Articles by Sari Delmar

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  The Unsparing Sea

  North By Northeast Toronto ON June 11 to 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2008

  Opening the festival at eight p.m., it’s a shame the Unsparing Sea, all the way from Cleveland, played for a total of 18 people. Their dens...

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  Phantom Planet

  Raise the Dead

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2008

  The title track "Raise the Dead” is by far the catchiest cut on the record but three songs into the album you half wish they hadn’t. Phanto...

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  Various

  Causes 1: A Compilation to Benefit Doctors without Borders, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam America

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2008

  Causes 1, a compilation put together in response to the devastating on-going Darfur crisis, features an ambitious line-up of talent. If the...

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  The Carps

  Waves and Shambles

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2008

  You can’t blame these kids for getting gung ho upon discovering that mixing electronica-fused synthesisers with monster garage rock riffs m...

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  Jean-Paul De Roover

  ...dichotomy...

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2008

  The ideas this Thunder Bay, ON native present sound small when listening to the basic, accessible acoustic rock that lines his solo EP. Kno...

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  Matches

  A Band in Hope

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2008

  The Matches are great at doing what no band will ever accomplish, or even attempt. These forward-thinking experimental rockers don’t fit in...

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  Ani Difranco

  Live at Babeville - Buffalo, New York

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2008

  I enjoyed reading the liner notes more than watching the contents of this unfortunately uninteresting DVD. The story sounds triumphant: Ani...

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  The Autumns

  Fake Noise From a Box of Toys

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2008

  Already conquering the British press, the equal parts math and dance rock mongers known as the Autumns will be hungrily gobbled up once the...