Articles by Oliver Crook

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  WHOOP-Szo

  Warrior Down

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2019

  At points haunting and at others mighty, the constantly poignant Warrior Down by WHOOP-Szo blends cultural disenchantment, grunge and psych...

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  Neil Young & Crazy Horse

  Colorado

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019

  In 1979, Neil Young gave us two options: Burn out or fade away. Fast forward 40 years and we're learning there was a third option: Get the...

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  Dead Soft

  Big Blue

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019

  Equal parts an ode to isolation and a lament over endless gentrification, Dead Soft's Big Blue boasts a huge sound from the tiny BC island...

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  WIVES

  So Removed

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2019

  Like the Velvet Underground and the Strokes before them, Queens, NY, natives WIVES have taken New York City's trademark grit and grime, add...

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  Kal Marks

  Let the Shit House Burn Down

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2019

  Few bands are able to combine the artful bludgeoning of Sumac with the vulnerability of Tom Waits — but then again, Kal Marks are like few...