Articles by Chuck Molgat

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  Telepathic Butterflies

  Introducing the Telepathic Butterflies

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  Two-and-a-half years ago, St. Norbert, Manitoba’s Telepathic Butterflies released Nine Songs — one of the most compelling guitar-pop albums...

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  The Thermals

  More Parts Per Million

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  The early report on the Thermals may be best left to band lyricist, Hutch Harris. "Hardly art, hardly starving; Hardly art, hardly garbage,...

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  The Baptist Generals

  No Silver/No Gold

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  Sounding a bit like a cross between CCR's John Fogarty and Flaming Lips front-man Wayne Coyne, Baptist Generals vocalist Chris Flemmons is...

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  The Datsuns

  The Datsuns

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  If the MC5 had been from New Zealand, maybe they would have sounded just like the Datsuns. Big, riffing guitars, a screaming, yowling front...

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  The Listener

  The Listener

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  Toronto musician Steve Harkness has a gift for composing dynamic pop tunes similar in spirit to some of the Flaming Lips' catchiest, weirde...

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  Lou Reed

  The Raven

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  Reed takes a long walk on the weird side with this bizarre and thoroughly uneven 75-minute epic, named for one of Edgar Allan Poe's best-kn...

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  Baron Samedi Esq

  Ecstatic Soul Quintet: Live, No Overdubs

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  As the title suggests, this debut release from these Vancouver dancehall commissionaires captures the real off-the-floor jazz/punk deal in...

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  Baxter Dury

  Len Parrot's Memorial Lift

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  Baxter Dury's lethargic piano and string-laden brand of psychedelic drone could hardly be farther removed from the madcap, almost vaudevill...