Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: David Coats Several years ago, a friend of mine noticed I had an Oasis record with me. Her reaction: “One hit wonder!†This will always be the problem for Oasis – ‘Wonderwall’ was a phenomenon of the highest order, and not only are people willing to forget that there were [...]
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: David Coats Good news, kids – Sloan’s not done after all.
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: David Coats After resurrecting their long-dormant Murderecords label, Sloan’s Chris Murphy and Jay Ferguson went looking for new talent to add to their roster. Their search yielded Waterloo’s Will Currie and the Country French
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: David Coats In the ninth grade, I had a teacher who liked to incorporate music into his 20th century history lessons. He played the Counting Crows classic ‘Mr. Jones’ once and highlighted the lyric, “Help me believe in anything,†explaining the significance to ‘90s cultural mentality.
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Rating: 3 / 5 Reviewer: David Coats For the first half of album opener ‘Bixby Canyon Creek,’ full of their signature melodies and minimal atmospherics, Narrow Stairs seems like a continuation of Death Cab For Cutie’s last record, 2005’s Plans.
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Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: David Coats Asking for Flowers is the third record from Canadian alt-country favourite Kathleen Edwards, and it is also the most confusing.
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Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: David Coats Daniel Lanois is one of the unsung heroes of Canadian music. Most famous for his work as producer for the likes of Emmylou, Dylan, Gabriel, and of course, U2, Lanois has also released three acclaimed solo records (most recently 2003’s Shine).
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Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: David Coats Last we heard from Jason Collett was on the 2007 Stars remix record, Do You Trust Your Friends?, when he stole the show with his down-and-dirty reinterpretation of ‘Reunion.’
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