Articles by Thomas Quinlan

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  Necro

  Presents Brutality Part 1

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Pretty much anything Necro touches is drenched in a gory orgy of sex, drugs and violence. Brutality Part 1 is no exception. Although the em...

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  Birdapres

  None Missing

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  To whet appetites before the release of his sophomore Peanuts & Corn album, Birdapres first drops a three-song twelve-inch on his own label...

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  Mindbender

  A Vibe Called Fresh

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  For his second slice of vinyl, Mindbender has collected four tracks from his Fantasyland Before Time LP. "A Vibe Called Fresh” is an obviou...

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  Swollen Members

  Heavy

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  With their fourth album, Swollen Members prove once and for all what goes for books and covers goes equally well for CDs. Judging by the co...

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  Oddities

  The Scenic Route

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The upside to Swollen Members selling out is the resources they make for Battle Axe Records, which they then use to debut underground Canad...

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  Toolshed

  Illustrated

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Toolshed have nailed it with Illustrated. Timbuktu’s beats are fun, mid-’90s-influenced productions with plenty of attention given to the d...

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  Thesis Sahib

  Wartime Theme Songs for the Modern Ego

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  His first solo since The Adventures of Thesis Sahib & Friends may be missing the harmonising vocal layering that he and Selfhelp perfected...

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  Awol One

  Selftitled

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  While the cover of Selftitled, Awol One’s seventh album in three years, is an obvious play on Biggie’s Ready To Die, it’s difficult not to...