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Spanish Love Songs Are Battered but Never Beaten on 'No Joy'
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2023
Spanish Love Songs released their third record Brave Faces Everyone in February of 2020, a darkly funny time to put out a breakout album of...
Chappell Roan's "HOT TO GO!" Is a Stroke of Horny Genius
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PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2023
"HOT TO GO!" should be annoying. On first listen, it kind of is — it's got that grating, self-aware hook (or, in this case, series of hooks...
Hannah Georgas Is Her Truest Self on 'I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care'
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PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2023
Now six albums in, Hannah Georgas is fully in command of her art: her inward-looking lyrical perspective, and the various sonic dressings s...
Blut Aus Nord's 'Disharmonium - Nahab' Contemplates the Unimaginable
PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023
With Disharmonium - Nahab, iconic experimental French black metal outfit Blut Aus Nord return to the psychedelic realms of Lovecraftian con...
Rod Stewart Had All the Luck in Ottawa
Canadian Tire Centre, August 23
PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023
After postponing his 2022 tour due to "production delays," Rod Stewart very nearly broke Ottawa's heart again this year, cancelling last Sa...
Sufjan Stevens's "So You Are Tired" Is a Beautiful Brain Tingler
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PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023
Some people have model trains, D&D and Magic cards (or maybe it's mukbangs, playthroughs and Pinkydoll these days?). I, as the very patient...
Donnie & Joe Emerson's 'Dreamin' Wild' Is a Welcome Change of Pace for Music Biopics
Directed by Bill Pohlad
PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023
The stars align for a couple of middle-aged musical "never-weres" when their lost, dust-covered album is rediscovered 30-odd years after it...
'Ahsoka' Thankfully Transcends 'Star Wars' Nostalgia
Developed by Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2023
It's fair to say that Disney+'s various Star Wars shows have been a mixed bag. While the fan base remains rabid, the shows have not all bee...