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The Weather Station Is Shadowboxing Herself on "Body Moves"
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PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024
On "Body Moves," Tamara Lindeman is shadowboxing, dodging the swings and fakeouts of a form in rebellion. The latest taste of the luminous...
The Tragically Hip and Feist's "'It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken'" Carries the Spirit — If Not the Sound — of Gord Downie
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PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
The Tragically Hip have wisely not reunited since singer Gord Downie's tragic death in 2017, but they closest they came was doing a...
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...
Julien Baker & TORRES Make the Country Pivot Fresh Again on “Sugar in the Tank”
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PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
I don't know about you, but I'm a bit fatigued by the pivot to country. Country music's sounds and aesthetics have been infiltrating...
Netflix's 'A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter' Offers Barely Enough Merriment
Directed by Sam Wrench
PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2024
Sabrina Carpenter spent 2024 exceeding expectations in every way. At the beginning of the year, she was just another ex-Disney kid trying...
Menno Versteeg Has Plenty of Life to Live on 'Why We Run'
PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2024
There's a play by Tom Stoppard called 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.' It's been described variously as tragicomedy, surreal humour...
Sunshine Makers Ward Off the Cold with "There's a Light"
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PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2024
In early August, my partner and I were in Halifax, trying to find something to do on our final night there. After conceding to go back to ...
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 ...
