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Steve Mason: Boys Outside
Though it was always assumed that the dearly departed Beta Band smoked more than their fair share of leafy greens,...
Sep 02, 2010
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The Corin Tucker Band: "Doubt"
True story: my wife and I were both in attendance at the same July 2003 Sleater-Kinney concert in Brooklyn, NY...
Sep 02, 2010
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Altar Eagle: Mechanical Gardens
What’s scarier than sustained interrogation? Sustained interrogation followed by cake and biscuits, that’s what. As the freakish hippie distorter
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We Fled Cairo: Adult Braces
Though I can attest to the fact that Conrad’s recent lamentation of Ottawa’s “anemic” music scene is as accurate...
Aug 31, 2010
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Shapes and Sizes: Candle to Your Eyes
Shapes and Sizes seem increasingly obsessed with wound imagery. This first became apparent with their last album, Split Lips, Winning...
Aug 31, 2010
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Faust: Faust is Last
“Daddy! Take the banana! Tomorrow is Sunday!” Faust repeat for ten minutes on So Far‘s (1972) “No Harm,” all aggressive...
Aug 31, 2010
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Black Milk: "Deadly Medley (f/ Royce Da 5'9" and Elzhi)"
One of about a dozen voracious, head-on sonic attacks on Black Milk’s new record (Kanye’s gonna have to shake these...
Aug 30, 2010
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M. Ostermeier: "Suspended"
To be suspended can mean any of several things. If you work in a circus, it can mean ropes, drum...
Aug 30, 2010