Articles by Chris Whibbs

The Harmony of <b>Bruce Peninsula</b>

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2009

If it wasn't true, it might come from a cheesy teen flick revolving around a high school band. Two friends are jamming away when another po...

Thoughts on 2008: Exclaim! Contributor Chris Whibbs

PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2008

To tide us over while we indulge in the holiday spirit gorging on stuffing and egg nog, we asked a bunch of our contributors to tell us the...

Hospital Ships

Oh, Ramona

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2008

The term "wall of shit," coined by Jordan Geiger (lead songwriter and singer of Minus Story) to describe the production of their haphazard...

Cake On Cake

Hymns I Remember

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

If the name Cake On Cake seems a bit cute, whimsical and even a tad twee, well, that means it’s appropriate. Hiding behind the delicious mo...

Frida Hyvönen

Silence Is Wild

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2008

The Swedish pop movement is still going strong in the form of Lykke Li and Jens Lekman, but some of those original wunderkinds are now rele...

Ben Folds

Way to Normal

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2008

In a previous interview I did with Ben Folds for his last, relatively subdued album, Songs for Silverman, he noted, "You can put the album...

Juana Molina

Un Dia

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2008

How is it the more insular and experimental this Argentinean songwriter gets the better she sounds? While her last album, Son, had its long...

Lambchop's Kurt Wagner

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2008

The one constant about the large Nashville collective known as Lambchop is Kurt Wagner. And the one constant about Kurt Wagner is, uh, well...