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Where Sweden and the Sand Meet

April 10, 2003 by

What has the average 12-year-old accomplished? Maybe making the club soccer team? Winning a few spelling bee trophies? Starring as Maria in "West Side Story"?
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Phonebooth | Please Hang Up and Try Again

April 10, 2003 by

Independent films have always had to rely on the strength of their stories to compete with Hollywood blockbusters. These smaller films have the advantage of being able to take more risks, experimentin...
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Make Way for the Merchants

April 10, 2003 by

"Like Herbie Hancock with an MPC" is how the Addict Merchants flatter themselves. And with good reason. The Merchants have become a live hip hop sensation, already rocking a few enthusiastic Santa Bar...
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Boy Sets Fire | Tomorrow Come Today | Wind-Up

April 10, 2003 by

Boy Sets Fire exhibits a teeming tempest of energy, emotion and raw intensity that swirls around like a monsoon-blizzard-hurricane-sandstorm all rolled into one hell of a force of nature. Unfortunatel...
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Fruit Bats | Mouthfuls | Sub Pop

April 10, 2003 by

The Fruit Bats spawn from the self-replicating record factory, Sub Pop. Mouthfuls is their second release that screams simplicity with lead singer Eric Johnson's gentle voice and lazy guitar putting t...
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Lagwagon | Blaze | Fat Wreck Chords

April 10, 2003 by

With bands like Blink-182 and Good Charlotte pumping out pop-punk like someone after a bad encounter with Jack in the Box, it's refreshing to know that after their last release five years ago, Lagwago...
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KCSB Top Ten

April 10, 2003 by

1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane2) Aphex Twin | 26 Mixes for Cash | Warp3) Candies | Dense Waves Make Your Eyes Wider | Suiteside
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Artsweek Over Broadway

April 3, 2003 by

While the majority of Gauchos packed into clubs with titles like "La Boom" and "Papas and Beer" over Spring Break, Artsweek took a turn for all things geeky and visited every over-the-top theater majo...
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Laurel Canyon | McDormand Sparks Jay, Steals Movie

April 3, 2003 by

ust think of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll thrown in with some existential burden and a cherry topping of conservatism and you have the makings of the new film "Laurel Canyon."
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The White Stripes | Elephant | V2

April 3, 2003 by

Elephant, the latest offering from the White Stripes, is one of the sweetest products to come out of Detroit since Ford Mustangs started rolling off the assembly lines in 1964.
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Uh, Exactly How Hip Are You?

April 3, 2003 by

1. Apparently, a hipster uses words like "deck" (meaning cool) and "fin" (meaning uncool). Artsweek has yet to pass the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" phase of "cowabunga" and "totally tubular, dude."
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T-Love | Long Way Back | Astralwerks

April 3, 2003 by

There is nothing more attractive than an intelligent, socially conscious hip hop head. Examples vary by sexual preference, but T-Love suits my fancy just fine.
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The Libertines | Up the Bracket | Rough Trade

April 3, 2003 by

Every once in a while, a band will come along that will make you think about feelings, whether by screaming and rapping about them over pseudo-metal beats or singing them over radio-friendly guitar ri...
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Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks | Pig Lib | Matador

April 3, 2003 by

One might guess the Jicks that Stephen Malkmus hangs with on his new album Pig Lib are his new crew, but they're actually the same keyboardist and bassist from Malkmus' bull's-eye, of a self-titled 20...
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Tour-du-Fest

March 7, 2003 by

For most cinephiles scattered across the country, film festivals are a far-off notion, tucked away among the palm trees of L.A. or the ski slopes of Aspen. Not so, in Santa Barbara's case...
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