Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Various Artists

  The Brighter Side: A 25th Anniversary Tribute to Uncle Tupelo's No Depression

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2015

  Not many groups have invented an entire subgenre of music. Even fewer can claim to have done it over 13 tracks. Uncle Tupelo, the trailblaz...

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  The Orb

  Moonbuilding 2073 AD

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

  The Orb have been prolific of late, releasing four LPs over the past six years. But what makes this artistic stretch so fascinating is just...

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  Amara Touré

  1973-1980

  PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

  After spending most of the '60s reinventing and revitalizing Senegalese music with his group Le Star Band de Dakar, Amara Touré set his sig...

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  Will Currie & the Country French

  They Killed Us

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2015

  Will Currie is nothing if not a precocious fellow; the Waterloo-based musician sports a prestigious music degree from Wilfred Laurier Unive...

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  Container

  LP

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2015

  On his third LP (the conveniently titled LP) Ren Schofield expertly commemorates the moment when industrial music ventured out from the dun...

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  J Mascis / Matt Valentine

  Ritual Nightclub, Ottawa ON, June 4

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2015

  Known as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, J Mascis provided fans with a chance to experience his expert playing in an intimate l...

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  The Tallest Man on Earth

  In the Slow Lane

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2015

  For years, the Tallest Man on Earth has come off as a tireless workaholic, but this time around, any perceived ambition is purely situation...

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  Herbert

  The Shakes

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2015

  Although he's released eight full-lengths over the past nine years, Matthew Herbert is billing The Shakes as the proper follow-up to 2006's...