Allie's Staff Picks

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Palehound's 'Eye on the Bat' Is Wry and Confrontational

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2023

  El Kempner reveals a new side of Palehound on their fourth effort, Eye on the Bat. Where previous albums have taken on a celebratory tone —...

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  ​Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Angelo De Augustine Takes Himself Out of Reality on 'Toil and Trouble'

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2023

  Angelo De Augustine wrote, arranged, recorded, produced and mixed his fourth studio album, Toil and Trouble, himself, employing 27 differen...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Rich Aucoin Gets Celestial on 'Synthetic Season 2'

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

  Landing neatly between the worlds of Justice and Dan Deacon, with just a touch of 2010s Dan Snaith, Rich Aucoin's Synthetic Season 2, the s...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Lean into Heavy Fantasy with "Gila Monster"

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2023

  Following their latest foray into thrash metal with 2019's Infest the Rats' Nest, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard returned with a promise...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Sydanie Is a Chameleon on the Infectious "Bubble 4 a Winna"

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2023

  Toronto hip-hop mom Sydanie's lengthy hiatus is over with her newest single "Bubble 4 a Winna," the lead track from her upcoming debut albu...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: corook and Olivia Barton's "if i were a fish" Finds Depth in the Twee

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2023

  Even if you're not a TikTok user, you probably already can't avoid corook (a.k.a. Corinne Savage) and their (former Exclaim! Staff Pick) pa...