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McKinley R.

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About Me

I am currently studying music at Humber which is located in Toronto.

I have been a member of many bands in Southern Ontario. Some of the bands I have played in/played shows with/toured with are; Death From Above 1979, Mark Vida, Thee Oneironauts (now known as The Most Serene Republic), Black Avalon, The Unicorns (now known as Islands), contrastincredible, At The Mercy of Inspiration (now known as Cancer Bats), Comely, Cuff The Duke, Raising The Fawn, Elliott Brood, The Viking Club, Sleeper Set Sail, etc.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Talented musicians of all genres.

Music:

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
µ-Ziq
8 Bold Souls
13 & God
28 Days Later
90 Day Men
A Band of Bees
A Flock Of Seagulls
A Girl Called Eddy
A Northern Chorus
A Perfect Circle
A Silver Mount Zion
A Static Lullaby
A.C. Newman
A.F.I
A3
ABC
Aberfeldy
Abdullah Ibrahim
Acid House Kings
Adamski
Adult.
Afro-Cuban All Stars
a-ha
Aimee Mann
Air
Aislers Set, The
Album Leaf, The
Alex Attias
Alexisonfire
All Gilr Summer Fun Band
Aloha
Alpha
Alphaville
Alpinestars
always
Ambulance LTD
American Analog Set, The
American Football
Amon Tobin
Andre 3000
Andrew Bird
Angels Of Light
Amina
Animal Collective
Animals On Wheels
Anna Oxygen
Annie
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antony & The Johnsons
Aphex Twin
Aphrodite
Apostle Of Hustle
Apples In Stereo
Appleseed Cast
Aqualung
Aquanote
Aqueduct
Arcade Fire, The
Architecture In Helskinki
Armor For Sleep
Arovane
Art Blakey
Art Brut
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, The
As One
Aspera
Associates
Astaire
At The Drive-In
Ativin
Atom Heart
Auburn Lull
Audible
Augie March
Autechre
Autolux
Avalanches, The
Aztec Camera
Baby Dee
Badger King, The
Bad Plus, The
Badly Drawn Boy
Band of Bees
Band of Horses
Baz Lurmann
Beachwood Sparks
Beanfield
Bear Vs. Shark
Beastie Boys, The
Beat Happening
Beck
Bedouin Soundclash
Bell Orchstre, The
Belle & Sebastian
Ben Folds
Ben Folds Five
Ben Kweller
Bent
Berlin
Beta Band, The
Beth Hirsch
Bettie Serveert
Beulah
Bill Stewart
Bill Withers
Billy Talent
Bird
Bjork
Black Avalon
Black Box Recorder
Black Dice
Black Mountain
Blink-182
Bloc Party
Blonde Redhead
Blow, The
Blue States
Blur
Boards of Canada
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bonnie Prince Billy
Books, The
Boom Bip
Boris Kovac
Bound Stems
Bow Wow Wow
Boy Least Likely To, The
Brahams, Johannes
Brand New
Brandi Carlile
Brandtson
Branford Marsalis
Bravery, The
Brendan Benson
Brett Friesen
Brian Eno
Brice Wassy
Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham
Broadcast
Broken Social Scene
Brunettes, The
BT
Buck 65
Bud Powell
Buggles
Built To Spill
Bunky
Bush
Caetano Veloso
Calexico
Califone
Call & Response
Camera Obscura (Scotland)
Camera Obscura (California)
Can
Cap'n Jazz
Cardigans, The
Caribou
Carla Bruni
Cars, The
Cassius
Cat Power
catatonia
Cex
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Parker
Chateau Flight
