Articles by Jon Bartlett

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  Mice

  For Almost Ever Scooter

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  It seems criminal that this outstanding mid-’80s Cleveland trio imploded before they found any acclaim. Led by Bill Fox, who later released...

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  Speaking Canaries

  Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Don Caballero drummer Damon Che shows that he is no one-instrument man with another edition of impressive guitar callisthenics on the lates...

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  Greg Weeks

  Awake Like Sleep

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Sleepy sounds are certainly not foreign to Rochester-based Greg Weeks, but never have they so boldly embraced a psych-rock lineage, as if t...

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  Crooked Fingers

  Bring on the Snakes

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001

  Just over a year since we were asked to become accustomed to his latest disguise, Eric Bachmann presents the second Crooked Fingers offerin...

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  John Vanderslice

  Time Travel is Lonely

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001

  With the release of Time Travel is Lonely, his second full-length since breaking from pop outfit MK Ultra, Vanderslice has proven that hard...

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  Kleenex Girl Wonder

  The Smith Album

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001

  Graham Smith had a dream about making an album about making an album. While some dreams are usually ignored or forgotten, Smith made a poin...

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  Of Montreal

  Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001

  Kevin Barnes and his merry band have been refining their idea of imaginative pop song structure for about four years now, although Barnes h...

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  Greg Weeks

  Bleecker Station

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001

  New York City's Greg Weeks continues to pen desperately sad songs charming enough to nod off to, and I mean that in the best possible way....