Articles by Amber Authier

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  The Heavils

  The Heavils

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The Heavils have released a good solid hard rock record on their self-titled debut. Traces of surf are in amongst the driving guitars (an i...

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  RA

  From One

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Born sometime in the late 1990s, RA gets its band name from a term the ancient Egyptians used to express an all-consuming passion, a sun go...

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  Freax

  Freax

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  I remember the first time I heard Life of Agony’s debut disc. It knocked me on my ass, leaving me with a feeling that was difficult to expl...

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  S.T.U.N.

  Evolution of Energy

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  At some point in the early ‘90s, the political side of punk music was replaced with incessant high school nattering about booze, bad behavi...

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  To My Surprise

  To My Surprise

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  I am a huge fan of side projects. That is the forum where music fans get to hear what creations come from unlikely pairings or groupings. B...

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  The Interview

  Craig Monahan

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  You can call the 1998 film The Interview a Usual Suspects-style mystery with a suspenseful, shadowy Hitchcock-ian simplicity. Or you can si...

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  Breach of Trust

  Breach of Trust

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  I was 12 years old the day my friend raided her brother’s extensive music collection and we discovered metal. We sat in front of the stereo...

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  Breaking Benjamin

  We Are Not Alone

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  I always have a hard time describing a record like Breaking Benjamin’s sophomore CD, We Are Not Alone. On first listen its simply generic s...