Articles by Eric Hill

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  Pumice

  Quo

  PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

  Thank goodness for the madmen in the wilderness. Those probably wildly bearded fellows who, despite living in outposts where modern music a...

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  Adem

  Takes

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2008

  Cover albums are generally divisive little creatures. Folks have a tendency to feel very possessive of their favourite songs and are very s...

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  ¡Forward, Russia!

  Life Process

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2008

  Dear ¡FR! Sorry our blind date didn’t go so well. I don’t know what our friends were thinking setting us up. I knew there’d be trouble when...

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  Son, Ambulance

  Someone Else's Déjà vu

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2008

  A problem arises on indie labels when one band burns hundreds of watts brighter than the rest of the roster. Though if Joe Knapp is affecte...

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  Electric President

  Sleep Well

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2008

  Co-president Ben Cooper is the kind of restless spirit who seems to require multiple masks to express all his inner workings. Electric Pres...

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  Alexander Tucker

  Custom Made

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2008

  Experiencing this little gem of a four song EP as a burnt CD on a laptop likely isn’t the prescribed listening situation. Released in April...

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  Alexander Tucker

  Portal

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2008

  Wherever the titular doorway leads it’s clear that Alexander Tucker has access to something larger and stranger than a guitar with loop eff...

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  Scott Kelly

  The Wake

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2008

  Perhaps every hard rocker has a dark, acoustic balladeer waiting for the hard desert wind to wear away their leather. Although it’s amply e...