Articles by Sheena Lyonnais

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  Heat From A DeadStar

  Seven Rays Of The Sun

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  The debut LP from Heat From A DeadStar starts off rough with a noisy, psychedelic rendering of could-be brilliance but is instead a counter...

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  Doll

  Inside the Dollhouse

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  The debut from Ottawa's Doll caught me instantly like a fish on a hook. This is serious music. Dark, intense and magnetic, this is the kind...

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  Police and Thieves

  Amor Y Guerra

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  I don't know if Police and Thieves were named after the reggae song by Junior Murvin or the song by the Clash but they sound nothing like e...

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  Golden City

  Golden City

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  Golden City's self-titled debut impressively harnesses the kind of emo authority that could turn even the most jaded of critics into lovers...

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  Anarbor

  Free Your Mind

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2009

  Anarbor are too young to ask, "What the fuck happened to rock'n'roll?," as they do in the closing track of their debut EP, Free Your Mind....

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  1090 Club

  Natural Selection

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2009

  Something about this record really makes me want to like it. Maybe it's the eerie violins and pianos, or the way they're paired with haunti...

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  The Scutches

  The Scutches

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

  The more I listen to the Scutches' self-titled record, the more I love it. They mix their punk with '60s pop rather than the typical bubble...

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  Mocktigers

  Dead In A Warm Place

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009

  The second release from Austin's Mocktigers has my rock'n'roll heart torn in two. The six-track EP combines new wave dance rock with deep p...