Articles by Chris Whibbs

Mono

Gone: A Collection of EPs 2000-2007

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2007

These deathly serious post-rockers from Japan proved with their last album, You Are There, that they are the current masters of this genre....

Emma Pollock

Watch the Fireworks

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2007

Although Glaswegians the Delgados may not have got their due back when they were making immaculately composed orchestral pop, the lovely si...

Shout Out Louds

Our Ill Wills

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2007

Let’s do the time warp again! Yes, listening to this Swedish band’s sophomore album, you’ll swear you’re back in an adolescent haze of bad...

Krief

Take It Or Leave

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2007

So, by the title of your album, it seems you desire a duel then, eh, Mr. Krief? Well, I accept! Yes, Patrick Krief, whose day job is playin...

Architecture in Helsinki Are Fun

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2007

Band names are funny things. Usually they can be separated into two categories: those that were chosen due to a special meaning and those t...

Okkervil River Lighten Up

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2007

This Austin, TX band seemingly came out of nowhere with its fourth album, Black Sheep Boy. A record marked by emotional and musical extreme...

The Go! Team

Proof of Youth

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2007

Bursting from the mind of Ian Parton, this UK band took everyone by surprise with their debut, Thunder Lightning Strike, and it’s absolutel...

Le Loup

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2007

Two things signpost excessive pretentiousness here: yet another "wolf” moniker (albeit the French translation) and excessive title verbiage...