Articles by John F. Butland

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  Greg Hawks & The Tremblers

  Fool's Paradise

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Let's get things straightened out right off the bat, Hawks is not the strange little dude that used to play keyboards for the Cars; that wa...

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  Amy Ray

  Stag

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  The Indigo Girl goes punk with her solo record released on her own indie label. It's just Amy and her mandolin thrashing away like a sort o...

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  Buckwheat Zydeco

  Down Home Live!

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Stanley Dural, Jr., aka Buckwheat Zydeco, has been a working musician for over 30 years, and Down Home Live!, recorded last year at El Sid...

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  Streetwalkin' Cheetahs

  Waiting For The Death Of My Generation

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  Nostalgia is supposed to be anathema to punk, but as soon as I slapped this baby in the player it was like I had punched engage on the Wayb...

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  Greg Klyma

  New Clothes

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

  Klyma always had the ability to write cogent, affecting songs, but sometimes couldn't resist the urge to get a tad goofy and sophomoric wit...

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  Split Lip Rayfield

  Never Make It Home

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

  Never Make It Home is the third LP from the Kansas quartet, half of whom were formerly members of Scroat Belly. At a glance, you might thin...

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  Anton Barbeau

  17th Century Fuzzbox Blues

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  Barbeau is back for another round of his patented skewed pop music. 17th Century Fuzzbox Blues is a little looser than his last one and tha...

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  Mekons

  New York, On The Road 86-87

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  ROIR continues to re-release its previously cassette-only catalogue on CD. The original 1987 release has been augmented with a pair of bonu...