Alex's Staff Picks
Jens Lekman's "Candy from a Stranger" Is a Love Song Like No Other
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PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2025
Jens Lekman's side hustle as a wedding singer has already inspired some of the sensitive Swede's best songs — notably the...
Fortunato Durutti Marinetti and a Pop Hook Are "A Perfect Pair"
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PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2025
As Fortunato Duritti Marinetti, Toronto-based songwriter Dan Colussi makes poetic jazz rock, taking the whiskey-breath sing-speaking of...
Hotline TNT's 'Raspberry Moon' Shines Brightly Through the Clouds
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PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2025
Will Anderson used to front the Vancouver shoegaze band Weed, but since moving back to his home country of the US, he's upped his game...
Matt Berninger Rises to the Occasion on 'Get Sunk'
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PUBLISHED May 30, 2025
I may have underestimated Matt Berninger, because I always thought the best parts of the National were his bandmates — the studio wizardry...
Clipse Blow Away the Competition on "Ace Trumpets"
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PUBLISHED May 30, 2025
Pusha T has my all-time favourite rap voice — my love of his music has less to do with his flow or his lyrical content, and more to do with...
Alex G Shoots for the Heavens on "Afterlife"
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PUBLISHED May 29, 2025
If streaming numbers are to be believed, Alex G's most popular songs are the insular, DIY ones he made more than a decade ago — but he's not...
Dan Mangan Finds His Sweet Spot on 'Natural Light'
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PUBLISHED May 16, 2025
For more than a decade, Dan Mangan has ping-ponged between his sweet spot as an acoustic troubadour and more adventurous sonic...
Real Estate's Compilation 'The Wee Small Hours' Is an Ouroboros of Nostalgia
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PUBLISHED May 2, 2025
People say that nostalgia runs in 20-year cycles, meaning that we're a bit early for the golden-era blog rock of 2009 to come back — and yet...
