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With apologies to the ever under-valued piano, this month's mix offers an inadvertent salute to rock'n'roll's two quintessential instruments, the electric guitar and the synthesizer. I'm pretty sure the guitar wins this round (see Weezer, Bowie, Davies, Trynin, and, fiercest of all, that second to last track from the Motels), but it's close. The enticing Canadian experimental popster Bernice gives us all sorts of electronic bips and twiddles (note, though, the analog piano winding its way in and out); the defunct Bay Area band Dealership offers warm, bell-like digital tones; and, wrapping things up, the mighty Toronto foursome Metric goes all fidgety-synth-poppy on us with the portentous but danceable "Cascades." Guitars win but synths have the last word. For much more info, visit https://fingertipsmusic.com/?p=22704
