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Motherhood Weather the Storm on 'Thunder Perfect Mind'

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2025

Fredericton weirdo-rippers Motherhood have returned with 'Thunder Perfect Mind,' the trio's fifth and most cohesive album yet. Inspired...

Even Dave Chapelle Didn't Want to Be on 'SNL' for This Uneven Episode

January 18, 2025

PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2025

As is his wont, Dave Chappelle did an extra-long and mostly strong monologue before ghosting for most of the rest of the show, while GloRil...

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...