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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

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

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

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

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