Articles by Christopher Waters

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  Folk Implosion

  One Part Lullaby

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  It was the English writer Oscar Wilde who said life is one part lullaby, two parts fear. American band the Folk Implosion borrows the expre...

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  Red House Painters

  Red Perspective

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Even in Red House Painters’ quietest moments, there’s a brute emotional force that captures the imagination. Red Perspective, a...

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  Sloan

  Between the Bridges

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  For its fifth studio album, Sloan has created an unified disc featuring songs about band members and the city of Halifax. Between the Bridg...

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  Simon Joyner

  The Lousy Dance

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Simon Joyner’s sixth album, The Lousy Dance, is a monument to the Omaha, NB-based singer/songwriter’s patience and maturity. Fe...

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  Marine Research

  Sounds from the Gulf Stream

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  The latest in a three-deep line of bands dating back to Oxford, England indie rock sensations Talulah Gosh, Marine Research’s debut d...

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  Sunset Valley

  Boyscout Superhero

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  The second album from Portland’s Sunset Valley is more of the same aggressive and melodic power pop that made its The New Speed debut...

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  Pizzicato Five

  International Playboy and Playgirl Record

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  The Energiser bunny has got nothing on Shibuya-kei duo Yasuharu Konishi and Nomiya Maki. The manic pop pair’s new songs, "Concerto" a...

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  ThanatoPop

  Four Track Mind

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  Two releases of note from two St. Catharine’s, ON-based trios that matter. Both share an affinity for Superchunk and the usual indie...