Articles by Chuck Molgat

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  Absent Sound

  Another Chapter

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Winnipeg/Pine Falls artists Dave Forte and Rob Menard shift gears between ambient soundscapes, repetitive raga droners and progressive dub...

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  Atomiks

  Motordeath

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Dark garage-rock warrants a sense of humour and an element of self-effacement, neither of which are lost on Reno’s Atomiks. The band’s prog...

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  Mando Diao

  Bring ‘Em In

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  This Swedish garage-rock combo’s debut arrives at North American retail just late enough to be officially filed under B for bandwagon. The...

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  Puffy AmiYumi

  Nice

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Japanese power-pop duo Puffy AmiYumi returns to this side of the pond with another slickly produced and irresistibly catchy full-length eff...

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  Jason Collett

  Motor Motel Love Songs

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Jason Collett knows a lot of talented, popular Canadian musicians and many of them contributed to this solo release from the current-day Br...

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  Hawaii

  Hawaii

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Former Bionic and Bodega member Sam Goldberg teams up with Samantha Terry on this dreamy, languorous debut that bears no sonic resemblance...

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  Party Of One

  Caught the Blast

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Party of One doesn’t even make use of all eight tracks on some of these home-studio recordings, but the Minneapolis trio manages to get its...

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  Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks / Azita

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON - May 18, 2003

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2003

  A "best of" NYC art-punk mix (VU, Television, New York Dolls, Richard Hell, etc.) provided a cool as corduroy segue between drama queen ope...