Articles by Star DT

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  Controller.Controller

  History

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  An unbefitting title for a band whose time together has been surprisingly short, (the quintet have only been playing shows since the beginn...

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  Shy Child

  The Humanity EP

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  To sound this big with only two guys and two instruments is simply crazy. Brooklynites Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith bring the huge prog ro...

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  Sufjan Stevens

  Seven Swans

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  As if the daunting task of releasing a record dedicated to each of America’s 50 states were not enough, the prolific Sufjan Stevens strays...

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  Xiu Xiu

  Fabulous Muscles

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Xiu Xiu are getting gayer and gayer. First of all, Fabulous Muscles. Second of all, hearts on the disc and loving a plush kitty on the cove...

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  The Sick Lipstick / Shy Child / Fox the Boombox / The Boston Letter

  Sneaky Dee's, Toronto ON - January 17, 2004

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  I decided I was down with Fox the Boombox at the first strains of the opening ballad, which were simply "Dear Mom and Dad," mostly because...

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  Dub Narcotic Sound System

  Degenerate Introduction

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  Yay! Fun came back! The gang return in their DNSS form for the first full-length record in, oh, a bunch of years. We’ve got the bellowing C...

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  Love of Everything

  Total Eclipse of the Heart

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  In Chicago, the boys sing tunelessly and some of us adore it. Well not all of the boys, but at least Joan of Arc’s Tim Kinsella and his ilk...

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  Microphones

  Live in Japan, February 19th, 21st, and 22nd, 2003

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  This charmer of a record tells its own small story in the title. Phil Elvrum strums away little acoustic ballads that start off as tiny and...