Chemical Brothers, The
Chestnut Station
Chick Corea
Chicks On Speed
Children
Chip Davis
Chopin, Frédéric
Chore
Chris Bowden
Christian Kleine
Chris White
Cinematic Orchestra
Cinerama
Circle
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clash, The
Clearlake
Clem Snide
Clientele, The
Clifford Gilberto
Clinic
Clinton
Clor
Cloud Room, The
Cloudberry Jam
cLOUDDEAD
Club 8
CocoRosie
Cocteau Twins
Codeseven
Coheed & Cambria
Colder
Coldplay
Collections Of Collonies Of Bees
Colleen
Coloma
Comely
Comets On Fire
Common
Communique
Concretes, The
Constantines, The
contrastincredible!
Controller.Controller
Coralie Clement
Cornelius
Cornershop
Cosmo Vitelli
Cougars
Count Basie
Cozy Cole
Cranberries, The
Craig Armstrong
Cribs, The
Cuff The Duke
Cure, The
Cursive
Cut Copy
Cyann & Ben
Cyrus Chestnut
Daedelus
Daft Punk
Dallas Green
Damien Jurado
Damon & Naomi
Daniel Belanger
Dannii Minogue
Dashboards Confessional
Dave Brubeck
David Axelrod
David Bowie
David Gray
David Guetta
Days In December
Dead Can Dance
Dead Meadow
Dead Texan, The
Dear Nora
Dears, The
Death By Chocolate
Death Cab For Cutie
Death From Above 1979
Decembrists, The
Decibully
Deep Dish
Deep Purple
Deerhoof
Deftones
Defunkt
Depeche Mode
Desperate Bicycles
Despistado
Destroyer
Devendra Banhart
Devin Davis
Devo
Devolver
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Diefenbach
Dimitri From Paris
Dios
Dirty Beatniks
Dirty Projectors
Dismemberment Plan, The
Dissociatives
Dizzy Gillespie
DJ !Rupture
DJ Food & DK
DJ Hype
DJ Shadow
DJ Spooky
DJ Tiesto
DJ Vadim
Dntel
Do Make Say Think
Don Caballero
Don Ellis
Doves
Dream Theatre
Drum Island
Dubstar
Duke Ellington
Dungen
Duran Duran
Earlimart
Early Day Miners
Echo & The Bunnymen
Ecstasy Of St. Theresa, The
Ed Harcourt
Edan
Edith Frost
Eggstone
Eisley
Elbow
Electrelane
Electric President
Electronic
Elefant
Elekibass
Elf Power
Ellen Allieen
Elliott
Elliott Smith
Elton John
Eluvium
Elvis Costello
Elysian Fields
Emiliana Torrini
Enon
Erasure
Erlend _ye
ESG
Esthero
Eszter Balint
Eurythmics
Everything But The Girl
Everything Was Perfect
Explosions In The Sky
Faint, The
Fatboy Slim
Faun Fables
Feist
Fela Kuti
FemBots
Femme Fatale
Fennesz
Fiery Furnaces, The
Figurine
Final Fantasy
Fisherspooner
Five Blank Pages
Flaming Lips, The
Flanger
Flare
Florian Keller
Florida Evans
Fluke
Fly Pan AM
Flying Saucer Attack
Fog
Folk Implosion
Foo Fighters
Forever A Kid
Fout Tet
Frank Zappa
Frankie Trumbauer
Franz Ferdinand
Free Moral Agents
French Kicks, The
Fridge
From Autumn To Ashes
From Gallow's Tree
Frou Frou
Fruit Bats
Fugazi
Funkadelic
Funki Porcini
Gang Gang Dance
Gang Of Four
Gary Jules
Gastr Del Sol
Gavin Friday
Gene Krupa
Gentlemen Reg
George Duke
Ghost
Gilberto Gil
Gil Scott Geron
Go-Betweens, The
Go! Team, The
Gob
Godspeed You! Black Emporer
Godzuki
GoGoGo Airheart
Golden
Goldfrapp
Goldie
Gomez
Gong
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Gorillaz
Gotan Project
Graham Coxon
Grandaddy
Grant Green
Grady Tate
Gravenhurst
Great Fiction, The
Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lakes Myth Society, The
