Articles by Ian Gormely

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  The 1975

  I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016

  Following their 2013 self-titled debut, there were at least half a dozen sonic paths the 1975 could have travelled. The Mancunian quartet b...

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  The I Don't Cares

  Wild Stab

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2016

  Even when he was a young punk with the Replacements, there was an old soul at the heart of Paul Westerberg's music. Opening his latest and...

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  Mr. Robot: Season One

  Sam Esmail

  PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2016

  Influences can be a double-edged sword; thought they're often the catalyst that sparks new creative ideas, slavish adherence to them can bu...

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  Challengingly Brilliant: Some of 2015's Most Acclaimed Records Required Heavy Lifting

  2015 in Lists

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2016

  Both fans and critics want artists to move forward, push boundaries and confound expectations with their music. When it works, the results...

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  Coldplay

  A Head Full of Dreams

  PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2015

  If you subscribe to the idea that Coldplay are heirs to U2's throne, then A Head Full of Dreams is their Pop. On that record, Bono and comp...

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  Beach Slang

  The Cave, Toronto ON, November 23

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2015

  James Alex Snyder has made no secret of his love for the Replacements, but it's a good bet the Mats — notorious for fucking around at...

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  The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

  John Seabrook

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2015

  Few industries are as shrouded in mystery as pop songwriting. Trying to root out the true author of a single track offers Cold War levels o...

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  The Muscadettes

  Side B

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2015

  The Muscadettes hatched from the minds of Chantal and Kathleen Ambridge, Montreal twins who announced their sun-kissed Girls in the Garage...