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Luke Doucet’s new album, Broken (and other rogue states), is a break-up record in its finest form. The album intricately weaves through the ins and outs of an ending relationship, and examines what seems like each moment in the “getting over it†process. |
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Rating: 3.5/5Released: June 14, 2005Reviewer: David Coats Long considered one of Canada’s best, if largely unknown, songwriters and producers, Rockets is Dan Lanois’ “cottage industry†recording, featuring “a combination of live and alternative studio takes.â€
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Rating: 3.5/5Released: August 23, 2005Reviewer: Jason Zalmanowitz What do you get when you cross a Felt Mountain with a Black Cherry? Why, the newest Goldrapp release, Supernature, of course. Up tempo, slightly electric, and with just a small influence from Prince (think of the intro to “When Doves Cryâ€), this disc is sure to have [...]
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Rating: 3.5/5Released: June 28, 2005Reviewer: Nathan Atnikov “I look like a dandelion and feel like a wreckin’ ball.†Buck 65 may not have been intentionally describing himself in his song Drunk Without Drinking, but it’s an apt assessment of the eastern Canadian musician.
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Rating: 2.5/5Released: 2004Reviewer: Nathan Atnikov It’s easy when listening to Tim Miller for the first time to say, “Okay, I get it.†An acoustic based singer-songwriter, Miller is bound to be labelled a watered-down John Mayer, and in reality, that’s not all too far off the mark.
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Rating: 2.5/5Released: May, 2005Reviewer: David Coats Chris Elsasser is July 2nd, and his first proper solo effort, This Winter Was Mine, is an interesting collection of atmospheric alternative electronica. Elsasser is clearly a multi-talented artist, and there are many indications of this on TWWM, including his creative song structures and the use of unorthodox instruments, [...]
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Rating: 4/5Released: June 14, 2005Reviewer: David Coats Still among the world’s most popular rock bands, Foo Fighters return with the long-awaited follow-up to 2002’s One By One, the double disc effort In Your Honor.
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Kanye West’s 2004 debut, The College Dropout, was a revelation in hip-hop. When every other rapper was topping the charts singing about guns, jewellery, and cars, Kanye blew them all away – largely by singing about the same things (oh, and some little song about Jesus). |
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