Articles by Duncan Boyd

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  Purling Hiss

  Water on Mars

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2013

  Type "Mike Polizze" into Google Search and the first page of results all involve the Purling Hiss frontman "talking guitars." With his proc...

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  The Woolen Men

  The Woolen Men

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2013

  The Woolen Men play lo-fi, DIY rock'n'roll in the tradition of fellow Portland groups like the Wipers or 2003-era Thermals, combined with t...

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  Suuns

  Images du Futur

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2013

  The darkly retro-futuristic resonance of Montreal's Suuns doesn't exactly sound like the music of your nightmares, though it could certainl...

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  Grave Babies

  Crusher

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2013

  Seattle, WA's Grave Babies describe their music as the sound of "horrible things wrapped in hope." Indeed, the band's debut full-length, Cr...

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  Iceage

  You're Nothing

  PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2013

  The second full-length from Copenhagen-based punk quartet Iceage, You're Nothing was recorded in an old farmhouse on the Danish island of M...

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  Jacco Gardner

  Cabinet of Curiosities

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2013

  In the latter half of the 1960s, artists like the Beatles and the Beach Boys began to make a shift away from conventional three-minute, tou...