Articles by Michael Barclay

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  Auburn

  Misfit Café

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  Shelley "Auburn" Campbell is a Vancouver country singer who falls into an odd trap of being not glossy enough for the new country scene, an...

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  Corb Lund Band

  Unforgiving Mistress

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  The bassist for the Smalls, those decade-old Albertan veterans of heaviosity, steps out with an acoustic side-track that sounds entirely na...

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  Kenny Smilovitch

  Drawing Down the Moon

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  This Montreal performer's debut CD doesn't push any envelopes, but fits perfectly into an early '70s folk vibe, akin to Nick Drake or even...

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  Various

  Hair of the Dog Vol. One

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  On Saturday afternoons at the Black Dog pub in Edmonton, hung-over rock and rollers are treated to matinee performances by - if this compil...

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  Roach Motel

  Spend the Night

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  It's never easy for an ultimate party band such as Roach Motel to capture their energy onto disc, but Spend the Night does an ample job of...

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  Various

  New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

  Most tribute albums suck, so let's cut to the few redeeming qualities of this one, focused on pre-Swordfishtrombones-era Waits. Neko Case t...

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  Marianne Faithfull

  Vagabond Ways

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Once every ten years or so, Marianne Faithfull hooks up with the right producer and the right material to come up with a classic album of s...

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  Fishbone

  The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerk

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2000

  Sure, they've been here for years, but this is definitely a comeback. Eschewing their ill-advised '90s forays into bad metal and side-stepp...