Articles by Emily Orr

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  Icicles

  Pure Sugar

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  The pink bubble-wrap in which this tasty morsel arrived really said it all about the sonic aesthetic to be found inside: fun-lovin', "kid a...

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  KaitO

  Montigola Underground

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  these are people who are very devoted to their scene, and they don't like it when some giant corporation tries to buy into it so they can s...

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  Helen Love

  Radio Hits 3

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Helen Love's unabashed adoration of all things from the Ramones' universe finally reached its apex when the Welsh band's front-woman (and n...

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  Departure Lounge

  Too Late To Die Young

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Sometimes there’s nothing like that sweetness that comes with the bitterest pill of good, solid melancholia, and here it’s dosed up by thes...

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  Palomar

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  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Somewhere in between the "political is personal” earnestness of yesteryear's Olympiad grrls and the sugary sweet innocence of yester-yester...

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  Volumizer

  Gaga For Gigi

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  Adolescent angst anthems abound on this debut album from the latest addition to Vancouver’s Mint Records roster. Mint loves the superhero l...

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  Buffalo Daughter

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  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  It’s been three years since Cibo Matto’s surly, badass siblings contributed their eclectic blend of electro-tinged rock to awaiting ears, a...

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  Eleni Mandell

  Snakebite

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Both the PJ Harvey and the Tom Waits comparisons are fair, accurate and apt: Mandell nears the passionate moans and inhuman harpy shrieks o...