Articles by Megan LaPierre

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  "Brat" Is Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2024

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2024

  'BRAT' Summer may be long over, but it's evidently never to be forgotten — to the point where it has kind of overtaken the rest of the...

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  Backxwash to Release New Album in February 2025

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024

  In the first half of 2024, Montreal's Backxwash teamed up with La+ch and SVDP on "BLVCK," then released the epic solo cut "WAKE UP." Looking...

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  Quentin Tarantino Refuses to Watch Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' Movies

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024

  This summer, one of our foremost cinephiles, Quentin Tarantino, made it clear why he has zero intention of watching 'Toy Story 4.' As it...

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  As I Lay Dying's Other Guitarist Has Quit Too

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024

  As I Lay Dying continue to lay, dying. Apt for this goriest of days, the controversial metalcore unit's rhythm guitarist, Phil Sgrosso, has...

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  Toronto's Scotiabank Arena Celebrates 25 Years of Concert History in 'Stories of the Stage'

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024

  Toronto's Scotiabank Arena is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2024, which certainly explains why the number 25 has been all over the Bay...

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  Elvis Costello Says Suing Olivia Rodrigo over Similarities Between "brutal" and "Pump It Up" Would Be "Ludicrous"

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024

  Olivia Rodrigo's "God, it's brutal out here" prophecy continues to foretell even now, over three years on from the release of her debut...

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  Denzel Curry Announces 'King of the Mischievous South' Album

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024

  Following this summer's release of the second volume of his breakout 2012 'King of the Mischievous South' mixtape, Denzel Curry has...

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  'SNL' Parodies Bob Dylan's Tweets in John Mulaney Episode Promo

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2024

  Under tyrannical overlord Elon Musk's reign, Twitter (er, X) has pretty much been run into the ground. Everybody knows this. But what those...