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Waxahatchee Digs Deep into Her Roots on "Mud"
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PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2025
Waxahatchee's 2024 and 2020 AOTY contenders, 'Tigers Blood' and 'Saint Cloud,' respectively, cemented Katie Crutchfield firmly in her...
The Weeknd Says He's Peaked, and 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Proves Him Right
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2025
"Lore" has become a buzzword in pop music in recent years, as stars pepper their lyrics with cryptic hints about their personal...
Doechii Takes a Well-Deserved Victory Lap on "Nosebleeds"
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PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2025
The Grammys seldom get it right — but as last night proved, it might be a new era for the Academy. This tone was set early on in the...
Franz Ferdinand Fight to Be Heard on 'The Human Fear'
PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025
After releasing two celebrated albums in quick succession during the heyday of "indie sleaze," new music started to become less...
This Mashup of "Hollaback Girl" and Kendrick Lamar's "Squabble Up" Is B-A-N-A-N-A-S
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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025
'GNX' has been out for a little more than two months, and it's probably already my most-listened-to Kendrick Lamar album. It's not that I...
MIKE Makes an Effortless Opus with 'Showbiz!'
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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025
The album is called 'Showbiz!,' but there's nothing glitzy about MIKE — an underground NYC rapper whose workmanlike pace of excellent...
'Blue Rodeo: Lost Together' Pays Tribute to the "Sound of Canada"
Directed by Dale Heslip
PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025
Blue Rodeo are a Canadian institution. Their songs have soundtracked the lives of Canadians for over four decades, and yet their story has...
I Want Shiv and the Carvers' "Danger Girl" to Ruin My Life
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PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2025
It's Class Of season here at Exclaim!, and it's hard to believe it's been only a year since we saw the likes of Shiv and the Carvers...