Groove Collective
Guided By Voices
Guillemotts
Gunga Din, The
Gus Gus
Gwen Stefani
Haircut & Bicycle
Hank Crawford
Harkness
Harold Budd
Hawksley Workman
Hayden
Heaven 17
Hector Zazou
Heikki
Helicon Blue
Hella
Herbaliser, The
Herbie Hancocc
Herrmann und Kleine
Heston Rifle
Hexstatic
Hidden Cameras, The
High Llamas, The
High and Driving
Hint
His Name Is Alive
Hives, The
Hold Steady, The
Holland
Home
Hooverphonic
Hopes Of THe States
Hope Sandoval
Hopesfall
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
Horns of Happiness
Hot Chip
Hot Hot Heat
Hot Snakes
Housemartins, The
Howard Hello
Howard Jones
Howe Gelb
Howie B
HUM
Human League, The
Hundred Hands
I Am Kloot
I Am Spoonbender
Ian Pooley
Icarus
Ill Lit
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Immortal Technique
Imogen Heap
Impossible Shapes
Increadible Moses Leroy, The
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
Innocence Mission, The
Interpol
INXS
Iron & Wine
Isobel Campbell
Isolée
Ivan Smagghe
Ivy
Jack DeJohnette
Jackson Browne
Jaco Pastorius
Jaga Jazzist
Jam, The
Jamie Cullum
Jamiroquai
Jan Dukes de Grey
Jan Hammer
Jane Birkin
Jason Collett
Jazzanova
Jealous Sound, The
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean Michel Jarre
Jeff Buckley
Jefferson Airplane
Jelly Roll Morton
Jem
Jennifer Gentle
Jens Lekman
Jerry Gonzalez
Jesus & Mary Chain, The
Jim Guthris
Jimmy Chamberlin Project
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Smith
Jo Jones
Joan Of Arc
Jobriath
Joel Plaskett
JOhann Johannsson
John Coltrane
John Digweed
JOhn Fahey
JOhn Parish
John Scofield
John Vanderslice
JOhnny Marr
Jon Levigne
Josef K
Joseph Arthur
Josh Rouse
Joy Division
Joy Zipper
Juan Maclean, The
Jude THe Obscure
Julian Fane
Juliana Hatfield
Juluka
Junction, The
June Panic
Junior Boys
Junior Senior
Justus Kohncke
K-OS
K.C. Accidental
Kahimi Karie
Kammerflimmer Kollektief
Kanye West
Kathleen Edwards
Kayo Dot
Keith Jarrett
Kelley Polar
Kelley Stoltz
Ken Reaume
Kent
Kepler
Keren Ann
Kevin Blechdom
Kid Koala
Kid Loco
Kid Silver
Killers, The
Kills, The
Kind Of Like Spitting
Kindness Of Strangers, The
King Sunny Ade
Kings of Convenience, The
Kitchens & Bathrooms
Kleenex Girl Wonder
KLF, The
Komeda
Kraftwerk
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Kyle Fischer
Kylie Minoque
Ladytron
La Funk Mob
Laika
Lali Puna
Lamb
Lambchop
Larnell Lewis
Lazy K
LCD Soundsystem
Le Tigre
Leftfield
Legends, The
Lemon Jelly
Lenny White
Leonard Cohen
Les Rythmes Digitales
Les Savy Fav
Lesbians On Ecstasy
Leslies, The
Life Witout Buildings
Like, The
Lithops
Liz Phair
Lo-Fidelity Allstars
Locust
Locust, The
Longwave
Long Winters, The
Looper
Loose Fur
Lords Of Acid
Loren Mazzacane & Suzanne Lang
Loretta Lynn
Lost Patrol
Lou Barlow
Lou Reed
Louis Armstrong
Louis XIV
Love As Laughter
Love Is All
Low
LTJ Bukem
Lucksmiths, The
Luke Vibert
Luna
Lunchbox
Lush
M83
M. Ward
M.I.A.
Mad At Gravity
Madlib
Mahogany
Magnet
mandalay
Manic Street Preachers
manishevitz
Manitoba
Mantler Landau
Maria McKee
Mark Farina
Mark Kelso
Mark Vida
Marlboro Chorus, The
Mars Volta, The
Martha Wainwright
Mary Timony
