Articles by Rob Nay

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  Minks

  Van Gundy

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The Minks play a refined brand of intricate pop music, crafting songs with a multitude of skilful transitions and inventive melodies. Haili...

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  The Kill Pill

  Outside These City Walls

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Like Sweden's (International) Noise Conspiracy, the Kill Pill fuses charged rock'n'roll with politically and socially centred lyrics. Disti...

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  Various

  Swami Sound System Vol. 1

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  This Swami Records comp features a superb, rollicking assortment of released and unreleased rock’n’roll from the label, which was started b...

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  Living Things

  Ahead of the Lions

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Ahead of the Lions offers a fresh, socially conscious slant to fist-pumping music. The Living Things blend beer-swilling rock with Dead Boy...

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  La Salle

  Expedition Songs

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  Expedition Songs fuses pop melodies with intricate time signatures and sharp instrumentation to form a well-crafted album. Featuring Mike R...

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  Reverend Horton Heat

  We Three Kings

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  With We Three Kings, Reverend Horton Heat have remarkably created a Christmas albums that’s novel and enjoyable. It’s also one of the band’...

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  Absent Sound

  It's All True

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  For the past few years, Absent Sound have been offering some of the more engaging music to come out of Winnipeg. The group’s latest shows t...

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  All Tomorrow's Party

  Yoo Doo Right, Yoo Doo Slide

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  All Tomorrow’s Party manage to stitch together disparate influences to fashion a highly engaging album. Yoo Doo Right, Yoo Doo Slide opens...