Megan's Staff Picks
Sister Ray Is Both Flesh and Myth on "Animal Thing"
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PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2024
Perhaps the inevitable fate of using the titular character from a Velvet Underground song as your stage name, Sister Ray — the project of...
Rosier Carry It All on 'elle veille encore'
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PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2024
A title that translates to "she is still awake" feels particularly fitting for a week like this one, when every seasonally affected...
SHEBAD Take a Sensual, Spiritual Oath on 'Music Is the Answer'
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PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2024
SHEBAD has a certain kind of effortless synergy. As the title of the Guelph collective's debut album reflects, they pour themselves into a...
Magi Merlin Explores New Corners of Her Chameleonic Cosmos with "Bip"
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PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2024
Naming Magi Merlin's 2022 EP 'Gone Girl' as one of the best albums of that year was no overstatement, with its soulful molten core and...
Lia Kuri Synthesizes Climate Crisis and Caretaking on 'Motherland'
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PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2024
I basically haven't shut up about Afternoon Bike Ride, Lia Kuri's trio with David Tanton and Éloi Le Blanc-Ringuette, since Exclaim!'s...
Momma Capture a Mythic Muse on "Ohio All the Time"
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PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2024
"I never got Ohio / Baby, now I do," is the lyrical anchor of Momma's first new material since 2022's 'Household Name,' the lauded third...
La Force Finds the Eye of the Storm with "protection"
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PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2024
It was befitting that the album artwork for La Force's great 2023 album 'XO SKELETON' was a black and white image of Ariel Engle covered in...
Flora Rose Transcends the Moment on "Falling Through the Drops of Time"
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PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2024
French indie pop singer-songwriter Flora Rose has been on my radar since I heard "You've Been on My Mind," one of the singles from her great...
