Allie's Staff Picks
Skegss Are Doing Strokes Cosplay Right on "Out of My Head"
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PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2024
With the announcement of their new album Pacific Highway Music — out October 18 — Skegss, the Australian duo of Ben Reed and Jonny Lani, pr...
Alex G's Score for 'I Saw the TV Glow' Is Spooky and Sentimental
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PUBLISHED May 17, 2024
If you ever wanted to hear synth wave Alex G, the score for Jane Schoenbrun's 'I Saw the TV Glow' is as close as you're going to get. After...
L'Impératrice and Fabiana Martone Set the Girls Free on “Danza Marilù"
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PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2024
Much like Franz Ferdinand before them, L'Impératrice's goal is to make music for girls to dance to. Their latest, "Danza Marilù" ...
HEALTH Ratchet Up the Intensity on 'RAT WARS'
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PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2023
One of Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2023, HEALTH's RAT WARS is packed from snout to tail with brutality and vulnerability, its 12 tracks drape...
Shay Lia Is All About Opulence on 'FACETS'
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PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023
The artist formerly best known for her spirited dancing in Kaytranada's infamous Boiler Room set (and their subsequent team-up on 99.9%'s "...
Brian Jordan Alvarez's "Sitting" Is a Wonderful Thing to Listen To
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PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023
It's kinda like a nap. It's kinda like something else but it is actually just "Sitting" by TJ Mack (Brian Jordan Alvarez). You may recogni...
Sufjan Stevens's "So You Are Tired" Is a Beautiful Brain Tingler
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PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023
Some people have model trains, D&D and Magic cards (or maybe it's mukbangs, playthroughs and Pinkydoll these days?). I, as the very patient...
Beams Are Bright and Menacing on 'The Spark in Your Eye'
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PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2023
Moving further away from their folksier-leanings of yore, Toronto's Beams returned in August with their psych-rock-adjacent three-track EP...
