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The Faint Take Their Time in Search of Perfection

The Georgia Straight | August 1, 2008

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.

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Tags: indie rock, dance punk, The Faint, Fasciinatiion

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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

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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

Tags: Inhabitants, The Furniture Moves Underneath

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

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Return of the Rocking Rob Zombienew

Rob Zombie has parlayed his obsessions with heavy music and low-budget fright flicks into a full-time career.

The Georgia Straight | Steve Newton | 05-03-2010 | Concerts

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Los Angeles Beatmaker Nosaj Thing's a Deft Distillernew

Like many young musicians, Los Angeles–based beatmaker Jason Chung (aka Nosaj Thing) isn’t much more than the sum of his influences. What’s remarkable about Chung is how deftly he distills and commingles secondhand sounds.

The Georgia Straight | Martin Turenne | 02-08-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

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Alicia Keys Speaks to the Soul on 'The Element of Freedom'new

There are singers for whom song is one thing and one thing only: a church. Alicia Keys is that kind of artist, and for those of us who still look to records for uplift, for comfort, for a soundtrack to our joy and sorrow and fumbling growth, for a way to make sense of the human experience — Alicia is our girl.

The Georgia Straight | Tara Henley | 01-11-2010 | Reviews

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