Articles by Dylan Barnabe

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  Romy Invites You to Cry on the Dance Floor with 'Mid Air'

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2023

  In the mid-2000s, Romy Madley Croft made a name for herself as a member of the three-pronged London band the xx, alongside bandmates Jamie...

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  Lucinda Williams's 'Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart' Are Tales to Live By

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2023

  Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, Lucinda Williams's latest, is just that — all heart. In 2020, at the age of 67, the legendary songwriter...

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  Wednesday Find Heart and Humour in Life's Darkest Moments

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2023

  Turns out you can go home again. On Rat Saw God, Wednesday's fifth album, the North Carolina quintet mine the collective pitfalls and bless...

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  Jess Williamson Explores the Corporeal and Sublime on 'Time Ain't Accidental'

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2023

  For a split second, as Time Ain't Accidental's title track gets underway, you might think of early Taylor Swift. The unassuming country aff...

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  'Could Have Done Anything' Places Charlotte Cornfield Among Canada's Great Storytellers

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2023

  Once described by Rolling Stone as "Canada's best-kept secret," Charlotte Cornfield may struggle to hold onto that mercurial anonymity foll...

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  Wednesday Level Up Once Again on the Bruising 'Rat Saw God'

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2023

  Today's new music Friday belongs to Wednesday. The Asheville quintet's signature brand of '90s shoegaze-meets-grunge-meets-country makes a...

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  In the House: How Drake and Beyoncé Led a Dance Music Renaissance in 2022

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2022

  First it was Drake, whose surprise seventh album Honestly, Nevermind brought house, ampiano and Baltimore club beats to the fore. Then, a m...

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  On 'Save the Baby,' Enumclaw Turn Dreams into Reality

  PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2022

  Self-described via their cheeky Twitter bio as the "Best Band Since Oasis," Enumclaw are boldly staking their claim as the next big thing i...