Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Retribution Gospel Choir

  Retribution Gospel Choir

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2008

  Following an artistic ethos is hard work. Think about those days when you hear Bon Jovi and, despite all you’ve come to know and love about...

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  Fuck Buttons

  Street Horrrsing

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2008

  Despite an amalgamation of noise, electronic and indie, and the threat of failing at each, this Bristol, UK duo have mystified all and actu...

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  Oliver Schroer

  Hymns and Hers

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  While Schroer’s last album, Camino, was about his personal travels down the Camino de Santiago in Europe with nothing but his fiddle, recor...

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  Matthew Welch & Craig Colorusso

  Rusted Breath Quiet Hands

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2008

  The combination of alto saxophone and guitar might seem a little simple at first but in the hands of these two experienced improvisers, the...

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  Mono

  The Sky Remains the Same As Ever

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

  These Japanese post-rockers are staunch "let the music speak for itself” kind of people, so right away there’s an inherent flaw to this rel...

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  Devistations

  Yes, U

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

  On their debut album, Coal, Aussies-turned-Berliners Devastations had to deal with innumerable comparisons to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Fr...

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  Ida

  Lovers Prayers

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

  How lovely it is to have this husband and wife duo back after three years. Daniel Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell keep sharpening their so...

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  Musk Ox

  Musk Ox

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

  If the classic archetype (i.e., Guitar Hero) is to be believed, then being young and musically inclined means picking up that wicked axe an...