Articles by Michael Edwards

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  Minor Alps

  Get There

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013

  The combination of Juliana Hatfield and Nada Surf's Matthew Caws goes beyond being good on paper. In the past, they've contributed backing...

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  Elf Power

  Sunlight on the Moon

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2013

  There was a time when a new release from any band connected to the Elephant 6 collective was greeted with excitement, but those days are lo...

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  The Mantles

  Long Enough To Leave

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2013

  San Franciscan band the Mantles aren't reinventing the wheel, but they aren't content spinning theirs either. They've continued to move fur...

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  Big Deal

  June Gloom

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2013

  Let's get the obvious wordplay out of the way right: Big Deal live up to their moniker. Far too many reviews of their 2011 debut were fixat...

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  Future Bible Heroes

  Partygoing

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2013

  The lines between Stephin Merritt's bands are really beginning to blur. There was a time when Future Bible Heroes was his outlet for all th...

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  The Stranglers

  Giants

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2013

  It's debatable whether any band can actually still be relevant almost 40 years into their career, but the Stranglers don't do anything to e...

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  Saturday Looks Good To Me

  One Kiss Ends It All

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2013

  Despite not being the most prolific band lately, Saturday Looks Good To Me are still as reliable as ever. They've never wandered too far fr...

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  Club 8

  Above The City

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2013

  By the time most bands get to their eighth album, they're recycling old ideas, but at least Club 8 have the good sense to do it with a cert...