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'We Grown Now' Finds the Poetry but Loses the Grit

Directed by Minhal Baig

PUBLISHED May 8, 2024

"A place is the people," flashes on a black screen at the end of 'We Grown Now,' Minhal Baig's third feature film. This message drives...

Mach-Hommy and Kaytranada Do It Again on "#RICHAXXHAITIAN"

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PUBLISHED May 8, 2024

Moments in which Kaytranada provides production to an MC determined to give it nothing less than their most charged-up delivery remain enti...

Dehd Crack the Code on 'Poetry'

PUBLISHED May 8, 2024

There's nothing better than witnessing a band hit their stride in real time, and Dehd are doing just that. On their fifth album 'Poetry,'...

'Dark Matter' Is a Dimension of the Multiverse That Looks Kinda Like All the Other Ones

Created by Blake Crouch

PUBLISHED May 7, 2024

Multiverses are so hot right now. The idea of a limitless number of parallel dimensions, spinning off from every decision everyone makes...

Knocked Loose Polish Their Blade on 'You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To'

PUBLISHED May 7, 2024

Knocked Loose are something of a love-them-or-hate-them band, or at least a name that comes up often in pedantic internet arguments, with ev...

Amen Dunes' 'Death Jokes' Is a Discombobulated Thrill

PUBLISHED May 7, 2024

Many of Damon McMahon's releases under the Amen Dunes moniker have been marked by a sense of musical and lyrical austerity. Even among the...

Jon McKiel Casts a Hypnotic 'Hex'

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PUBLISHED May 6, 2024

Jon McKiel's 2020 album, 'Bobby Joe Hope,' had an incredible backstory, involving a second-hand reel-to-reel recorder full of mysterious...

Home Front Did What They Do Best in Toronto

Velvet Underground, May 3

PUBLISHED May 6, 2024

Home Front are one of Canada's best bands, in any genre, full stop, period. Hailing from Edmonton, Home Front was formed in 2021 by Graeme...