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Montreal's High Dials reject retro rehashing

By Mike Usinger

For reasons he's happy to articulate, the band's front man Trevor Anderson has no desire to see his Montreal-based quintet pegged as psychedelic-'60s revivalists.

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Momin's Trio Tarana crafts "imaginary folk music"

By Alexander Varty

Sorrow is not foreign to the world of the band's drummer and chief composer, Ravish Momin, but at heart the music is of hope and reconciliation.

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Ex-Big Sugar man makes cowboy metal with Grady

By Steve Newton

Canadian guitarist/vocalist Gordie Johnson's Texas-based group is much more than "that little ol' band from Texas".

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Sky-high ambitions fuel Angels & Airwaves

By Deena Cox

With two albums, a documentary, and a forthcoming feature film from his new love-and-life themed band, ex-Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge is now focusing on the Internet.

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High-profile fans helped Virgins gain experience

By Jenny Charlesworth

Lead singer Donald Cumming, can't completely comprehend how it is that his Manhattan dance-punk band ended up in an astonishingly fortunate situation during Paris Fashion Week.

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Florida's Black Kids keep it colourful

By Mike Usinger

Owen Holmes' booty-quaking side has found its way into the Jacksonville quintet, which-politically correct types will be relieved-was named by two black kids.

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Cut Copy takes aim at the world's arenas

By Martin Turenne

The Melburnian band reached the top of the Australian charts earlier this year and is getting noticed in North America. Not bad for three guys who never dreamed they'd be making music at all.

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Weezer frontman the greatest of all time

By Mike Usinger

Where he once worried about everything, Weezer's River Cuomo is now declaring himself the greatest man who ever lived.