Megan's Staff Picks

"Windows" Could Be girlpuppy's "Silver Springs"
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PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025
"Glass houses cliché," I type into the Google search bar, amazingly unable to remember the exact verbiage of a phrase that has always...
Montreal's Graham Steinman Communes with the Sublime on 'migration's only natural'
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PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
Being from the middle of nowhere doesn't necessarily mean you feel connected to nature in a way others don't. On the contrary, people like...
Yves Jarvis Makes the Moment Precious on "Gold Filigree"
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PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2024
Back in October, Yves Jarvis — the moniker of Montreal-by-way-of-Calgary musician Jean-Sébastien Yves Audet — made his debut release for ...
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...