Articles by Matt Charlton

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  Claire Holly

  Dandelion

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Crossing Sheryl Crowe during the time between 1996 and 1998 when she seemed at least somewhat interested in making good music and an all au...

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  Pine Valley Cosmonauts

  The Executioner's Last Songs Vol. 2 and 3

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  The Executioner’s Last Songs is a collection of tracks featuring collaborations between the Pine Valley Cosmonauts and a variety of singers...

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  Delusions of Grandeur

  The Crooked Proper EP

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Delusions of Grandeur’s debut EP, The Crooked Proper is generally a nice little slice of distorted schizophrenia. The album’s four songs sh...

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  Firewater

  The Man on the Burning Tightrope

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Firewater lingers somewhere between Nick Cave, Beck’s abandon samba styling in "Deadweight” and Russian circus music. Fronted by ex-Cop Sho...

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  Black Lipstick

  Converted Thieves

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  With elements of the Talking Heads, Pavement, Television and the Velvet Underground, the Black Lipstick encapsulates many of the best reaso...

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  Budapest

  Too Blind to Hear

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Unfortunately for Budapest, they have stumbled into the earth-toned, honesty not irony, English navel gazing scene a little to late for the...

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  Central Falls

  Love and Easy Living

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  Like Gomez on Nyquil, on Love and Easy Living, Central Falls turn lazy roots rock into an art. The key to their success is that unlike a lo...

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  Morning Star

  My Place in the Dust

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  On My Place in the Dust, Morning Star delivers a dizzying collection of night music that would be comparable to a Morrissey Greatest Hits a...