March 2024 Issue

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  The Smile's 'Wall of Eyes' Feels Like a Comedown

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2024

  'Wall of Eyes' is an album of background music, a collection of songs that just weren’t good enough to be on its predecessor....

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  Knoll Make Themselves Heard on 'As Spoken'

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2024

  'As Spoken' should push Knoll out of the underground and into the pantheon of new grindcore greats...

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  Future Islands Continue Toward Their Destination on 'People Who Aren't There Anymore'

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2024

  The band’s seventh album is an often excellent effort containing moments that see Future Islands really crystallize as its best self...

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  Hot Garbage Stake Their Claim with 'Precious Dream'

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024

  For the past decade or so, there have been four bands heading the sooty psych rock battlements; the Black Angels, Osees, Frankie and the Wi...

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  Eliza McLamb Demythologizes Girlhood on 'Going Through It'

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024

  Most people probably love illuminati hotties at their most wonky and unhinged, but I've always appreciated their ability to exercise restra...

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  Green Day Hit a Late-Career High on 'Saviors'

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024

  What needs to be said about Green Day at this point? Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are the multi-million-selling post-Nirva...

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  Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in January 2024

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2024

  Happy 2024, everyone! We've made it to another year and, as the weather turns frigid across the country, there's no better time to ditch un...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in January 2024

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2024

  So, how was everybody's first two weeks of 2024? Holding it together? Letting it all fall apart? Either way, you're gonna need some new mus...