Articles by David Lewis
Jocelyn Robert
Canned Gods
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Subtitled “a typical afternoon in the backyard in Phoenix, Arizona,” this sound collage creates an audio portrait of contempora...
Shadowbug 4
Tiny Voices of Love and Fear
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Randy Greig creates moody audio art soundscapes and sonic poems. “Room with Voice” merges industrial loops with vocal samples a...
Upsilon Acrux
The Last Pirates of Upsilon
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
San Diego’s Upsilon Acrux is a punk-art guitar band that sounds like the Magic Band in the manic riffery of “Numbquon,” &...
Outcry
New World Raging
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Twenty years ago a trio called the Police topped the charts as Sting showed his flair for crafting catchy ska tunes. Ottawa trio Outcry sou...
Bud Osborn
Hundred Block Rock
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Recorded live on a rooftop in downtown Vancouver, Hundred Rock Block is a raw document of Bud Osborn’s hard-hitting poetry. A militan...
Doug Cox
Life Is So Peculiar
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
As the swinging title track and upbeat "Johnny Too Bad" make plain, this is good time music, even when the lyrics confront harsher truths o...
David Gogo
Bare Bones
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
As the swinging title track and upbeat "Johnny Too Bad" make plain, this is good time music, even when the lyrics confront harsher truths o...
Groupa
Lavalek
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999
Groupa exemplify the vitality of the Swedish folk revival in a brilliant program featuring new vocalist Sofia Karlsson. “Isungen̶...
