Staff Picks
Thermal Are Burdened but Alive on 'Plaster Girl'
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PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2023
Thermal's music feels like a heaving chest, heavy with the weight of thick guitar fuzz, claustrophobic emotional landscapes and a racing he...
gglum Revels in Debauchery and Danger on "Easy Fun"
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PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love is a career-defining high watermark in a career full of them, but it didn't exactly leave a long sonic sha...
On 'Mad and Noisy,' moondoggy Strike Gold
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PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
After introducing themselves brilliantly on their eponymous 2021 EP, moondoggy have reaffirmed their position at the forefront of Toronto's...
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...
Kue Varo and the Only Hopes Dodge the Expected on 'Cowboy Witchcraft'
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PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023
A name like Cowboy Witchcraft conjures images of gothic country rock — gauzy gowns and black ten gallon hats, tumbleweeds rolling through t...
Kylie V's Elegantly Emotive Indie Folk Is an "Anomaly"
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PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023
Two years on from 2021's excellent Big Blue and most of a year removed from last winter's The Runaway EP, Vancouver songwriter Kylie V pick...
Kirsten Ludwig Plates Her Songs in Armour on 'Sunbeam'
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PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023
Kirsten Ludwig makes songs that feel small and intimate, but rather than let them drift by in gauzy fabrics and gentle half-light, she plat...
Born at Midnite's "*69" Is Nice
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PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023
Is star 69 still a thing? At a time when calling someone on the phone feels inherently retro, Born at Midnite release "*69," a yearning pop...
