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Doechii Takes a Well-Deserved Victory Lap on "Nosebleeds"

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PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2025

The Grammys seldom get it right — but as last night proved, it might be a new era for the Academy. This tone was set early on in the...

Franz Ferdinand Fight to Be Heard on 'The Human Fear'

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

After releasing two celebrated albums in quick succession during the heyday of "indie sleaze," new music started to become less...

This Mashup of "Hollaback Girl" and Kendrick Lamar's "Squabble Up" Is B-A-N-A-N-A-S

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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

'GNX' has been out for a little more than two months, and it's probably already my most-listened-to Kendrick Lamar album. It's not that I...

MIKE Makes an Effortless Opus with 'Showbiz!'

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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

The album is called 'Showbiz!,' but there's nothing glitzy about MIKE — an underground NYC rapper whose workmanlike pace of excellent...

'Blue Rodeo: Lost Together' Pays Tribute to the "Sound of Canada"

Directed by Dale Heslip

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025

Blue Rodeo are a Canadian institution. Their songs have soundtracked the lives of Canadians for over four decades, and yet their story has...

I Want Shiv and the Carvers' "Danger Girl" to Ruin My Life

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PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2025

It's Class Of season here at Exclaim!, and it's hard to believe it's been only a year since we saw the likes of Shiv and the Carvers...

Lou-Adriane Cassidy Shapeshifts the Modern Concept Album on 'Journal d'un Loup-Garou'

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PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2025

Some of the albums that really made me fall in love with music in my formative years were concept albums. Being able to be transported on...

Slowdive Carried the Mantle in Ottawa

Bronson Centre, January 26

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2025

Even the most devoted Slowdive fans may be unaware of just how harshly the legacy press criticized the band during their brief...