Articles by Matt Mernagh

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  EM

  ElectraMagic

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  A cool Icelandic chill resonates throughout Em’s debut album. The cold front mainly comes from vocalist Krista Ellis, who toddles int...

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  Tara MacLean

  Passenger

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Picking up the pace for her sophomore album finds Tara MacLean unwilling or unable to go the full experimental distance. Take for instance...

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  Nine Inch Nails

  The Fragile

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  If you’ve been waiting for something as brutally awesome as Pretty Hate Machine, well, you’re still waiting. By taking four yea...

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  Plasma Blast

  Plasma Blast

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  In only 12 minutes, Plasma Blast will have you with their Sex Pistols barrage of glam punk (glunk?) tuneage to raid the cosmetics counter f...

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  Reports

  Run Into The Night

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  The jangly guitar pop-rock of the Reports takes a Sunday drive down late ’80s, early ’90s highway with rest stops at the Pixies...

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  Sheila Divine

  New Parade

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  Taking the Sheila part of their name from Aussie slang for “girly men” and adding the Divine at the end could almost sum up thi...

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  Tetrezene

  N.Door.Fin

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

  The dense lush melodies from this Toronto quartet’s debut album will leave you stunned and mellow for hours. An must-have for insomni...

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  The Church

  Magician Among the Spirits and Some

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  This album could have stayed unreleased, since it is a tad dry and has a big wanking guitar solo in it. Opener “Welcome” is a g...