Articles by John Anderson

Hissy Fit

Restless

PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

There's something to be said for wearing your influences on your sleeve (a record sleeve that is). The new CD from Vancouver's Hissy Fit ow...

Alasdair Roberts

The Crook Of My Arm

PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

When it comes to ye olde school Britpop, this is the real deal. Of course, it's more commonly referred to as folk music. The lyrical storyt...

Various

...With Naive Assurance That Their Injuries Were Wrongs

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

...With Naive Assurance That Their Injuries Were Wrongs So, you can't find your girlfriend after the rave; she drifted away on a cloud of c...

Blue Mocking Birds

In Colours

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

The Blue Mocking Birds' debut CD, In Colours, is a derivative piece of nostalgic '60s-inspired '80s Britpop. The threesome is comprised of...

Braid

Movie Music Vol. 1

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2000

After six years together, Midwest emo giants Braid decided to call it a day in 1999. But here in the wake of that unfortunate event are two...

Rock Producers

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

Album producers are like film directors to the musicians' screenwriting and acting. These four gentlemen are auteurs and sound sculptors in...

Steve Swell

Lou Grassi’s Po Band: Mo Po’

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

The agile trombone of Steve Swell impressed in projects with Joey Baron and Philip Johnson’s Big Trouble. Here, his mastery ranges fr...

Metalwood

Live

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999

If you think Medeski, Martin & Wood sound frantic because they lack a saxophone player, then the mellower funk-fusion of Canada’s Met...