Montreal’s The Stills are back. After a couple of line-up changes, they got together and decided to focus on artistic sincerity and real musicality – rather than worrying about ‘radio singles’. Singer Tim Fletcher describes the result as a “return to simplicity - fuck the effects, plug in and feel something.” Gone are the boys. This album has stubble.
Listen: ‘In the Beginning’
When I was a kid I bought a pair of rubber monster hands. I ruled Halloween from ’78 to ’81.
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Most girls in communist countries only listen to R&B and house. They just found out about Sonic Youth five years ago (no joke). That’s why, after having thousands of nightclub tits stuffed in your face, it’s such a relief to see an underdressed girl with a cartoon watch come over and say, “I like the Pixies but I don’t have to hear ‘This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven’ ever again for the rest of my life.”
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