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Auf Der Maur: Making waves - Las Vegas Mercury, Nov. 24, 2004

...Though she is signed to Capitol Records, Auf Der Maur did not exploit her music business connections to make her album. In fact, she concertedly took the do-it-yourself route, financing the project herself, asking only her friends (with the exception of Morrissey, who declined) to participate in the studio and not worrying about what label was going to release whatever the end result would be. The organic nature of her freedom has served her well.