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Sum 41 Were All Killer, No Filler in Calgary
Scotiabank Saddledome, January 16
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2025
Some 26-odd years ago, a group of teenage punks graduated high school and signed a record deal worth $3.5 million dollars. It was the large...
Prism Shores Soar 'Out from Underneath' the Confines of Jangle Pop
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Is there a single month where jangle pop is more imperative than it is in January? 'Out from Underneath' is the title of the sophomore album...
The Weather Station Illuminates the World as It Is on 'Humanhood'
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
There are worlds beyond the world we see. So much music exists as doors to these other places, attempts to create passageways between...
Neil Young's "big change" Has a New Band but a Vintage Sound
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PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Neil Young has a new band and a new single. The all-lowercase group neil young and the chrome hearts have just rolled out their debut song...
'Wolf Man' Is a Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
Directed by Leigh Whannell
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Sitting through Leigh Whannell's 'Wolf Man,' I was reminded constantly of Philip Barkin's snarky, forthright poem "This Be the Verse." "They...
Cameron Diaz Is 'Back in Action' with Dodgy CGI and Electric Chemistry
Directed by Seth Gordon
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
For all the action films Netflix churns out, their CGI remains the biggest letdown — and the studio's latest, 'Back in Action,' fails to be...
"Bologna" Already Sounds Like Classic Destroyer
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PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2025
Destroyer's latest single, "Bologna," just autoplayed on Spotify, and even though the song is barely a week old, I was instantly struck by...
'The Last Showgirl' Ushers In the Pamassaince
Directed by Gia Coppola
PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2025
The Pamaissance is here. After 2022's 'Pam & Tommy' reappraised Pamela Anderson as a sympathetic hero, the 2023 doc 'Pamela, a love story'...