Mary&..39;s Bleeding Eyes
Masha Qrella
Mates Of State
Matias Aguayo
Matinee Slim & The Ultralight Orchestra
Matmos
Matt Pond PA
Matthew Good
Maudlin Of The Well
Max Richter
Max Roach
Maximo Park
Mayday
McKinley
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Medicine
Mekon
Mel Louis
Melt Banana
Memory Bank
Memphis
Metallica
Metalwood
Meters, The
Metric
MF Doom
Michael Buble
Michael Jackson
Michel Camilo
Microgrooves
Microphones, The
Microstoria
Miles Davis
Millencollin
Minotaur Shock
Mint Royale
Minus 8
Minus Story
Minus The Bear
Miroslav Vitous
Mirwais
Misfits, The
Mobius Band
Moby
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Mokhtar Samba
Moloko
Momus
Monade
Moneen
Money Mark
Mono
Monroe Mustang
Montag
Moodymann
Moonshake
Moose
Morgan Geist
Morrissey
Motley Crue
Mountain Goats, The
Mouse On Mars
Movietone
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Oizo
Mr. Scruff
Mr. Velcro Fastener
Mr. Wright
Mu
Mum
Muse
My Bloody Valentine
My Favourite
My Morning Jacket
N.E.R.D_
N.W.A.
National Trust, The
Nedelle
Neil Young
Neko Case
Nerves, The
Neu!
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Buffalo
New Deal, The
New Order
New Pornographers, The
Newfound Interest In Conneticut
Nick Cave
Nick Drake
Nico
Nicola Conte
Nirvana
Nitin Sawhney
Nobody
No Doubt
No Luck Club
Noah's Arkweld
Nobukaza Takam
Normal, The
North Of America
Notwist, The
Nouvelle Vague
Novaspace
Nurse With Wound
Oasis
Odawas
Of Montreal
Offspring, The
Old Time Relijun
Olivia Tremor Control
Omar A. Rodriguiez Lopez
Onelinedrawing
One Step Beyond
Optimo
Orange Juice
Orange Peels, The
Orb, THe
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Organ, The
Our Lady Peace
Out Hud
Outrageous Cherry
Oval
Owen
Owls
Owls, The
Oxford Collapse
P.J. Harvey
Panda Bear
Paris, Texas
Parker & Lily
Pas Cal
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Group
Patrick Phelan
Patrick Wolf
Paul Brill
Paul Duncan
Paul Van Dyk
Pavement
Peaches
Pedro The Lion
Pele
Penner Mackay
Pernice Brothers, The
Peru Negro
Pet Shop Boys
Peter Bjorn and John
Phantom Planet
Phaser
phoenix
P-ano
P-Love
Piano Magic
Picastro
Pilate
Pinback
Pink Floyd
Pink Mountaintops, The
Pixies, The
Placebo
Plastic Constellations, The
Plastikman
Playing With Broken Mirrors
Pleasure Forever
Poe
Police, The
Polvo
Polyphonic Spree, The
Ponies in the Surf
Ponys, The
Pony Up!
Portastatic
Portishead
Postal Service, The
Prefuse 73
Pretenders, The
Primal Scream
Prodigy
Promise Ring, The
Propellerheads
Prosaicd, The
Psychedelic Furs, The
Public Enemy
Pulp
Pulseprogramming
Q and not U
Quasi
Quasimoto
Queens Of The Sone Age
REM
Radian
Radio 4
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Rahim
Rainer Maria
Raising The Fawn
Rainstick Orchestra
Rapture, The
Rasputina
Ratatat
Razorlight
Readymade
Red Hot Chili Peppers, The
Red Sleeping Beauty
Regina Spektor
Reindeer Section
Rentals, The
Return to Forever
Revolutionary Hydra
Richard Hawley
Ricardo Villalobos
Richard Swift
Richard X
Richard Youngs
Richie Hawtin
Ride
Rilo Kiley
Rinôçérôse
RJD2
Robert Rich
Rocketship
Rogue Wave
Rohan Hill
