Articles by Mike Burrows

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  Veda Hille

  You Do Not Live In This World Alone

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  Mario Mendoza has the unenviable status of representing the lowest level of mediocrity acceptable. If a baseball player dips below a .200 b...

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  Super XX Man

  Vol. IV

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  A lone-man project by Scott Garred, member of the Silver Scooter, both out of Austin, Texas. A very simple and honest approach exposes a go...

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  Summer Hymns

  Voice Brother and Sister

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Yet another band worth its salt from Athens, Georgia. This loose and peaceful debut production comes and leaves unheralded and unnoticed. W...

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  Various

  Parasol's Sweet Sixteen: Volume One

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  A joint effort from a Parasol and bunch of labels they're in bed with, namely Mud, Hidden Agenda and Spur. Not a tour de force, rather a to...

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  From Bubblegum to Sky

  Me and Amy and the Two French Boys

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000

  Corny name, no disputing that, but moving on, Mario Hernandez, from Alameda, California, is the man and spontaneous pop kitsch is his music...

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  Robi

  Motion

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000

  Big voice, big guitars, big drums, all cranked to confidently display very clean rock. A debut album from some Toronto boys: Robi Levy on l...

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  Trunk Federation

  Lay the Hip

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000

  If one is to tread on sacred ground, one should do so with care and respect, not Trunk's clunky "off kilter" formula. The transgressors hav...

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  Soft Verge

  Output

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2000

  Soft Verge is found on the darker side of electro, not evil, but very compelling, release by Output, the UK label that also brought Fridge...