Megan's Staff Picks
Florence Road Hatch Fully Formed on "Caterpillar"
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PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025
Sometimes a side chick ain't even a side chick, it's the beautiful and proud nation of Ireland. Florence Road are a quartet of four...
caroline and Caroline Polachek's Questions Are the Answer on "Tell me I never knew that"
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PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2025
Welcome to Carolineception. Perhaps inevitably, UK rock collective caroline have joined forces with the inimitable Caroline Polachek for...
Magi Merlin's Freak Demands to Be Matched on 'A Weird Little Dog'
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PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2025
It probably goes without saying at this point that one of my favourite records of 2025 so far is undoubtedly Saya Gray's 'SAYA.' For that...
Bria Salmena Is Unleashed on 'Big Dog'
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PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
Toronto's Bria Salmena is a familiar presence, but an unknowable one all the same. In the years leading up to today's release of her debut...
Sorry Girls Bounce Back Unapologetically with "Ricochet"
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PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2025
I really like the song "The Exiles" by Sorry Girls — the Montreal-based dream pop duo of Heather Foster Kirkpatrick and Dylan Konrad Obront...
Lucette Reintroduces Herself as a 'Nice Girl from the Suburbs'
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PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2025
If this is your first time coming across her name, let it be known that Edmonton's Lucette and her career have led many lives over the...
Eliza Niemi Finds the Magic in Mundanity on 'Progress Bakery'
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PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2025
"Quirky" has developed a bit of a negative connotation lately. Or maybe it's always had one? Either way, I feel bad that it seems the...
Hannah Cohen Makes the Winding Road an Heirloom on "Dusty"
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PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2025
Every song I've heard from New York-based singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen's forthcoming fourth album 'Earthstar Mountain' has been good — and...
