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Katie Tupper's Neo-Soul Is Well-Worn on "JEANS (fall on my knees)"
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PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2025
It's really hard not to compare Katie Tupper's voice to the "fields of butter" in her home province of Saskatchewan, as she once referenced...
Rose Gray Bets on Herself as the Next Big Pop Girl with 'Louder, Please'
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PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2025
If you needed an excuse to continue on last summer's antics, here it is. As derivative as its become to reference Charli XCX to every...
Prism Shores Soar 'Out from Underneath' the Confines of Jangle Pop
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Is there a single month where jangle pop is more imperative than it is in January? 'Out from Underneath' is the title of the sophomore album...
The Weather Station Illuminates the World as It Is on 'Humanhood'
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
There are worlds beyond the world we see. So much music exists as doors to these other places, attempts to create passageways between...
Neil Young's "big change" Has a New Band but a Vintage Sound
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Neil Young has a new band and a new single. The all-lowercase group neil young and the chrome hearts have just rolled out their debut song...
"Bologna" Already Sounds Like Classic Destroyer
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PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2025
Destroyer's latest single, "Bologna," just autoplayed on Spotify, and even though the song is barely a week old, I was instantly struck by...
CJ Wiley's "Don't Die Charlie" Is a Matter of Life or Death
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PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025
I remember hearing an early iteration of "Don't Die Charlie" at Lee's Palace when CJ Wiley played the 2022 edition of our annual Class Of...
Lambrini Girls Have Big Cunt Energy on 'Who Let the Dogs Out'
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PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025
It's pretty prophetic of Brighton's Lambrini Girls to drop 'Who Let the Dogs Out' on the day that man south of the border conclusively...
