Megan's Staff Picks
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...
Frog Eyes Lay It All Out on 'The Open Up'
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PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2025
The room feels alive on 'The Open Up,' the follow-up to 2022's 'The Bees' and Frog Eyes' 10th studio album. Not only is it alive, but you're...
Djo's "Delete Ya" Is a Replay-Button Smash
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PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025
"Then there's a lyric that, in context, stings," sings Joe Keery — a.k.a. Djo — as he reflects on visiting an old apartment in a city he no...
