Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Hall of Fame

  Paradise Now

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Starting with barely a whisper and the volume specifically kept to a minimum, Hall of Fame delight in the unbalanced, more atonal edge of t...

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  Hedaya

  This Is Where I Keep It

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  A truly one man endeavour, Hedaya, (aka Simon Kean) is also the man behind the label, Clever Bedsit, which states, irony-free, is "the labe...

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  Memory Bank

  Litany and Lethargy

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  An interesting choice for a title, as though there may be a litany of emotive vocals throughout the songs, but thankfully, they don’t have...

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  People Chasing People

  The Dayglow Light of Sleep

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004

  Press releases sometimes give unintended laughs and one of the better nuggets from People Chasing People’s press is that fact that their ac...

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  Overlord

  The World Takes

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  Essentially the vision of clever George Pasles, Overlord revel in the echoed, hazy indie pop that fans of the Smiths and early ’90s British...

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  Pleasant Grove

  The Art of Leaving

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  As that fantabulist zeitgeist-grabbing writer Grant Morrison wrote in his swansong The Invisibles, names have power and poor old Tom O’Bedl...

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  Rivulets

  You've Got Your Own

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  Upon first listen the newest EP from Rivulets, late of Low’s Chairkickers Union label, didn’t wrench the heart or tingle the spine as other...

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  Decoy Mile

  The Decoy Mile

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  It’s so nice to see some brothers that get along well enough to make music together. It brings some fanciful visions of Ben Oakley cleverly...