Articles by Rob Nay

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  Oxes

  Oxes EP

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Baltimore's Oxes treat time signatures like boxing opponents, jabbing them in the kidneys and punching them in the jaw. With tempos and rhy...

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  Tricky Woo

  First Blush

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Tricky Woo show no rustiness since reforming during the past year. While the band's last disc, 2001's Les Sable Magiques, explored diverse...

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  Makers

  Everybody Rise!

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  The Makers’ identity crisis continues on their latest release. Everybody Rise! has one foot in the band’s garage past and one foot in its g...

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  Peter Pan Speedrock

  Spread Eagle

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Similar to brothers-in-arms Zeke, Peter Pan Speedrock add a healthy dose of nitrous oxide to the rock’n’roll tank and keep the needle burie...

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  Hot Little Rocket

  Laika

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  The re-release of this EP shows how well its songs have aged in the six years since it was originally unveiled. Throughout Laika, Hot Littl...

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  Money Money

  We Are Money Money

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Reportedly featuring sons of Pentecostal ministers, this Peterborough band’s debut thankfully doesn’t attempt to replicate the high-pitched...

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  Boss Martians

  The Set-Up

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  The Boss Martians drive past diverse landscapes. In some instances, the group steer towards new wave regions and then yank the wheel and he...

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  Satan's Pilgrims

  Plymouth Rock: The Best of Satan's Pilgrims

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Although they haven’t attracted the same attention as their contemporaries, Man or Astroman ?, Satan’s Pilgrims have still managed to amass...