Articles by Scott Reid

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  Explosions In The Sky

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON - November 15

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Most of their detractors are eager to proclaim Explosions in the Sky as an after-the-fact post-rock hiccup, merely performing the funeral m...

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  Beam

  Beam

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  With a sound best described as Belle & Sebastian meets Stereolab with heavy doses of Joni Mitchell and Donovan thrown in for good measure,...

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  Detective Kalita

  The Night We Ate the Cake

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  It’s hard to miss the heavy Stephen Malkmus influence on 27-year-old singer-songwriter Andy Swan’s second full-length with his six-piece ba...

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  I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

  I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  I’ve always been more forgiving to bands with great names, naively and irrationally believing that on some level a band that could come up...

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  Impossible Shapes

  We Like It Wild

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The Impossible Shapes have been perfecting their indie pop style since their debut in 2000, but only with their fourth release, We Like It...

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  Six Parts Seven

  Lost Notes from Forgotten Songs

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  With a concept so distinct, it’s difficult to know what to call an album like Lost Notes from Forgotten Songs. The general idea: the Ohio-b...

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  Thee Moths

  A Small Glass Ghost

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Up until recently Thee Moths were a two-piece whose members (Alex Botton and Dominque Ferraton, who left after the recording of this, their...

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  Tamara Williamson

  All Those Racing Horses

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  British native Tamara Williamson moved to Canada over a decade ago and after working her way through numerous Toronto acts, branched off in...