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Father John Misty's 'I Love You, Honeybear Demos, etc.' Feels Like Real Love, Baby

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PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2025

'I Love You, Honeybear' is Father John Misty's biggest and best album — but "Real Love Baby" is his biggest single, and the newly released...

Silverstein Continue to Up the Ante with 'Antibloom'

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2025

In the mid-2000s, Burlington, ON-born post-hardcore heavyweights Silverstein often took hits from heavy music fans for being sweeter than...

Youth Lagoon Melds Memory and Make-Believe on 'Rarely Do I Dream'

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2025

As a child, when the cable bill went unpaid, my mom would dig out the VHS tapes — 'Forrest Gump', 'City Slickers,' every pre-Y2K Disney...

Avalon Emerson's "Don't Be Seen with Me" Is a Ravey Daydream

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PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2025

A couple years ago, my wife and I were obsessed with Avalon Emerson's dream pop album '& the Charm,' so we bought tickets to her Toronto...

Mereba's 'The Breeze Grew a Fire' Is a Breath of Fresh Air

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PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2025

Singer-songwriter, producer and rapper Mereba's idiosyncratic, vibe-y songs often have a breezy quality to them, so it's quite fitting that...

Art d'Ecco's 'Serene Demon' Is a Masterclass in Juxtaposition

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PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2025

For someone with a vision as strong as Art d'Ecco's, any stray from form can be seen as somewhat of a departure. This feels true of...

'Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory' Proves Itself

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PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025

When a longtime solo songwriter suddenly starts gives their backing band co-billing, it doesn't usually fill me with confidence about their...

'DISCO'S REVENGE' Gets the Last Laugh

Directed by Omar Majeed and Peter Mishara

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025

Disco was a dirty word, at least when I was a teenager in the 1990s. It was an exiled musical style from a bygone era, only spoken about to...