Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Cass McCombs

  Mangy Love

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2016

  As a singer/songwriter, it's an achievement to be referred to as a shapeshifter: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and more recently Bec...

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  Various / Kompakt

  Total 16

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2016

  Kompakt has had a big year, quantitatively and qualitatively. Releasing an astonishing number of LPs, 12-inches and singles over the last 1...

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  Sloan

  Festival Village, Ottawa ON, August 19

  PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2016

  In a summer saturated with festivals, Arboretum may be Ottawa's hippest. Moving locations across the city since its inception in 2012, the...

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  Tobacco

  Sweatbox Dynasty

  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2016

  Thomas Fec started his Tobacco alter ego to create music that ultimately feels darker, denser and more sinister than that of his main gig a...

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  Stewart Lee

  41st Best Stand Up Ever!

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2016

  It may be very British for Stewart Lee — who over the past 16 years has carved out a fruitful career in the UK as radio and TV host, creato...

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  Of Montreal

  Innocence Reaches

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2016

  of Montreal have been undergoing a slight identity crisis this past decade. After 2010's False Priest shot for muddy R&B and 2012's Paralyt...

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  Black Atlass

  Haunted Paradise

  PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2016

  After appearing on Action Bronson's 2015 LP Mr. Wonderful, Alex Fleming (a.k.a. Black Atlass) released the well-received single "Haunted Pa...

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  Rival Consoles

  Night Melody

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2016

  As 2015's Howl was enjoying critical acclaim in electronic circles across the globe, its composer Ryan Lee West (a.k.a. Rival Consoles) was...