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Selector

Article published 25th Jun 09

A 'selector' wades through the jokes and tricks to find the good stuff, the truth. By avoiding a sterile approach, Selector sincerely examines individuals and places - with the intention of evoking open dialogues and responses.

Selector's founders, Reid Stewart and Michael Carter, are also entwined in Vancouver's Lifetime Collective.

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At Mount Zoomer, Wolf Parade

Article published 26th Jun 08
Release: Album
To Cure: A quiet weekend

Sophomore albums are make or break for any artist - whether you slump or whether you thrive depends on the act's talent and depth, and some artists just seem to have these two characteristics in spades. Montreal five-piece Wolf Parade are one of these very bands, and the quintet continue their upward march toward a successful musical peak with the release of the astounding AT MOUNT ZOOMER, the follow-up to 2004's equally brilliant APOLOGIES TO QUEEN MARY.

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Junior Boys

Article published 16th Aug 07
Release: Album
To Cure: A predictable playlist

There are more ways to reference house music than a collar-up pink Industrie shirt, a faux-hawk and a pinger up your bum.

Junior Boy's second full-length So This Is Goodbye finds a similar blend of electronic and indie to say Hot Chip, or perhaps less obviously, Erlend Oye.

With cascading synths, and 90's dance music throwbacks, So This Is Goodbye has picked apart a past that is still a bit close to home and offers up the best bits garnished with enough present-day to make it palatable.

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