BRAD WHEELER
Globe and Mail Update Published on Monday, Jun. 02, 2008 5:35PM EDT Last updated on Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 3:48PM EDT
Take the Box by Amy Winehouse, from Frank (Island/Universal)
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A double-CD reissue of the tabloid-able diva's debut album includes B-sides, remixes, demos and live lounge-room soul, where a cornet-like singer gives back gifts to a man who was "so beautiful before today." Savvy beyond her years, she was.
Transporter by the Violet Archers, from Sunshine at Night (Zunior.com)
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Unassumingly majestic pop from the quiet guy of the Rheostatics, Tim Vesely. Are we transported? Yes, to a lovely place outside Coldplayville, where the morning haze never lifts and melodies thrive with little sunlight.
Write It in Lightning by the New Odds, from Cheerleader (Pheromone/Universal)
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"Backbeat like an axe, coming down on the melody." Industrious drumming and crashing guitars add a Who-like oomph to the power pop of the reunited Odds, who are now back in our favour.
Old Days by John Hiatt, from Same Old Man (New West)
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Swamp-rocking John Hiatt is in a back-in-the-day mood, remembering funny tales about old blues guys, empty pockets and weird Vancouverites. Before, he had "nothing to live up to, and everywhere to be," but now he's the aged music man.
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