
The Decemberists Tell Tales of Heart
PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007
In a musical landscape dominated by the echo of a million dance-punk hi-hats, the Decemberists, a curious Portland, Oregon, five-piece pop...
Fake Cops
Thundertheft
PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007
Two years after the release of their intriguing debut EP, Absolutely Your Credit Is Excellent but in a Certain Way We Need Cash, Calgary fo...
Joseph Arthur
Nuclear Daydream
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
Ever since 2000s brilliant Come to Where Im From, Akron, OH-based artist musician Joseph Arthur has been creating bright, thoughtful folk...
Los Abandoned
Mix Tape
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
Los Angeles punk rockers Los Abandoned put a lot of effort into making themselves sound interesting. Boasting an aesthetic that "reunites...
The Shins Are Awake
PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007
When a promotional copy of the Shins long-awaited album Wincing The Night Away was leaked last October, music blog What Would Jesus Blog?...