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Carly Rae Jepsen Achieves a "Rare" Dreaminess with Bullion

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2024

Carly Rae Jepsen specializes is giddy, maximalist pop — but, working with producer Bullion on his new single “Rare,” she shifts into a calm...

Dan Boeckner Can't "Lose" with His Cathartic Synth-Rock

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PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024

Dan Boeckner has shifted through various projects throughout the years, but he's always moved along the same sonic continuum. Whether he wa...

Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman Come to Their Senses on "Right Back to It"

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PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2024

Sometimes your body tells you to pull away. Sometimes, after years of closeness and stability, comfort starts to feel like constriction. Us...

WIENER KEBAB's 'No One Makes It Out Alive' EP Is a Real Shitkicker

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PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2024

WIENER KEBAB's sophomore EP No One Makes It Out Alive is hard to pin down — and that's where its beauty lies. No two songs on the record so...

Ducks Ltd.'s "Train Full of Gasoline" Explodes with Countrified Jangle

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PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2024

Toronto's Ducks Ltd. aren't a country band, but there's a chug-a-lug momentum to "Train Full of Gasoline" that recalls one of those Johnny...

Exclaim! Staffers Share Their Karaoke Classics

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2023

Here at Exclaim!, our staffers have a particularly special relationship with each other. When you put 10 to 15 music nerds in a trench coat...

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...

Ducks Ltd. Cure Listlessness with Jangle Pop Bliss on "Hollowed Out"

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PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2023

There's an irony to hearing Ducks Ltd. sing about feeling lifeless and empty, given how their music evokes heart-swelling emotion. On "Holl...