Articles by Chris Whibbs

Low's New Heights

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

New label, new producer, new sound, new baby; everything about Low's new album, The Great Destroyer — even the title — screams change. Yet...

Ben Folds Sticks to the Songs

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Don't tell anyone, but Ben Folds, late of the Ben Folds Five and solo artist for the last four years, is damn near pushing 40. He's got a w...

The New Pornographers Screw Around

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

With their third album, Twin Cinema, ready to get the kids jumping, one might assume that, with the influence of various solo projects (Nek...

The Mysteries of <b>Raising the Fawn</b>

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

When Raising the Fawn decided to record their new batch of songs at Sarah Harmer's home studio, outside of Kingston Ontario, the natural se...

Muse

Absolution

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

If all you know of Muse is their debut then this will be a rude awakening, as they have mutated into a vociferously different beast, amalga...

Low

A Lifetime of Temporary Relief

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

An exhausting encapsulation of the last ten years of b-sides, rarities and videos, this is a definitive collection for all Low fans to have...

Okkervil River

Sleep and Wake-Up Songs

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

For all the artistic freedom that being a singer-songwriter gives you, there&#8217;s also one problem: you&#8217;re it. If there are any pr...

Okkervil River

Black Sheep Boy

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

A hot oozing slice of over-emoting heart-pouring, Okkervil River&#8217;s latest album seemingly comes from the same camp of emo-stalwart Br...