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Formerly known as F.Y.P, Toys That Kill is basically the same band with a couple new members and former drummer and bassist Sean Cole now playing guitar and singing on a few tunes. The music is tight, crunchy, and still mighty punk rock, sounding as good as practically any punk record released in 2001. "Little Bit Stranger" rocks furiously like an F.Y.P standard and has a dandy little solo, while the preceding bizarre radio transmissions of "Available 476-2061" are the kind of crazy...   [ read more ]

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Songwriter Maia Sharp has issued only three recording in the last eight years. She established herself in the all-but-extinct AAA radio market with her debut, Hardly Glamour on the defunct Ark 21 imprint. Her self-titled sophomore outing was on the Concord Jazz label, of all places, and now she finds herself with Koch. Fine Upstanding Citizen is another extension of what Sharp does best: she writes very classy pop songs that bridge the gaps between rock, folk, and jazz form...   [ read more ]

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