Issue 31

Tricky Woo – First Blush

I actually bought this CD…though I think I bought it secondhand…but the point is I paid for it and being […]

Proeliis Fere

Three very long songs from a band that knows both its arpeggios and its power chords. Like Slint without the […]

The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema

After a set number of triumphs in international DJ competitions, players are banned from participating. How else would anyone get […]

The Hoa Hoa’s – Flower Flowers

Recently, during one of my daily bouts of procrastination, I somehow found myself surfing through www.rockcritics.com (curse you, Internet!), revisiting […]

The Grey – Asleep at the Wheel

I remember one summer evening, it must have been about fifteen years ago now. We were in the middle of […]

Alex Gomez – Metallic Blue Electric

Let us compare bluesmen. Sometime, around 1990 I think, Canadian guitarist Colin James opened his flashy blues-rock number Just Came […]