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West Side Story

posted: February 20, 2012

  Line Spectra may have burst onto the Canadian pop scene from the west side of Montreal, but just listen to City Stars and you’ll see that the entire metropolis is their muse. Languid and…
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Easy Rider

posted: February 8, 2012

Maybe it was destiny, maybe it was coincidence, but when Noel Johnson came across an old Fender acoustic in a back alley in his hometown of Calgary at the age of sixteen, his fate was…
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The Voice

posted: February 6, 2012

The voice doesn’t always go with the look. Extreme example: Susan Boyle. A lesser extreme might be Milton Suggs. The Chicago-based singer looks young, a little shy. But his voice is neither. Suggs is blessed…
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The Man With The Plan

posted: February 1, 2012

Klasik, a.k.a. Anthony Jefferson, describes himself as a simple man with a magnificent plan but also a masterpiece. Hey, we’re not going to argue. The Johnsontown, PA, native is a hip hop phenom, drawing on…
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Love Games

posted: January 30, 2012

The Dotted Eyes Plenty of amazing things have come out of basements: treasure maps, original copies of the Constitution, full suits of armor”not to mention countless musical acts. Like The Dotted Eyes. Begat in a…
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The House of the Rising Star

posted: January 4, 2012

Truth: Tess Henley is big in Japan. The Seattle artist has a top selling album at Tower Records and JetSet stores across the country, which proves, if nothing else, that the Japanese have excellent taste.…
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