Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Below The Sea

  Blame It on the Past

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  With all this talk of Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade and Stars, people often forget that these bands represent the second wave of hype from Montr...

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  The Dreadful Yawns

  The Dreadful Yawns

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  For those pining the loss of Beachwood Sparks or any other Byrds-on-acid type bands, you should be running down this CD, as this Cleveland,...

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  Elbow

  Leaders of the Free World

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  This band have always straddled a fine line between being a paradox of depressive bliss and being just plain whiny. More specifically, for...

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  Explosions In The Sky

  How Strange, Innocence

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Current masters of the quiet-loud dynamic and arguably the best live show around, Explosions in the Sky have taken the gallant step of re-i...

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  Faunts

  High Expectations/Low Results

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Furthering the assumption that Alberta is starting to make its mark on the country, Edmonton’s Faunts put their best foot forward with a mi...

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  Logh

  A Sunset Panorama

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Most likely sick of those bands who work tirelessly away, perfecting their latest opus to some intangible threshold of quality, Sweden’s Lo...

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  Mt. Egypt

  Perspectives

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  At first listen, these songs of the erstwhile Travis Graves weren’t much more than transmissions from a pining soul, but with each subseque...

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  Pattern is Movement

  Stowaway

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  After endless touring and a modicum of buzz about their debut, Philadelphia PA’s Pattern is Movement take a big right turn into the land of...