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May 08 2007

oh francois, how i love thee…

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god damn, i love frank black. his new single ‘threshold apprehension‘ is a return to his more pop-rock, alt-rock, lyric twisting and turning lovely music. this is the best thing he’s released since early frank black albums, and the pixies as his other, alter-ego – black francis. no one writes three chord ditties quite like [...]

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Apr 03 2007

i can be your girlfriend… and being a king

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i have a soft spot for sugary pop tunes. and i must admit, i really like the new avril lavigne single – girlfriend. how can she consistently pull off such catchy pop tunes. this one is particularily good – she sounds very kiddy pop but still is able to throw in the words – “mother [...]

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Jan 03 2007

Favorite Tuneage of 2006

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these are worth adding to your music collection, most all of them are available from the iTunes music store Fox Confessor Brings the Flood – Neko Case – possibly the most talented and definitely the most under-rated canadian artist. talk about a chameleon – these songs are so good they sound like you’ve been listening [...]

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Mar 23 2006

one man band

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last night was a fantastic show by matthew good. he’s currently on a cross-canada acoustic tour. you can recognize real talent in someone that can stand alone with an acoustic guitar and play songs without really sounding like they needed the rest of the band. he’s able to deliver, sonically, essentially the same feeling and [...]

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Feb 28 2006

how to tell if you’re alive

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every once in a blue moon a band, and a song, come along and really grab you by the short and curlies. we’ll i’d suggest one such band is Matt Mays and El Torpedo. A band out of halifax, nova scotia. Shades of neil young and tom petty, with a bit of sandy grit thrown [...]

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