Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Tall Grass Captains of Greater Chicago

  She Moved Through

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  When applying for a job, there’s always the barrage of tips and tricks to make sure you get that cherished interview, from making sure you...

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  Turin Brakes

  JackInABox

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Having long lost the "new Coldplay” tag about, oh, two years ago, Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian are still plying their soft, harmonisin...

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  Various

  90.9 With a Bullet: 20 Years of Calgary Music on CJSW

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  From the entertaining liner notes to the strong song selection, this compilation of the surprising and interesting Calgary scene over the l...

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  Doves / Mercury Rev

  Kool Haus, Toronto, ON - May 16, 2005

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Let's get one major detail out of the way: the acoustics at this particular venue are horrible. Many fine pieces of intricacy get lost with...

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  Thirteen Senses

  The Invitation

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  The Thames River sparkles in the uncommon sun, and two record executives verbally spar about the recent success of Coldplay in this fall of...

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  Aranos

  Bering Sea

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Wonderfully living by himself in a shack and self-contained studio in the middle of the Irish countryside, the Czech-born multi-instrumenta...

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  Balanescu Quartet

  Maria T

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Although composer Alexander Balanescu and his quartet may have touched on his Eastern European roots on earlier albums like Luminitza, here...

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  Esmerine

  Aurora

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Esmerine is Beckie Foon and Bruce Cawdron, both of whom have played with GY!BE and some ever-spawning offshoots. This project is somewhat i...