Articles by Marco Ursi

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  Jessica Fletchers

  What Happened to the ?

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  The debut record from these swingin’ Swedes follows in the line of great retro-rock records to come from the home of Abba. Employing every...

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  Jeff Beck

  Jeff

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  As someone who was only familiar with Jeff Beck’s ’60s and ’70s output, I was quite shocked when I put on this record. It’s an electronica...

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  Spiritualized

  Amazing Grace

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  For the first time since forming Spiritualized in 1991, Jason Pierce has taken a step backwards. Leaving the heavily orchestrated arrangeme...

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  Crash Kelly

  Penny Pills

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Originality is obviously not the aim here on the debut album from Toronto’s Crash Kelly. Happily laying down their glam rock influences for...

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  Fiction Plane

  Everything Will Never Be OK

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Following in daddy’s footsteps is never an easy thing to do, especially in the rock’n’roll universe, so it’s probably going to be a long wa...

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  Low Flying Owls

  Elixir Vitae

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Sacramento’s Low Flying Owls are the latest addition in the long line of great psychedelic bands to come out of California, although their...

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  Donovan's Brain

  The Great Leap Forward

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  While any one of the songs on this record wouldn’t sound out of place sandwiched in between Uriah Heep and Strawberry Alarm Clock on your l...

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  Grand Theft Bus

  Birth Of Confusion

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Bestowing the jazz-rock/prog-rock label on a band might not be the best way to help them win over new fans albums but Halifax’s Grand Theft...