Calgary's way spunkier version of the Bobbsey twins are back with their second full-length release of poppy folk punk, and it lives up to al...
Articles By Emily Orr
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ReviewsTegan and Sara If It Was You Published Jan 01, 2006
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ReviewsAsylum Street Spankers My Favorite Record Published Jan 01, 2006
Okay, class, can we say the word "in-sane?" Now, how about "ver-sa-til-ity?" One more, "no-stal-gia." Great! Your gold star reward is the si...
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FeaturesBeth Orton She Likes To Share Published Jan 01, 2006
Beth Orton was long ago crowned by Generation E as the "Comedown Queen," their favourite soother for strumming a lullaby to drift along with...
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ReviewsLooper The Snare Published Jan 01, 2006
The third lo-fi electronica concept album from Stuart David and company, The Snare showcases more of the former Belle and Sebastian bassist'...
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ReviewsMorella's Forest Tiny Lights of Heaven Published Jan 01, 2006
Sugary sweet bedroom pop fare straight out of Dayton, OH, the third full-length (and first on Endearing) for this three-guy, one-gal quartet...
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ReviewsThe Scene Creamers I Suck On That Emotion Published Jan 01, 2006
Ex-Nation of Ulysses front-man Ian Svenonious continues to pump out the political jams, this time preaching with a 60s gospel choir and the...
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ReviewsHolopaw Holopaw Published Jan 01, 2006
The debut outing by this Florida quintet (fronted by Ugly Casanova contributor John Orth) is a fragile lattice connected by unexpected sonic...
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ReviewsOperation Makeout Hang Loose Published Jan 01, 2006
Hang Loose is the debut full-length from this Mint Records trio whose first EP was called, appropriately enough, First Base. And featured on...
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ReviewsGirls Are Short Early North American Published Jan 01, 2006
One of the biggest compliments you can give an artist is that they sound like no one else. Well, Girls Are Short sound like no one else. Sur...
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ReviewsInterpol Horseshoe, Toronto ON September 28, 2002 Published Jan 01, 2006
NYC's next great hype has already let press buzz swell their coifed heads. The uncomfortably packed house waited ages for the lads to finish...
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FeaturesGoldfrapp's Sturdy Disco Foundation Published Jan 01, 2006
Don't dare call Goldfrapp's new sound "electro-clash." Although you may be surprised to hear more synthy bleeps and more danceable tracks on...
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ReviewsPepper Sands Pepper Sands Published Jan 01, 2006
Take one fiery, stylish, strong-voiced lead woman, add three males behind her playing edgy, riff-filled pop rock and throw in a powerful pro...
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ReviewsDriver Of the Year Some Girls Would Say Published Aug 01, 2003
Influenced by classic rock à la Sabbath, Yes, and even Roxy Music, these Iowa indie scenesters avoid sounding derivative and retro by mixing...
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ReviewsAvia I See That Now Published Aug 01, 2003
Already receiving recognition in his homeland France and the UK and tooted by the likes of Laurent Garnier and Richard Dorfmeister, Pierre A...
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ReviewsEarlymay Stay Off Your Heels Published Aug 01, 2003
Earlymay is chock full of big emotions, big vocals, big visions, and big guitar sweeps straight to you from Big Rock, Michigan. They churn o...
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ReviewsRemake Remodel 12345 Accelerate Published Jul 01, 2003
This four piece from Down Under churns out standard grrrly garage rock with riffs that snarl and sass. Easy comparisons would claim that the...
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ReviewsElastica The BBC Radio One Sessions Published Jun 01, 2003
This is the re-release of Wires androgynous disowned bastard offsprings last hurrah. Originally out in 2001, the year before the group dis...
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ReviewsStarlight Mints Built On Squares Published Jun 01, 2003
There must be something in Oklahomas groundwater supply. From the small and unassuming corner of the world that spawned everyones favourit...
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ReviewsThe Kills Keep On Your Mean Side Published Jun 01, 2003
Sure, theyre influenced by blues basics and garage punk. Yes, theyre a co-ed hipster couple with an ambiguous relationship. And yeah, they...
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FeaturesBlur Art Pop's Life of Leisure Published May 01, 2003
The bowl cuts. The booze. The birds. The animated apes and spaceships, the woo hoo and vindaloo. From their shaky beginnings as chaotic conc...