Articles by Michael Barclay

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  Björk

  Family Tree

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  After a predictable greatest hits set just before Christmas for casual fans, Björk does it up right for the hardcore collectors. Family Tre...

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  Henrys

  Joyous Porous

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Don Rooke is a master of two distinct sounding guitars: the Weissenborn and the Hawaiian Kona. From both he extracts sweeping and exquisite...

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  Fred Eaglesmith

  Falling Stars and Broken Hearts

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

  "I ain't ever givin' in," Eaglesmith tells us before adding the careful qualifier, "anytime soon." His tenth album, and first of new materi...

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  Sonic Youth

  Time Takes Its Crazy Toll

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Since their inception in 1981, Sonic Youth's creativity has stemmed from their copious curiosity about all sorts of subjects: first wave pu...

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  Brute

  Co-balt

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Vic Chesnutt has been floundering ever since his 1997 major label experience, but this side project is his best album since About to Choke....

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  Tom Hooper

  The Unexplored Cosmos

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  After the "now you see it, now you don't" Grapes of Wrath reunion, bassist Tom Hooper returns with his first solo album. Nothing unexpected...

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  Growing Up Punk Rock

  Blank Generations in Vancouver, Ottawa and New York

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  John Armstrong, aka Vancouver punk veteran Buck Cherry, writes: "Once you find out that there are people in the world who will actually giv...

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  Jello Biafra

  The Big Ka-Boom Part One

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2002

  It’s only been a year since Jello released the epic three-CD spoken word set Become the Media, but these days there’s never a shortage of a...