Articles by Chris Whibbs

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  Pattern is Movement

  The (Im)Possibility of Longing

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  There are lofty goals indeed in this album, as Pattern is Movement’s website explains their title harkens to the theories of famed philosop...

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  Plants and Animals

  Plants and Animals

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  It’s quite reasonable to assume they got the band name quite right, as there is a decidedly outdoor, lounging-in-the-sun feel to these mini...

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  Race

  If You Can

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Outsourcing your customer service abroad is not just the current business craze — the Race seems to have outsourced the production duties t...

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  Summer at Shatter Creek

  Sink or Swim

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  If looking for inspirational ditties and pick me ups, then please move on, as Summer at Shatter Creek will tweak and caress every maudlin n...

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  Bloemfontein

  The Longer Now

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  While David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest is indeed a great novel, at the time of its printing some critics decried the blanket acclaim, d...

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  Crispy Ambulance

  The Powder Blind Dream

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Proving that old dogs can not only learn new tricks, but also bite just as well, Crispy Ambulance rise again, showing their comeback album,...

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  Field Register

  Eastern Shore

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  So much slow/sad/drone-core music can be heavy and plodding affairs, with seemingly no end and the feeling of eyelids getting droopier and...

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  Glider

  Non-Spaces

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  This album literally came from a transatlantic meeting of the minds, since Glider consists of Montreal-based Pascal Asselin of Below the Se...