Articles by Michael Barclay

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  Prince

  He's going to party like it's... oh, never mind

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  On his otherwise great new album Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, Prince slaughters a version of Sheryl Crow's "Every Day Is a Winding Road," a...

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  Farm Fresh

  Played Out 1994-1996

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Being from the metropolis of Brandon, Manitoba, these three pranksters never hid the fact that most people would consider them wacker than...

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  Robbie Fulks

  The Very Best Of...

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Bouncing back after a major label mishap, this wildly entertaining release assembles some of Fulks’s odds and ends to a wonderful eff...

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  Ronnie Spector

  She Talks to Rainbows

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Ronnie Spector will always be remembered for her commanding, piercing lead vocal on the Ronnettes’ “Be My Baby” and other...

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  Beck

  Midnite Vultures

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Mmm, smells like cocaine. That and other images from Bright Lights Big City, Liquid Sky or any other ’80s tale of decadence spring to mind...

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  Ani Difranco

  To The Teeth

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Hanging out with Prince might seem more than cool, but it’s obvious that one thing this uncommon (and platonic) couple share is that...

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  Lauren Hoffman

  From the Blue House

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  Lauren Hoffman’s second album is an entirely satisfying surprise. There’s plenty to immediately fall in love with: her engaging...

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  Jerk With a Bomb

  Death to False Metal (Seven Segment)

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 1999

  This Vancouver guitar-drums duo — who are nowhere near the aggro menace their name sets them up to be — don’t give themse...