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Often when new recording hardware is released on the public, the ideas that many of the items represent are great in theory but limited because some key applications just aren't possible yet. Such was certainly the case with handheld digital recorders for years;...

Monday, 05 July 2010
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Some records are possessed of an intangible quality that makes listeners feel like they've come home – there's a comfortable and lived-in feeling that has a warm glow to it. The reigning masters of creating this sort of atmosphere is Soul Asylum –...

Saturday, 03 July 2010
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Alright there youse, Happy early Independence Day to all my guys in Sing Sing and Happy Canada Day to all my pals coolin' their heels in Kingston, north o' the border – let's plan a party for when you get out; we'll set somethin' up...

Thursday, 01 July 2010
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Records: The Action Suits’ Cancer Father seven-inch (1996) on clear teal, Jets to Brazil’s Perfecting Loneliness (2002) on clear orange, and Prince’s Sign 'O’ the Times (1987) on black. Place of Purchase: Cancer Father was purchased from...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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With their fifth studio release, The Five Ghosts, Canadian band Stars align themselves once again with familiar themes and dark hooks to the band's previous efforts. The band's first full-length album since 2007's In Our Bedroom After the War, Ghosts...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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In preparation for both the Montreal Heavy Metal Festival and a string of dates on this year's Ozzfest, metal god Rob Halford will play a one-off intimate show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on July 17th, and it promises to be an event not to be...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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When one thinks of 'Deep Blue,' what comes to mind? Open water – sure. Deep water – that would make sense if one was following a train of thought. Cold – certainly. Darkness (like twilight) – why not? All of those answers are perfectly...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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Throughout their ten-year tenure together, the Liars have chased their own muse unapologetically and, in so doing blazed their own trail to the outermost fringes of pop with little regard for whether they're going it alone. Happily, a whole team of outsider...

Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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It should be said that the idea of a biographical feature film on a band is not new. The idea of a documentary film about a band is nothing new either – and The Doors have been the subject for hordes of both. In fact, it could be argued that The Doors have...

Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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"The music is very honest,” says Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. “What you see is what you get with that music.” This is how Classic Albums' look at Paranoid opens. That sentiment holds precisely none of the bombast or cultivated darkness...

Monday, 28 June 2010
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