Articles by Christopher Waters
Ninety-nine
Gets Smart
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Laura MacFarlane says the universality of numbers - those numeric digits that are meaningful the world over - is why she named her foray in...
Ron Sexsmith
Gossamer Wings
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Ron Sexsmith says there's at least one major reason he and producer Mitchell Froom fashioned the tracks for his third album, Whereabouts ,...
Go-Betweens
Love's Labours Found
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The Go-Betweens shaped a six-album legacy as a no-hit wonder before calling it quits in 1990. Nearly a decade later, the group's two princi...
Cibo Matto
Breaking the Mold
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The culinary concept of Cibo Matto's debut album, Viva La Woman , left a bad taste in the mouths of members of the New York-based band, say...
Black Box Recorder
London Kills Me
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's said that one can never be too rich or too thin, but bandleader Luke Haines knows all about suffering the effects of being too British...
Stephin Merritt
Bubblegum that Bites Back
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Early in his recording career, Stephin Merritt realised he had more songs buzzing around in his head than could be released by one band, so...
Yo La Tengo
Depths of Devotion
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
You won't hear traces of the “The Chicken Dance” on Yo La Tengo’s serene and thoughtful new album, And Then Nothing Turne...
Josh Rouse
Wiggles It, Just A Little Bit
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
While gearing up to record his second album, American singer/songwriter Josh Rouse set his sights on inspiring a little dance fever. Tired...
