Articles by Claire Marie Blaustein

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  Johnny Clegg

  One Life

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2007

  At first glance, Johnny Clegg looks like just some other English guy with a fascination for African culture and music. But dig only a tiny...

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  Mayday!

  Mayday!

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  Do you remember finally hearing Gnarls Barkley’s "Crazy” for the first time, after the news of its phenomenal rise up and out of the intern...

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  Evil

  Call Me Evil

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  Frequently the Cancon rap debut either attempts to hide its Canuck roots and shoot for generic U.S. rap release, or go 180 degrees in the o...

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  Blue Sky Black Death

  A Heap of Broken Images

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Trip-hop — what a concept! In the place of lyrics, you’ve got… moody electronics! It’s like trippy hip-hop. I hope it catches on. Sarcasm a...

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  Various

  Underground Hip-Hop Volume 04

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Urbnet’s fourth instalment of the UGHH series of CanCon underground hip-hop is indeed representative of Canada: a landscape so expansive th...

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  Self Scientific

  Change

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  This album’s timeline tells a story about the importance of distribution deals. Originally released in 2005, it caught a couple random revi...

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  Hawnay Troof

  Dollar and Deed

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  This CD is obnoxious to the nth degree, distractingly low-budget, and mind-blowingly annoying. The thing is, you get the idea Vice Cooler,...

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  DJ Five & Pizzo / Various

  Backpack Thugs 2005 Megamix

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Despite the fact that mash-ups are so played out this year and people have taken to calling them "blends,” there is no denying the visceral...