Articles by Eric Hill

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  Jason Bajada

  Puer Dolor / Live at Cabaret Music Hall

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  If you come from a town with an art college and at least a couple of open-mic night venues you’ve probably seen someone like Jason Bajada p...

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  Galactic

  Ruckus

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  On their fourth studio album the New Orleans sextet Galactic may have unwittingly invented a new musical device: the Jam Compactor. Or perh...

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  Living Ornaments / Accelera Deck

  Narrominded Split LP Series

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Narrominded label founders Lars Meyer and Coen Pollack start off their series of limited edition splits with a piece by their own duo, Livi...

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  Town and Country

  5

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  On their aptly named fifth release, the Chicago quartet takes their acoustic sound into the purest of realms by recording the instruments w...

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  Motorpsycho + Jaga Jazzist Horns

  In the Fishtank

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Tenth release in Dutch label Konkurrent’s series, which offers 48 hours of studio time to invited musicians to record whatever their heart...

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  All I See Is Red

  All I See Is Red

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  A four-piece from Toronto (via Thunder Bay and Kingston) All I See Is Red is a reductive moniker for a complex and multi-hued band. The dis...

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  Crescent

  By the Roads and the Fields

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  On only their fourth album in over ten years Crescent have crossed over into territory populated by bands who believe quiet is the new loud...

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  Europa 51

  Abstractions

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  Named after a Rossellini film starring Ingrid Bergman and made up of members from Stereolab and the High Llamas — you can almost feel a war...