Although they are genetically brothers, Michael Cayce and Sidney Alexis Lindner also exist as alter ego to each other in a musical sense as...
Articles By Roman Sokal
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Original Sinners Original Sinners Published Jan 01, 2006Even though it has that "safe" L.A. beach-punk sound, the Original Sinners' seasoned members have seen enough to add some interesting Hollyw...
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Woodchoppers Association Phantomopthera Published Jan 01, 2006Spearheaded by the Dinner Is Ruined's Dave Clark (drums) and Lewis Melville (guitar and bass), the Woodchopper's Association are a symphonic...
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Chris Brokaw Red Cities Published Jan 01, 2006A former member of seminal bands such as the powdery Codeine, Pullman, Come and the New Year, Chris Brokaw travels further west of the mid-'...
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L'Infonie Volume 333 Published Jan 01, 2006In this stunningly remastered two-disc re-release of their classic third album from 1972, Montreal's L'Infonie proves that they were on the...
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Dale Morningstar I Grew Up On Sodom Road Published Jan 01, 2006Dale Morningstar is a musical institution within himself, for himself and for Canada. And he can create wonderful music that sounds as if it...
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The Ups and Downs of Elevator Published Jan 01, 2006The word Elevator is much more than just a name for the Moncton, NB originated psychedelic rock collective, which had it origins in the lege...
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Lee Pui Ming Who's Playing Published Jan 01, 2006Lee Pui Ming is a Canadian performance artist that uses the piano, voice and body to unify the soul, spirit and body into a singular but mul...
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Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso In C Published Jan 01, 2006Originally released exclusively on vinyl in 2001, this collection of minimalist jam-drone is so potent that the listener will lose all track...
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Danko Jones Is Doing It for His Country. Are You? Published Jan 01, 2006"Once you're given an opportunity to tour Europe, you take it," says Danko Jones, of Toronto's dynamite rock'n'roll trio. Born A Lion, their...
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Audioslave Kool Haus, Toronto ON - March 1, 2003 Published Jan 01, 2006Audioslave, one of the premier "designer" alternative rock super-groups (see A Perfect Circle, Zwan) in that '70s vein, proved that they can...
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Are you there Godspeed? It's me, Roman Published Jan 01, 2006Franz Kafka once wrote a rather profound existential parable entitled "Before The Law." The short story involves a man who wishes access to...
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SIANspheric Are Sounding Off Published Jan 01, 2006"We've really been into minimalist composers like Steve Reich. We're totally inspired by his use of applying many layers of sound," explains...
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Les Georges Leningrad Deux Hotdogs Moutarde Chou Published Jan 01, 2006Never mind saving rock and roll, how about saving punk rock? And finally, besides fellow Montrealers One 976, the solution is found via the...
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Grandaddy Work From Home Published Jan 01, 2006"There are times we're all helping and times when Jason doesn't have to say it we just know to get out," says Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fair...
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Tool Stepping Out From the Shadows Published Jan 01, 2006To achieve a state of autonomy within a megalopolis such as Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the planet, is practically impossible....
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Low Purposeful Details Published Jan 01, 2006"I've always liked records that have subliminal things going on, so it's fun to put them in our own stuff it gives something extra to the...
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Below The Sea Les Arbres Despayseront Davantage Published Jan 01, 2006Following up their wonderful and overlooked release The Loss of Our Winter, the Quebec trio known as Below The Sea provides an amazing music...
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Synergy Reconstructed Artifacts Published Jan 01, 2006"'Synergy,' the actual term, means some kind of process or reaction where the sum is greater than the whole of the parts put into it. I noti...
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Sometimes Why To: All Loose Ends Published Jan 01, 2006Hailing from southern Ontario, Sometimes Why is a subliminally avant-garde rock/pop band destined to explode. And their second release, To:...