Calum's Staff Picks

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  Boldy James and Nicholas Craven Remain a Perfect Fit on "Brand New Chanel Kicks"

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  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2023

  Toward the end of 2022, Boldy James and Nicholas Craven delivered a winning cross-border collaboration in the solemn, wintry Fair Exchange...

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  Mil-Spec Brim with Undeniable Spirit on 'Marathon'

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  PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2023

  There was a palpable yearning in Mil-Spec's "The Days Don't End" upon its arrival in April, and the Toronto five-piece's new album Marathon...

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  Corb Lund Is a Hurtin' Albertan on the Weed-Gone-Wrong Anthem "Old Familiar Drunken Feeling"

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  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2023

  As someone whose modest instrumental skill all but evaporates in altered states, the tale of "herbal terrorism" Corb Lund tells on new sing...

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  Tinashe Sounds Steps Away from Heaven on 'BB/ANG3L'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2023

  Much has been made about the creative freedom Tinashe reclaimed since exiting her record deal with RCA, and following 2021's coming out par...

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  Loraine James Is Caught in the Anxieties of Digital Romance on "I DM U"

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  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2023

  Loraine James's Gentle Confrontation is said to be an album the artist's younger self would have made, though its centrepiece "I DM U" capt...

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  The Late jaimie branch Is Airborne on 'Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2023

  There's no telling where the flight plan would have guided the late jaimie branch and her Fly or Die ensemble. But if the American trumpete...

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  ​Mick Jenkins Finds Power in Moving with Purpose on 'The Patience'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2023

  The waiting, and The Patience it requires, can wear on Mick Jenkins. Outlining the loose concept of his fourth album, the artist wrote of a...

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  Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD Eschew Musical Purism in the Name of Pleasure on 'New Heart Designs'

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  PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2023

  For all the acclaim Turnstile's GLOW ON received, there was some inevitable, minor rankling of punk and hardcore's older guard — making the...