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  Land of Talk Are Mesmerizing on the Anti-Virtuosic "Your Beautiful Self"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2023

  I was deeply hungover the first time I saw Land of Talk live. It was a Sunday and Lizzie Powell was playing in the mid-afternoon at Red Pap...

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  RAAHiiM Sets Himself Apart on 'BUT IF iiM HONEST'

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  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2023

  If RAAHiiM's third LP BUT IF iiM HONEST only gave us "Energy," that would be enough for me. The punchy synths and funky bassline carry a "P...

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  Billy Bragg Destroys Oliver Anthony (Empathetically) on "Rich Men Earning North of a Million"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2023

  As the planet burns and the cost-of-living crisis gets worse by the day, viral country artist Oliver Anthony has scored chart-topping hit b...

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  NewJeans' 'Get Up' EP Is Targeted Directly at Your Brain's Pleasure Centre

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  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2023

  NewJeans are a big departure from other massive K-pop exports, contrasting the bombast of BTS or BLACKPINK with their low-key sound bridgin...

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  Fievel Is Glaque Stay Quick on Their Feet with "I'm Scanning Things I Can't See" and "Dark Dancing"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2023

  The demo-itis Fievel Is Glaque claims to feel is nowhere in sight on their first Fat Possum offerings. Their latest double single is a heat...

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  Beams Are Bright and Menacing on 'The Spark in Your Eye'

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  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2023

  Moving further away from their folksier-leanings of yore, Toronto's Beams returned in August with their psych-rock-adjacent three-track EP...

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  Resavoir's "Inside Minds" Is a Soundtrack for Shortening Days

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  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2023

  Even if you aren't immediately familiar with Resavoir by name, there's a good chance you've heard the sounds of its leader, Will Miller, so...

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  P:ano Are Back in All Their Glory on "Hollow Stars"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2023

  P:ano's 2005 album Brigadoon is on my Mount Rushmore of Vancouver indie rock records from the 2000s (alongside Mass Romantic, Streethawk: A...