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Marnie Stern Insists She's No Guitar Virtuosonew
Though she'll never admit it, the Brooklyn-based musician totally shreds on guitar, as evidenced on her latest opus, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
11-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Faint Take Their Time in Search of Perfectionnew
The quintet's fifth disc, Fasciinatiion, is so perfectly danceable that it would hardly be surprising if the Faint had carefully charted each track out on a graph ahead of time.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nothing Inviting About Indie-Jazz Albumnew
As much of a downer as it is, The Furniture Moves Underneath finds Inhabitants mastering the gloomier side of jazz.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Cave Singers' Americana Spans Generation Gapsnew
The airy simplicity of Invitation Songs demonstrates the group's generation-spanning appeal; the band's sound will resonate with neofolkies weaned on Devendra Banhart and Will Oldham, as well as older folk fans raised on the traditional American songbook.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cave Singers, Invitation Songs
The Locust Make New Symponies of Destructionnew
Formed in the mid '90s, the Locust used to specialize in short, shard-strewn blasts of terrifying, synthesizer-fuelled noise, but the group finds itself no longer satisfied with playing jarring salvos of bizarro punk.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: New Erections, The Locust
Psychedelic Punk? That's Fucked Upnew
Things have been going deceptively well for the Toronto hardcore quintet, travelling the globe nonstop since the release of their raging debut, Hidden World.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
07-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fucked Up
Everybody Wants to Rule the Worldnew
Well, maybe Jarvis Cocker doesn't, but the former Pulp singer has a few choice words for those who do.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jarvis Cocker
