Articles by Michael Barclay

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  Antony and the Johnsons

  Antony and the Johnsons

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  This is a reissue of Antony’s 1998 debut album, in anticipation of his forthcoming follow-up featuring his friends and fans such as Lou Ree...

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  Leonard Cohen

  Dear Heather

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  The good news is that our man Leonard has woken up from the nine-year coma that plagued the non-comeback of 2001’s Ten New Songs. Yet this...

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  Tom Waits

  Grim Weapers and Grand Weepers

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  Tom Waits has three children, and at one point when they were still quite young, they asked him why he doesn't have a straight job like eve...

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  The Arcade Fire

  Talk About the Passion

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  By the time you read this, what will likely be the most surprising phase of the Arcade Fire's career will be over. And they know it.Up unti...

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  Hillside Festival

  Guelph Lake, Guelph ON - July 24 to 25, 2004

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  For a festival that had been on a roll in the years leading up to its 20th anniversary last year, this edition's line-up appeared underwhel...

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  Hidden Cameras

  Canada's New Pop Nation

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  December 14, 2001. The season's first snowfall is blanketing Toronto, bringing with it the melancholy that usually accompanies the holiday...

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  Magnetic Fields

  Trinity-St. Paul's Church, Toronto ON - July 3, 2004

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  As the Magnetic Fields returned for an encore basking in a standing ovation, pianist Claudia Gonson expressed her gratitude: "That's so swe...

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  Hank Feat. the Hank Collective

  How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  It is not for us to ask why UK resident Cab Williamson quit his band and moved to Toronto, only to begin performing loopy four-track two-mi...