Articles by Ian Gormely

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  Tweak Bird

  Undercover Crops

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2012

  It's easy to see how brothers Caleb and Ashton Bird fell in with the Melvins ― the Carbondale, IL based-duo, who perform under the na...

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  Peace

  The World Is Too Much With Us

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2012

  "Angular" is a descriptor that gets tossed around a great deal when describing modern post-punk. Yet it's hardly an inherent characteristic...

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  Ladyhawk

  No Can Do

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  Given the long gap between 2008's Shots, and this, Ladyhawk's third record, you could be excused for heightened expectations. The band have...

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  METZ

  METZ

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

  It took them a couple of years, but Toronto's METZ have finally followed up on the scorched earth path blazed by their trio of promising se...

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  Flowers of Hell

  Odes

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2012

  Talk about an about-face. Trans-Atlantic orchestra the Flowers of Hell's last album was a sprawling single-track opus called O. It's tough...

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  Moon Duo

  Circles

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2012

  Aussie band Tame Impala proved to the masses that psych rock doesn't always equate retro, but don't tell that to Ripley Johnson. The Colora...

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  Huddle

  "Sirens" (video)

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2012

  Toronto indie rockers Huddle just dropped a new video from their track "Sirens" from last year's excellent All These Fires. Like their clip...

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  Pale Eyes

  "This Coward's Theory of Beauty"

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2012

  People loved the churning bass sax vibes of Colin Stetson's New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, especially the track "Judges," so the only...