Roisin Murphy
Rome
Ron Sexsmith
Roni Size
Rooney
Roots, The
Roots Manuva
Rosa Passos
Roxy Music
Roy
Roy Ayers
Royal City
Röyksopp
Rufus Wainwaight
Runcible Spoon
Rush
Rushing To Redlights
Russian Futurists
Ryan Adams
St. Etienne
Sadies, The
Salif Keita
Sam Prekop
Sam Rivers
Sam Roberts
Saosin
Sarah Harmer
Sarah Slean
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Sergent Garcia
Sergio Mendes
Shellac
Schneider TM
Scissor Sisters
Scott Joplin
Scount Niblett
Scritti Politti
Sea And Cake, The
Sea Ray
Sea Snakes
Seachange
Sebadoh
Secession Movement
Secret Machines
Self
Serena Maneesh
Serge Gainsbourg
Shalabi Effect
Shamen, The
Sheila Divine, The
Shellac
Shelly Manne
Shining
Shins, The
Shout Out Louds
Sia
Sigur Ros
Silent Poets
Silver Jews, The
Silverchair
Simon Joyner
Sinéad O'Connor
Sing Sing
Sisters Euclid, The
Six Organs Of Admittance
Skygreen Leopards, The
Skylab
Sleater-Kinney
Sleeper Set Sail
Sloan
Slowdive
Slumber Party
Smashing Pumpkins, The
Smiths, The
Snoop Dog
Snow Patrol
Snowboy
Soft Cell
Soft Pink Truth, The
Sondre Lerche
Sonic Youth
Sonna
Soulive
South
Spacetime Continuum
Spalding Rockwell
Sparklehrose
Sparks
Sparta
Sparrow
Spiritualized
Spoon
Spoozys
Squarepusher
St. Germain
Starflyer 59
Starlet
Stars
Stars Of The Lid
Statistics
Steely Dan
stellastarr_
Stephen Malkmus
Sterolab
Stereo MC's
Stereo Total
Steve Lacy
Stevie Wonder
Stills, The
Stina Nordenstam
Stone Roses, The
Strawberry
Streets, The
STrokes, The
Styrofoam
Sue Garner
Sun Ra
Superpitcher
Suede
Sufjan Stevens
Sugarcubes
Sun Kil Moon
Sunny Day Real Estate
Super Fury Animals
Superchunk
Supergrass
Supersilent
Supertramp
Sybarite
Syd Barrett
T.O.N.T.O.'s Expanding Head Band
T. Rex
Tahiti 80
Talk Talk
Talking Heads
Talvin Singh
Tamara Williamson
Tangiers
Tao of Groove, The
Tapes 'n Tapes
Tarentel
Tarwater
Taylor & Jimmy Van M
Taylor Deupree
Tears, The
Tears For Fears
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Tegan & Sara
Tenacious D
Tenement Halls
Thee Oneironauts
Thelonius Monk
This Busy Monster
Thievery Corporation
Three Bees
Thrice
Thursday
Thurstons, The
Tied & Tickled Trio
Tiger Trap
Tily And The Wall
Tindersticks
Todd Rundgren
Tom Petty
Tony Allen
Tony Williams
Tortoise
Toto
Tower Of Power
Tram
Trans Am
Trapist
Treva Whateva
Tricky
Trilok Gurtu
Tullycraft
Turin Brakes
TV On The Radio
Two Lone Swordsmen
Tyde, The
U2
UNKLE
Ulrish Schnauss
Unicorns, The
United Future Organization
Unrest
Up, Bustle And Out
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start
Used, The
Van Morrison
Vangelis
Velvet Underground, The
Venetian Snares
Venus Hum
Verve, The
VHS or BETA
Via Satellite
Vista Memory
Vitalic
Volcano, I'm Still Excited
Von Iva
Wagon Christ
Walker Kong
Walkmen, The
Wallflowers, The
Waltz For Debbie
We Are Scientists
Weakerthans, The
Weather Report
Wedding Present, The
Ween
Weezer
Wendy Carlos
Wes Montgomery
Wheat
White Stripes, The
William Elliott Whitmore
Wilco
Wilderness
Winter Equinox
Woelv
Wolf Parade
Wooden Stars
World Leader Pretend
Wrens, The
Xiu Xiu
Yaz
Yes
Yo La Tengo
Young and Sexy
Young Tradition, The
Zero 7
Zongamin
Zoot Woman

