Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Rothko and Caroline Ross

  A Place Between

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Deciding to give his occasional contributor equal billing, Mark Beazley, aka Rothko, uses Ms. Ross to great effect on this slow and sometim...

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  Timber (The New Gentleman's Shuffle)

  Timber (The New Gentleman's Shuffle)

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  To paraphrase the late, and sometimes great, George Peppard: "I love it when a song comes together,” and thank heavens, many songs come tog...

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  Code Pie

  This Habit

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  There has got to be something floating around the St. Lawrence River, as it seems another Montreal band have definitely created a sunny, lu...

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  More Dogs

  Never Let Them Catch You Crying

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  This is definitely for those who like to think of pop music in very different terms than most. While mainstream music easily looks to the w...

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  Poor Folk

  Poor Folk

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  With a name more befitting an alt-country outfit than some rough indie pop, Poor Folk are a bit hard to pin down, but definitely have the c...

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  Saxon Shore

  Luck Will Not Save Us From a Jackpot of Nothing

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  The story of Saxon Shore could be a sad one if it actually wasn’t kind of hilarious. Take a rock threesome, put them on a frustrating tour...

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  Sleeper Set Sail

  Eyes Just Like Forest Fires

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Apparently not trusting their listeners to visualise metaphors, Sleeper Set Sail indeed have an eye done up in a deep fire red and black, m...

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  Stamen & Pistils

  End of the Sweet Parade

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Done in a breathless half an hour, the sweet acoustics and electro-pop flourishes of this sort-of EP definitely make Stamen & Pistils ones...