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Cheetah Chrome : Sentimentalist Magazine Online Exclusive

Downstairs at Toronto’s Bovine Sex Club, Cheetah Chrome’s perched on a destroyed sofa. This basement is the kind of place that can destroy any illusions that might be out there about what it means to be “backstage” or “in the dressing room.” Outside, the air is heavy and humid, but the basement hideaway Cheetah’s been [...]

31 Jul 2007 | 3 comments | More
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Bat For Lashes Knitting Factory, NYC 7.25.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine

Natasha Khan, the extraordinarily lovely lady behind England’s Bat for Lashes, is, to put it bluntly, all that and a Tim Burton movie. (Sorry, but ‘a bag of chips’ just wouldn’t do this girl justice.)
On just her second performance in New York City, the 27 year-old Khan is quickly building a sizeable local audience, and, [...]

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The White Stripes with Porter Wagoner and Grinderman MSG, NYC 7.24.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine

Jack was nimble, Jack was quick. Jack White sold out the “World’s Most Famous Arena,” and was named one-half of the Best Touring Band by an online poll, lickety-split.
“I don’t believe we’ve played this bar before,” he bashfully quipped near the end of his band’s sweaty, frantic, undeniably great two-hour takedown of Madison Square Garden [...]

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Chase Pagan Cake Shop, NYC 7.20.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine

To put it plainly, Chase Pagan will soon be as well-known as Antony, Rufus or Devendra, just give him time. His incredible Freddy Mercuryesque, vaudevillian falsetto, his complex yet quirky melodies and the fantastical, epic leanings of his lyrics and themes are just a few of the reasons to pay heed to this gifted Arkansas [...]

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