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Chemtrail: Terminals
Calling Asbury Park a dying city would be grossly inaccurate: vultures left a dry, bleached skeleton decades ago. Locals like...
Mar 17, 2009
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Finale: A Pipe Dream and a Promise
Here’s some more of that new Detroit shit, 2009’s first after a 2008 that saw the city release records containing...
Mar 13, 2009
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Night Control: "Star 131"
If you ask me, lo-fi will always sound better than the clean professional tracks your “friends in a band” recorded...
Mar 12, 2009
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The Gales: "Lucky Joe"
Whether it inspires resentment or admiration, one piece of trivia about the Gales is guaranteed to stand out and stare...
Feb 27, 2009
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Male Nurse: My Friends Are All Assholes EP
One of the first bands I saw when I moved to Ottawa was a local group called Kepler. It was...
Feb 26, 2009
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Finale: "Motor Music"
The resurgence will not be televised but it seems it can’t be stopped as Detroit hip-hop’s recent bright burn continues...
Feb 24, 2009
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The Indelicates f/ Mikey & Nicky: "The Recession Song"
More people should be listening to the Indelicates. More young people, specifically—they should be shooting BBs at their posters in...
Feb 24, 2009
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Bruce Peninsula: A Mountain Is A Mouth
Bruce Peninsula is a big band that actually sounds big—members swarm from the crevices between plush toms and crackling woodblocks...
Feb 24, 2009
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Time Since Western: A Sun Goes Down
Andy Brawner, erstwhile member of my BFF band Pale Young Gentlemen, describes his new gig Time Since Western’s...
Feb 24, 2009