Movies:

12 Monkeys
A Scanner Darkly
American Pop
Before Sunset
Blow
Donnie Darko
Dumbo
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Memento
Peter Pan
Requiem For A Dream
The Constant Gardener
The Royal Tennenbaums
Vanilla Sky
WAKING LIFE

Television:

Daily Planet and Desperate Housewives

Books:

A Scanner Darly
The Giver
King Of Shadows
Harry Potter Series
High Fidelity
Choke
Lullaby
Fight Club
Survivor
Catcher In The Rye
SeinLanguage
The Monument
The Autobiography of Malcom X
The Autobiography of Miles Davis
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Quantum and the Lotus
The Quantum Zoo
Wonders of the World

Heroes:

too many to list

My Blog

Stars w/ Magnet, Thurston Revival @ The Docks

The first time that I saw Stars, it was at The Casbah lounge in Hamilton. The Casbah is a very small venue that doesn't hold much more than 150 people. To go from that show to this...well it's quite t...
Posted by McKinley R. on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:52:00 PST

Canadian Indie Music Awards w/ Elliott Brood, Cursed, etc @ The Docks

This event was on right before the Stars concert the same night. When I initially bought the tickets, I didn't even know it would be happening, but it was pretty interesting. There were a fair amount ...
Posted by McKinley R. on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:25:00 PST

Animal Collective w/ First Nation, BARR @ The Opera House

Before going to this show, Animal Collective was one of my favourite bands of '05. I still love their recorded material to death, but they don't pull it off so well live. And the bands they chose to o...
Posted by McKinley R. on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:58:00 PST

Toby Driver w/ I Have Eaten The City, gastric female reflex @ X-Pace Art Studio

At the very least, I have to say that this was one of the most INTERESTING shows I have ever been to. The opening band - Gastic Female Reflex was arguably the worst act of 'music' that I have ever hea...
Posted by McKinley R. on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:54:00 PST

The Bad Plus w/ The Worst Pop Band Ever @ The Revival

Words can't ever be enough to describe the amazingness of this small show. The Worst Pop Band Ever wasn't incredible, but I'm going to see them again soon because I sorta dug their stuff. However, The...
Posted by McKinley R. on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:36:00 PST

Jens Lekman w/ ??? @ St. George's Church (music gallery)

This was a fabulous show. Jens Lekman is a singer/songwriter from Goteborg, Sweden. He is similar to bands like the Arcade Fire in that their recorded material is much different from their liver perfo...
Posted by McKinley R. on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:23:00 PST

Broadcast w/ Gravenhurst @ Lee's Palace

One night I had just come home from a reasonably large show (I can't remember which one) and I was kind of upset because I was unable to enjoy the music due to the venue being ridiculoualy loud and cr...
Posted by McKinley R. on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:32:00 PST

Coheed & Cambria w/ The Blood Brothers, Dredge, mewithoutYou @ The Docks

This was an amazing night. I was expecting terrible things from all of the bands except for Coheed, but I ended up being dead wrong. Dredge wasn't bad at all (though I won't be rushing off to buy, or ...
Posted by McKinley R. on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:07:00 PST

The Organ w/ Gentleman Reg, Galaxy @ The Revival

This was the second time seeing both The Organ and Gentleman Reg. Both bands performed much worse than the first time I had seen them, and Galaxy wasn't all that great either. On record I LOVE The Org...
Posted by McKinley R. on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:43:00 PST

Interpol w/ Boom Bip @ The Kool Haus

I think this show was in early October. I can't quite remember. This show was so incredible. Yeah, sure, Interpol doesn't have the most texturally rich sounding, complex music ever...but sometimes you...
Posted by McKinley R. on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:32:00 PST