Articles by Chris Whibbs

Mogwai

Mr. Beast

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I have never seen Mogwai live. Yes, it’s true. A life-long fan who’s never set foot into a mid-sized v...

Kelp Records

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

Kelp has been flying under the radar for 12 years, but there have been odd moments where it's made a strong blip. The brainchild of Jon Bar...

B. Fleischmann

The Humbucking Coil

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

For those in the know, apparently the titular device allows one to turn a guitar’s white noise off, leaving just the "pure” sound that eman...

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

The Proposition Original Soundtrack

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

While Nick Cave scoring a movie would be interesting enough, the other part of the deal is that he also wrote the screenplay. To be trite,...

Devics

Push the Heart

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

A word quite over-used in many a music review is "haunting.” While really it should mean something that makes one uncomfortable, in a music...

Goldspot

Tally of the Yes Men

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

I feel dirty and I like it. The music found in Tally is wonderfully manipulative and I fall into every single trap. Having an unhealthy gra...

Raising the Fawn

The Maginot Line

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

While head Fawn and sometime Broken Social Scene collaborator John Crossingham usually takes the songwriting reins, this release, showcasin...

Roy

Killed John Train

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

Featuring the rhythm section of These Arms are Snakes, Seattle’s Roy ply the same sonic trade of most indie rock kicking around, which is s...