Articles by Roman Sokal

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  Superhalo

  Make Yourself Heard

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Superhalo is, unfortunately, making themselves heard by trying far too hard to please the record companies and the masses and not themselve...

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  Various

  Tribute To The Pixies

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  While this is a fairly standard tribute album, the angle this album has is that all of the bands are Japanese and are likely unknown to mos...

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  Arc

  Arc

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Arc are a Toronto-based trio consisting of djembe, guitar and assorted percussion. They take their time on three long tracks that contain e...

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  Mercury Program

  All The Suits Began To Fall Off

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  Here is a surreal quartet from Florida that plays some rather progressive slow-core music, yet reside far from the Illinois region of the U...

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  No-Man

  Returning Jesus

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  No-Man is slow-core for older people - sterile and solid, an aural equivalent of Ikea furniture. While they are certainly experimental with...

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  Tantric

  Tantric

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001

  Days of the New, Creed. Can you tell the difference? Although it all reads differently, it all sounds the same. Tantric is a severely water...

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  Double Trouble

  Been A Long Time

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

  The heaviest rhythm section of all time is back. Formerly known as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, this duo catapulted blues-rock to...

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  Northern Pikes

  Truest Inspiration

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2001

  Apparently, this Saskatoon-based band garnered a good deal of success within this country, starting in the '80s through to the early '90s,...