Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Ester Drang

  Rocinate

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Although this album has been ready to go for a while, it was deemed by the mucky-mucks to only see release now, and really, it doesn’t make...

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  Museum Pieces

  Philadelphia

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Quietly coming from the East, the Museum Pieces seem to have many charms that tend to make other musicians envious. From the strength of th...

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  Robert Pollard

  From a Compound Eye

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  While Bob Pollard has always been pumping things out with his name attached to it, this release is getting more ballyhoo as it’s the first...

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  Saxon Shore

  The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  What happens when two-thirds of your band — who are also the main songwriters — wants to leave? If you’re Saxon Shore, you let them and con...

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  Mile End Ladies String Auxiliary

  From Cells of Roughest Air

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  An absolutely lovely idea; it’s amazing it took this long to gather the pre-eminent Montreal ladies of the stringed instruments together fo...

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  Moondata LABprojects

  Satellite: LABprojects 2003-2005

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  From time to time Moondata would host a night in Montreal whereby different musicians were invited to drop by and participate in what would...

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  Nadja

  Truth Becomes Death

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Sometimes the tiniest of details highlight the source of inspiration, and for this twosome of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff, it can be fou...

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  Tristeza

  A Colores

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  While the press states A Colores to mean "in colours,” sheer curiosity led to finding what other translations may hold. The best seemed to...