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CJ Wiley's "Don't Die Charlie" Is a Matter of Life or Death
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PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025
I remember hearing an early iteration of "Don't Die Charlie" at Lee's Palace when CJ Wiley played the 2022 edition of our annual Class Of...
Lambrini Girls Have Big Cunt Energy on 'Who Let the Dogs Out'
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PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025
It's pretty prophetic of Brighton's Lambrini Girls to drop 'Who Let the Dogs Out' on the day that man south of the border conclusively...
Morgan Nagler Is Resolute on Solo Debut "Cradle the Pain"
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PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2025
Sometimes, I know there's a strong chance I'm going to like a song based on its title alone. "Cradle the Pain" is one such title that...
'Music from the Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)' Has Perfect Playlist Fodder for All Types of Aphex Twin Fan
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PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025
I tend to prefer fairly nice-sounding electronic music over punishing beats, so even though Aphex Twin's recent two-and-a-half-hour...
"Windows" Could Be girlpuppy's "Silver Springs"
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PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025
"Glass houses cliché," I type into the Google search bar, amazingly unable to remember the exact verbiage of a phrase that has always...
The Weather Station Is Shadowboxing Herself on "Body Moves"
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PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024
On "Body Moves," Tamara Lindeman is shadowboxing, dodging the swings and fakeouts of a form in rebellion. The latest taste of the luminous...
The Tragically Hip and Feist's "'It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken'" Carries the Spirit — If Not the Sound — of Gord Downie
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PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
The Tragically Hip have wisely not reunited since singer Gord Downie's tragic death in 2017, but they closest they came was doing a...
Montreal's Graham Steinman Communes with the Sublime on 'migration's only natural'
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PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
Being from the middle of nowhere doesn't necessarily mean you feel connected to nature in a way others don't. On the contrary, people like...
