Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Marissa Nadler

  Little Hells

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2009

  Marissa Nadler is not "freak folk"; it's loathsome term that implies some kind of loopy hippy that's disconnected from the world and just f...

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  Elvis Perkins In Dearland

  Elvis Perkins In Dearland

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2009

  It's hard to believe that Elvis Perkins didn't seriously start playing music until he was at least 30. While his debut, Ash Wednesday, had...

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  Howie Beck

  How To Fall Down In Public

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

  While Howie Beck hasn't gotten the love from his home country that he's received in Europe, How To Fall Down In Public will hopefully chang...

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  Asobi Seksu

  Hush

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  This is an odd title, as if you've ever seen Asobi Seksu live or heard some of the more epic songs on their last album, Citrus, this dreamy...

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  Charles Spearin

  The Happiness Project

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  While Spearin's success as Broken Social Scene's proudly moustached multi-instrumentalist may have allowed this album to debut in front of...

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  Faunts

  Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

  If that title seems affectionate, well, that's intentional because Edmonton's Faunts have left the spacious, slow, open indie music of thei...

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  Portico

  First Neighbours

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2009

  I always wonder what it would be like to be a teenager in the era of downloading, where time doesn't exist in your music collection and eve...

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  Bon Iver

  Blood Bank

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2009

  Still basking in the glow of being on many, many year-end "best of" lists for his debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon, or Bon Iver,...