Articles by Helen Spitzer

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  Brent Randall and His Pinecones

  Quite Precisely Brent Randall and His Pinecones

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  It’s safe to say there isn’t anything quite like this in Canadian music right now. With his enthusiasm for the overwrought gesture, Mr. Ran...

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  Shotgun & Jaybird

  Dawson Towne Recordings

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  There is a vicarious thrill in hearing a four-track experiment in all its clumsy glory. These somewhat mysterious Dawson Towne Recordings g...

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  Various

  Old Enough To Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  I get my geek on making mix CDs, to swap with travelling friends or to convert colleagues to my newest musical crush. This three-CD compila...

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  Fake Cops

  Absolutely Your Credit Is Excellent But In A Certain Way We Also Need Cash

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  An intriguing young band that forgot to wipe their mouths after digesting their influences, Fake Cops writhe around somewhere on the contin...

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  Eleni Mandell

  Afternoon

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Oh Eleni, when did it all go so wrong? This is a rather tepid outing for the once magnificent Mandell, and it's hard to understand just wha...

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  Brent Randall and His Pinecones

  Brent Randall and His Pinecones

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  It's safe to say there isn't anything else quite like this in Canadian music right now. With his boundless enthusiasm for the overwrought g...

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  Shotgun & Jaybird

  Dawson Towne Recordings

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  There is a certain vicarious pleasure in hearing a four-track experiment captured to tape in all its clumsy glory. Listening to this record...

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  The Rizdales

  Bar and Lounge

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  For a loving couple, Tara and Tom Dunphy seem awfully good at turning each other out and letting each other down, at least on record. Lucky...