Articles by Kevin Hainey

Dave Cloud & Gospel of Power

Napoleon of Temperance

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

Dave Cloud is a gruff-voiced Nashville-based eccentric who mines caved-in rock caverns that recall the attitudes and styles of beat-era reb...

Ocrilim

Anoint

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

Nimble-fingered guitarist extraordinaire Mick Barr has already done enough fret damage over the years to become included in the pantheons o...

The Mel Brooks Collection

Mel Brooks

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

Nine films of Mel Brooks’s kooky, schmaltzy film-referencing satire might seem like a titanic ride for those only passively familiar with t...

Daniel Johnston

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

After 26 years spent pouring his innocent perspective onto a four-track in near seclusion, it's certainly heartening for artists and listen...

Sunn O))) / Oren Ambarchi

The Music Gallery, Toronto ON - May 22, 2006

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

The capacity crowd that filled the preserved church of the Music Galley this Victoria Day was taught some serious lessons in darkness and d...

Noise Driven Ambient Audio And Visuals

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

This outstanding collection of extremely far-out experimental videos makes for wickedly intense viewing. Chock full of vibrant, hyper-speed...

Yellow Swans

Psychic Secession

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

The heavily churning, intensely coarse, totally psyched-out Portland-based power electronics duo Yellow Swans have released a pile of limit...

Charalambides

A Vintage Burden

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

The long-running and boundlessly prolific duo of Tom and Christina Carter have taken an unexpected turn on their latest album and created a...