Articles by John F. Butland

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  Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas

  Lost Love and Highways

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  On his third album, Teddy Morgan has taken swampy rock and blues with a tinge of honky tonk, and without breaking any new ground, has absol...

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  Various

  Poor Little Knitter On The Road

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 1999

  Tribute albums are usually reserved for artists, songwriters, or very occasionally for some era-defining icon like Sergeant Pepper. Now we...

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  Bottle Rockets

  Brand New Year

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Brand New Year, the boys’ fifth LP on their fourth label, finds the BoRox sliding to the rockier side of the alt-country equation wit...

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  Burn Barrel

  Reviled!

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Burn Barrel are centred around songwriter JP Olsen, and include members of the Haynes Boys, and Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments. On Revil...

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  Kim Lenz And The Jaguars

  The One And Only

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  It’s always nice when an artist’s second LP is better than the first. Lenz’s first record was a pretty fair collection of...

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  Esquivel

  See It In Sound

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Juan Carlos Esquivel was one of the oddest in that odd lot that comprise musicians. Often lumped with the lounge crowd, he had more in comm...

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  Hotwheels Jr.

  Head Driver

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  The bleary pop of this Austin quartet is a retro, indie amalgam that sounds fresher than it has a right to. When you pick it apart, you fin...

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  Jack Logan

  Buzz Me In

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Logan burst out of nowhere in 1994 with the aptly named double CD Bulk. The 42 songs were culled from literally thousands of tracks, mostly...