Articles by Mike Burrows

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  Brazzaville

  Somnabulista

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  It's the flavours, the titillating concoctions that make for such pleasant listening. The players must love their bossa, as it serves as th...

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  Dressy Bessy

  The California E.P.

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  Admittedly, it is kind of confusing why a band whose members are all pushing 30 are so into '60s inspired girl-pop, but a quick listen disp...

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  Ladytron

  604

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  What we have here is the difference between sounding like and being - and Ladytron are electro and synth harbingers, or more accurately put...

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  Mus

  Mus

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2001

  An ambient duo from Spain, Mus have two EPs already out and there are other forthcoming projects, including something for Darla's Bliss Out...

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  Church Steps

  Jewelry EP

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000

  Douglas Donovan is the pastor of the Church Steps, and he runs Dial Records so that we might know his word. Heretics beware, the Jewelry EP...

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  Schema

  Schema

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000

  Instead of a band trying to sound like a cross between the heavy psychedelia of Hovercraft mixed with the organs and vocals of Stereolab, S...

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  Sean Na Na

  Dance 'til Your Baby Is A Man

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  He's young, he's been around, he's hard working and so he's got something going for himself, but what Sean Tillmann really needs is a smack...

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  Silkworm

  Lifestyle

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Not coincidentally, this band's best album is six years old, because their sound is too - post punk that was mastered by Pavement and rehas...