Articles by Jason Schneider

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  Yukon Blonde

  Yukon Blonde

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2010

  Why new bands feel the need to associate themselves with classic rock clichés is something I'll never understand. Whoever wrote Yuko...

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  Chris Page

  A Date With A Smoke Machine

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2010

  I've known plenty of musicians who are sticklers for tone to know from this album's first notes that Chris Page is one of them. Leader of c...

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  Mendelson Joe

  Live At Sixty-Five

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2010

  Despite his eccentricities, there's no musician in Canada who embodies the spirit of punk rock more than Mendelson Joe. As a constant thorn...

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  Reckless Kelly

  Somewhere In Time

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2010

  Hard-driving Austin roots rockers Reckless Kelly put themselves on the Americana map with '08s Bulletproof, so this follow-up comes with ra...

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  Watson Twins

  Talking To You, Talking To Me

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2010

  It can't be said that Leigh and Chandra Watson's full-length debut, Fire Songs, totally distanced them from what they are still primarily r...

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  Midlake

  The Courage Of Others

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2010

  With '06s The Trials Of Van Occupanther, this Texas quintet streamlined their psychedelic folk explorations into a compelling sound that ec...

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  Children Of Celebrities

  Stereo Bang Bang

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2010

  Long-time favourites in their native Victoria, BC, these fun-loving, self-described "pseudo-middle-aged guys" play the kind of music tailor...

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  Eden & John's East River String Band

  Drunken Barrel House Blues

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2010

  There's something both admirable and odd about trying to faithfully recreate music made in the early part of the 20th century. There are ma...