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There are few bands who have churned out arena-ready rock anthems as consistently as the Foo Fighters, and yet somehow, the Foos have managed to avoid the criticism faced by many of their peers – and make no mistake, the four-chord rock bands that share the top of the charts with Dave Grohl are the band’s peers. |
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It’s been a long three years since Interpol was last heard from, when their sophomore record Antics cemented the band on the list of 2004 ‘it’ bands. In the interim, the ‘new’ new wave popularized in the early part of the decade, which Interpol was at the forefront of, ran its course. |
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Most people agree that the most important formative years for a child come in infancy, but try telling that to anyone between the ages of 18 and 22. That’s where the Arctic Monkeys come in, with their biting description of what it’s like growing up bored and jaded – a topic that applies to even the most well-adjusted young adult. |
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Rating: 3/5Released: November 21, 2006Reviewer: Nathan Atnikov With the Canadian indie-rock scene as inclusive and community-based as it is, it’s surprising to see how often the term super-group is being thrown around to describe Swan Lake.
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The most engaging characteristic of Greg Keelor’s third solo release, Aprhodite Rose, is that rather than making an album that closely mirrors Blue Rodeo material, he instead strays from that sound and focuses on his other influences. |
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If every great song were traced back to inception, you’d find something that existed before the lead riff, the hook, or even the first trace of music and lyrics. The first ingredient in every great song is an idea – and nobody in rock music today has better ideas than The Hold Steady. |
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Largely overshadowed by the release of You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene was the emergence of Montreal’s The Dears, whose own 2003 release, No Cities Left, remains underrated for all it did to revolutionize Canadian alternative. |
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