Articles by Patrick Lejtenyi

Various
Quango: Music for a Global Culture
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
Trip-hoppin' down through the realms of mystical and elemental grooves, across continents and aural limitations comes the latest sampler fr...
Jive Kings with Measha Brüggergosman
Jive Kings with Measha Brüggergosman
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001
Maritimer festival faves the Jive Kings have apparently been cutting quite a swath of success since their 1999 inception. Winning two conse...
Moods for Moderns
Loud & Clear
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001
Detroit's Moods for Moderns blend a tight, hand-clapping British Invasion pop and driving Motor City guitar-led structure in a complex weav...
Neatbeats
Mercurial
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001
Unabashedly retro and celebrating the world before Vietnam got ugly, the Neatbeats are pure Liverpool, Japan. Stylistically and musically,...
Planet Smashers
No Self Control
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001
Considering the recent mayhem coming out of the province of Quebec this past couple of months (protestors, cops, rubber bullets, Svend Robi...
Telepathic Butterflies
Nine Songs
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2001
As melodic as Winnipeg's the Telepathic Butterflies are, they are able to maintain a strong centre to their highly original, '60s psych-inf...
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Live in Europe
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
Recorded over almost two years and in three countries, the NYSJE's live offering provides an overlook of some of this premiere ska band's f...
Nicotine
Desperado
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
Nicotine is a fast and furious punk (and occasionally ska) group out of Chiba, Japan. They sing in English, which more often than not works...