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Cadence Weapon vs. the Algorithm: "Tech and the Music Industry Are at Odds with the Spiritual Power of Music"
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2024
Recalling how Cadence Weapon found it "so hard to connect" in the impassioned call to action that closes his 2021 album Parallel World made...
Hot-Take Reactions to Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department': Gossip That Outshines Murky Production
PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2024
We're nearing the halfway point of this decade, and it's hard to think of a moment of it that hasn't been dominated by Taylor Swift...
Taylor Swift's 25 Best Songs Ranked
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024
When we first published our ranking of Taylor Swift's best songs in October 2022, she was on the verge of releasing her 10th album...
8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in April 2024
PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2024
April showers bring May flowers, and April's New Faves bring good vibes. And while that opening line was pretty shitty, this month's ...
girl in red Is Levelling Up: "I Think the Album Is Fucking Sick"
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2024
Marie Ulven is ready to level up. Without giving too much away, the 25-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter — better known as girl in red ...
Nicolette & the Nobodies Find Universal Spirit of Country Music: "I Don't Think It Matters Where You're From"
PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024
On the cover of old-school country band Nicolette & the Nobodies' new LP, 'The Long Way,' band leader Nicolette Hoang...
METZ Rank Their 5 Best Songs
PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2024
After spending over a decade and a half kicking up a noisy racket, METZ are ushering in a new chapter. It's not that 'Up on Gravity Hill'...
iskwē's Vulnerable Strength: "I Had a Good Front, but I Was a Mess"
PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024
When I ask iskwē why she recorded her fourth and latest album, 'nīna,' in Mexico City, she smiles in that honeyed way of hers that leaves...