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Falcon Jane's "I Get Myself (Mutt Duet)" Has Both Sides Now
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PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2025
When Falcon Jane released Legacy back in August, "I Get Myself" immediately emerged as my favourite track on the album. The mournful country...
Magi Merlin's Freak Demands to Be Matched on 'A Weird Little Dog'
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PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2025
It probably goes without saying at this point that one of my favourite records of 2025 so far is undoubtedly Saya Gray's 'SAYA.' For that...
Wet Leg Level Up with Punchy "catch these fists"
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PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2025
"Level up," Wet Leg vocalist Rhian Teasdale declares as the thundering groove of "catch these fists" bursts into its pummelling chorus. It's...
The Hives Continue Their Comeback Era with "Enough Is Enough"
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PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2025
The Hives were among my least-expected comebacks in 2023, but their tear back into public consciousness with 'The Death of Randy...
'Dan's Boogie' Offers a Beginner's Introduction to Destroyer
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PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
For much of his career, Vancouver songwriter Dan Bejar has been one of those musical chameleons — a Bowie or a Beck, whose arrangement...
Bria Salmena Is Unleashed on 'Big Dog'
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PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
Toronto's Bria Salmena is a familiar presence, but an unknowable one all the same. In the years leading up to today's release of her debut...
Great Grandpa Are Whatever You Need Them to Be on 'Patience, Moonbeam'
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PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2025
This is the kind of record I wait for every year. Inevitably it arrives, like last year's 'Tiger's Blood,' 2023's 'The Window' or 2022's...
Black Country, New Road Live Up to Their Promise on "For the Cold Country"
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PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2025
I've been intrigued and a little confused by the way Black Country, New Road's 2022 album 'Ants from Up the There' has been embraced as a...
