Articles by Mackenzie Herd

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  Jim White vs The Packway Handle Band

  Take It Like A Man

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2015

  As the story goes, Jim White was a producer that had worked with the five-piece Packway Handle Band down in Athens, Georgia. After recordin...

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  Birds of Bellwoods

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON, January 23

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2015

  In a milestone night for Toronto band Birds of Bellwoods, it seems the only blemish was misnaming the bartender bringing them a crowd-bough...

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  Samantha Savage Smith

  Fine Lines

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

  It's a shame that Samantha Savage Smith couldn't have released Fine Lines in the mid-'80s when John Hughes was in his prime; her style woul...

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  Tim Bradford

  Drinking Alone

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

  Tim Bradford is full of a forgotten brand of cowboy wisdom. And like certain proverbs of old, Bradford's wisdom isn't overly complicated bu...

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  Until the Ribbon Breaks

  A Lesson Unlearnt

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

  Former soloist and founder of Until the Ribbon Breaks Pete Lawrie-Winfield and accompanying members of his band have been slowly accumulati...

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  Alex Calder

  Strange Dreams

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

  Edmontonian and former Mac DeMarco collaborator Alex Calder's first album, Strange Dreams, extinguishes any parallels that one may try to d...

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  Dr. Dog

  Live At A Flamingo Hotel

  PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2015

  After seven studio albums and 15 years as a band, Dr. Dog — an ensemble that have made their bread off a legacy of outstanding perfor...

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  David Bronson

  Questions

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2015

  Oh David Bronson; where to place this record among the endless categorical sub-genres that make up modern music? Is it roots pop? Country f...