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Signal to Noise 2004 Page 62 "Maher Shalal Hash Baz Blues du Jour
Geographic GEOG23 LP/CD Maher Shalal Hash Baz are one of the most enigmatic outfits in the Japanese underground. Band leader Tori Kudo crops up all over the place — in documentation of
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Les inrockuptibles 2004 Page 43 "Même si personne n'avait jamais osé sortir les disques de Maher Shalal Hash Baz, il faudrait défendre, avec toute l'énergie possible, la musique de ce groupe japonais réfugié en Ecosse
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