Articles by Matt Mernagh

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  Need

  The Need Is Dead

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2000

  The perplexing complexity that the Need bring to their wonderfully eccentric sound can drive you crazy trying to explain it. Simply put, th...

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  Various

  Road Rash: Jail Break - The Music

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2000

  The soundtrack to video game Road Rash: Jail Break is packed with 12 hard rockin' bands, including Toronto's Punchbuggy, who submitted thei...

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  Russell Mills/Undark

  Pearl + Umbra

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Prolific album artist Russell Mills has carved an excellent ambient landscape out of snippets of acoustic/electronic field recordings and,...

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  Dreadful Shadows

  [the cycle]

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Usually when a band borrows a page from the Sisters of Mercy they end up sounding dreadful. Not so for the Dreadful Shadows, who spark enou...

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  Gunga Din

  Your Glitter Never Dulls

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  The cadaver cool vibes of NYC's the Gunga Din hum along the lines of Bad Seed Mick Harvey's compositions. What's different is the timeless...

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  Ledenhed

  Central Nervous System

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  In creating his debut album with producer Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto, Consolidated), Ledenhed tosses in hip-hop, heavy guitar riffage...

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  Methods of Mayhem

  Methods of Mayhem

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  The childish lyrics that Tommy Lee recorded on his answering machine from the L.A. county jail, combined with trendy scratches, raps and sa...

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  Parade

  Floating Here

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Simply amazing. While the rest of the goth world has finally caught up with their sonic experimentation and Julie S. Faris's mournful vocal...