Articles by Monica S. Kuebler

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  Blood & Batteries

  Salient

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Blood & Batteries are talented musicians, this is easily discernable from the arrangements and melodies present on their debut album Salien...

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  Kill the Thrill

  Tellurique

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  As the opening song, "A Little Salt For A Better Feeling,” draws to a close, it becomes apparent that Kill the Thrill may have been markete...

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  Lycia

  Estrella

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Estrella — purportedly Lycia’s last finished, proper studio album (recorded in 1996, now being re-released) — brings with it some high expe...

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  Laurel MacDonald

  Luscinia's Lullaby

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  The third disc from Canadian singer/composer Laurel MacDonald, Luscinia’s Lullaby, offers a delirious mix of auditory atmospheres and world...

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  Christopher Just

  Roland Flick Fairmont Princess #1527

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Packed with a press release that reads like an apology for the artist’s decade long foray into techno and drug-fuelled debauchery, Roland F...

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  Star Trek: First Contact Special Collector's Edition

  Jonathan Frakes

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Despite what director/actor Jonathan Frakes' claims (during an interview in one of the behind-the-scenes docs) about this project being off...

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  Einstürzende Neubauten

  ½ Mensch

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  This DVD is interesting because Einstürzende Neubauten are interesting, not because anyone loaded it up with intriguing extras — they didn'...

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  Auburn Lull

  Regions Less Parallel: Early Works and Rarities: 1996 – 2004

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Michigan’s Auburn Lull offer up a new "old disc” — an early works and rarities collection for their latest release. The songs on this 12-tr...