Articles by Kevin Hainey

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  Mono

  You Are There

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Even though post-rock has, for the most part, gone the way of the hefty albatross over here in North America, with only a handful of groups...

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  Psychic Ills

  Dins

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  The most exciting record of the year so far comes in the form of this mind-blowing debut by New York City four-piece Psychic Ills. By mixin...

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  Tunng

  Mother's Daughter and Other Songs

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Tunng are a male duo from Birmingham, UK who have set out to combine folk and electronica into one earthy, accessible pop mash-up. The resu...

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  Noise Annoys

  CAMPAIGN

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Anyone who suspected noise music would rise to the level of popularity (with the kids) and notoriety (with their parents) that metal did in...

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  Various

  Starter Set: New Dance And Music For The Camera

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Just when you thought certain aspects of indie culture couldn't become more self-indulgent and pretentious, Kill Rock Stars releases Starte...

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  Albatross Note

  The Art Lodge Tapes

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Albatross Note is one of the many off-the-cuff, tongue-in-cheek musical entities (along with Mr. Myles and Eyeball Hurt & the Medicine) tha...

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  Karl Blau

  Beneath Waves

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Karl Blau has been a staple of the Anacortes and Olympia, Washington indie scenes for years now. He’s worked with the usual suspects: the M...

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  Samara Lubelski

  Spectacular of Passages

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Samara Lubelski has been a long-standing pillar of New York’s experimental music scene, as a member of the Tower Recordings, Metabolismus a...