Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  L. Pierre

  Dip

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  For everyone who thought that Malcolm Middleton was the musical brains of Arab Strap while Aidan Moffat handled the boozy musing, this will...

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  David Karsten Daniels

  Sharp Teeth

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Such beautiful music, such ugly cover art. Actually, it’s not just ugly but borderline offensive. While the question "why” David Karsten Da...

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  Young Galaxy

  Swing Your Heartache EP

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Though Arts & Crafts has very few signings that are not tangentially connected to one another (only New Buffalo and the Most Serene Republi...

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  David Vandervelde

  The Moonstation House Band

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Sounds like someone’s got a bit of a thing for ’70s rock. Well, not enough for this to be a complete rip-off but more of an homage to certa...

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  Mirah

  Joyride: Remixes

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  When you mix singer-songwriters on K Records with some inventive electronic artists the results are usually pretty good, as was proven by t...

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  Robert Pollard

  Normal Happiness

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  With his official post-Guided-By-Voices-break-up debut, From a Compound Eye, coming out only nine months ago, the masterful popsmith Pollar...

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  Yo La Tengo

  I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  Get over it, Yo La Tengo fans! Your band is growing up and if they don’t want to manipulate every last note into a feedback-drenched orgy o...

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  Delgados

  The Complete BBC Peel Sessions

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  These Glaswegians may have broken up, but that doesn’t belittle the mark they made on both music and the Scottish scene in general. But, th...