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For the last twenty-nine years, Negativland has successfully weathered lawsuits, scrutiny both political and personal, hatred, envy and adulation as well as inciting anger, unease and revulsion in every corner of the musical landscape with which they’ve come into...

Thursday, 28 August 2008
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Montreal’s own Land of Talk announced not too long ago that a new album was in the works and I’ve been counting down the days till the newest addition to the Saddle Creek roster was going to drop that bomb on the indie world. The release date for Some Are...

Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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Funny thing about Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – the member that joined last has been singularly responsible for keeping the other three from going broke. Since the group’s hippy-dippy heyday in the early 70s, Neil Young has kept a constant release...

Tuesday, 26 August 2008
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For some bands, comparisons to other groups that came before them are unavoidable. For members of the press, it just can’t be helped; in order to describe to other people what a band sounds like in print without the benefit of allowing readers to also hear what...

Saturday, 23 August 2008
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For some bands, comparisons to other groups that came before them are unavoidable. For members of the press, it just can’t be helped; in order to describe to other people what a band sounds like in print without the benefit of allowing readers to also hear what...

Saturday, 23 August 2008
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It has often been said that the best art tends to be borne of frustrating or generally inclement conditions. The nature of creation—whether forced or not—can often be mentally taxing (just ask Van Gogh or Hemmingway) and it isn’t uncommon for an...

Saturday, 23 August 2008
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Whether you know it or not, Montreal’s A-Trak is a part of your life. Not because he won the DMCs World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15. Not because was the first DJ to win all three major DJ competition titles—DMC, ITF and Vestax. Not because he...

Friday, 22 August 2008
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Bowie in Berlin is an in-depth examination of the making of David Bowie's Low and Heroes albums. It contains a wealth of detail about the recording sessions, which will make it a treasure for any serious Bowie fan. But it goes far beyond who played what to explore...

Friday, 22 August 2008
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Just as so many bands have come out of the woodwork recently to sing the praises of working apart from the mainstream music making machine – working independently as it were – it should come as no surprise that some rock writers (some might even call...

Thursday, 21 August 2008
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Children of Earth, I have another video for you. Yes, it’s true that I try my damnedest to make sure I get you a relatively new video, and something so off the wall you crap your pants. Today will be no exception. I bring you Saul Williams and (what appears to...

Wednesday, 20 August 2008
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