Articles by Amber Authier

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  Tallman

  Mechanism

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  Tallman has been quietly climbing the ranks in the Toronto music scene and with each step the band makes more people take notice. For the n...

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  The Salads

  Who's That?

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  The second offering from Toronto/Newmarket's the Salads modernises the basic ska/funk sound with a few electronic tricks and a bit of beat-...

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  Bionic Jive

  Armageddon Through Your Speaker

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  I don't know much about Bionic Jive, but I know this: Armageddon Through Your Speaker is a brilliant record. This Phoenix group writes ever...

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  40 Below Summer

  Invitation to the Dance

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  ow often does a debut album by a quintet out of New Jersey get to have the legendary name GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Sli...

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  Kittie

  Oracle

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  When I was a teenager, I wanted to be Kittie. Not one member of the London, ON unit, but a combination of every one of them: a hard rocking...

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  Linea 77

  Ketchup Suicide

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Linea 77, from all appearances, has been a force on the European scene for a while now. Ketchup Suicide is the Italian band's second record...

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  Onesidezero

  Is This Room Getting Smaller

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  The "bottom of the gut" voice of Jasan Radford helps to define a sound for Onesidezero. The triple guitar team (Levon Sultanian, Brett Kane...

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  Tuppert

  Free

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Just so I am not misunderstood (or ever misquoted), here are my exact thoughts on this debut CD from Quebec-based band Tuppert. Free is the...