Articles by Chris Rolfe

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  Ladytron

  Ladytron

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  On first listen, this Kramer-produced album sounds like a collection of Mercury Rev's lost four-track recordings. "(Get Yerself a) Telegrap...

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  Sparrow Orange

  The Beauty of Strangeness

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Judging by the sound of this opiated disc, this Grand Rapids, Michigan, act may be sneaking a few too many Tylenol 3's out of grandpa's art...

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  Virgineers

  Virgineers

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Chocked full of the '60s psych references that pop reviewers love to go on about, the Virgineers self-titled debut will appeal to Beatle-ph...

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  Vengaboys

  The Platinum Album

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Oh, for fuck's sakes. Not again! I love this. I hate this. I love this. I hate myself. Make it stop! Ahhhhhhhh! Can't... get... out... of.....

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  Deep Reduction

  Deep Reduction

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Nothing really groundbreaking here, but garage punk aficionados will dig this all the same. Tracks like “Whips & Furs” are blud...

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  Resonars

  Bright and Dark

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  A jingle-jangly absorption of the Byrds and the Hollies at their best (Graham Nash just wishes he’d written these songs). Yet, the Re...

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  Zebradonk

  ZD001

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  A bizarre disc by a bizarre band. This jazz-inspired trio, which includes sometime members of Toronto acts Klave Kongo and One Step Beyond,...

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  Donovan's Brain

  Eclipse and Debris

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  A disc with a messy history, featuring the efforts of various sometime-players from the Posies, Steel Pole Bathtub, Young Fresh Fellows and...