Articles by Sean Palmerston

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  Various

  Dylan Country

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  While most compilations released in tribute of someone’s work usually fall flat of the mark, this meticulously chosen collection of country...

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  Sorta

  Little Bay

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Stumbling onto a mid-afternoon set by Dallas quintet Sorta was the biggest surprise of this year’s SXSW festival. Named after a Texan holid...

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  Asperity

  The Final Demand

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Featuring two former members of Steel Attack along with some of the current incarnation of Carnal Forge, Asperity plays a style of metal qu...

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  Lucille Bogan

  Shave ‘Em Dry: The Best of

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Shave ‘Em Dry may be the most concise reissue of the music recorded by Birmingham, Alabama’s Lucille Bogan during the 1930s. By that time B...

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  Robert Pollard

  Fiction Man

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Having recently announced the dissolution of his longstanding Guided By Voices project at year’s end, Robert Pollard predates GBV’s final a...

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  Six Organs of Admittance

  Compathia

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Although he has recently joined California psyche-out unit Comets on Fire, guitarist Ben Chansy continues to record and play live under the...

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  Exodus

  Tempo of the Damned

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Exodus has always been a band that was more about riffs and less about speed and this is exactly the case with their new album as well. The...

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  Kataklysm

  Serenity in Fire

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Now on their seventh album overall, Montreal’s Kataklysm retain their earlier edge and are again dominating the brutal death metal genre wi...