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Panda Bear Wants It Darker on 'Sinister Gift'
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PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025
Panda Bear's 2007 masterpiece 'Person Pitch' is on my desert island list of all-time favourite albums, and while I doubt 'Sinister Grift'...
Even Mike Myers Couldn't Save 'SNL' from Shane Gillis's Disastrous Monologue
March 1, 2025
PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2025
On by far the weakest 'Saturday Night Live' episode of season 50 (and after more than a month off, so they could prepare for the 50th...
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...
cootie catcher Make Smart Indie Pop with "Dumb lit"
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PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025
When talking about music with friends, I've begun hyping up cootie catcher as Toronto's next trendy indie rock band, and the new single...
'Last Breath' Doesn't Dive Deep Enough
Directed by Alex Parkinson
PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025
In the filmmaking world, truth is often stranger — and far more gripping — than fiction. The 2019 critically-acclaimed documentary, 'Last...
Mindy Kaling's 'Running Point' Follows a Familiar Playbook
Created by Elaine Ko, Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen
PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2025
'Running Point' is Mindy Kaling's second Netflix series, following the hit 'Never Have I Ever.' Whereas the latter focused on a teenager's...
'Who by Fire' Exceeds Expectations in a Canadian Shield Cabin
Directed by Phillippe Lesage
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2025
In 'Who by Fire (Comme le feu),' Jeff (Noah Parker), a young man and aspiring filmmaker, accompanies his best friend Max's (Antoine...
Jenny Hval Is in Full Bloom on "To be a rose"
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PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2025
The opening verse of Jenny Hval's "To be a rose" wafts like cigarette smoke and floral fragrance, drifting ephemerally on a cloud of...