Articles by Corey van den Hoogenband

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  Mounties

  Heavy Meta

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2019

  Heavy Meta is a fascinating look at how writing an album for no one but yourself can go wrong. In theory, a deeply personal album that isn'...

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  Weezer

  Weezer (The Black Album)

  PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2019

  After being teased nearly three years ago, before the middling Pacific Daydream and the head-scratching covers compilation, what Weezer hav...

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  Little Junior

  Hi

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2018

  Little Junior is early to the party for the inevitable wave of 2000s nostalgia. With the type of bratty pop punk that sounds like it belong...

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  The Fratellis

  In Your Own Sweet Time

  PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2018

  The Fratellis are one of those bands you know, even if you don't think you do, thanks to their track "Flathead" fuelling one of the early i...

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  Hollerado / Little Junior / Calpurnia

  Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017

  Whether the intimacy of the venue or the camaraderie between bands was the cause, Hollerado's Friday (October 20) show at the Horseshoe Tav...

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  Rostam

  Half-Light

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2017

  Since leaving Vampire Weekend last year, producer-songwriter extraordinaire Rostam Batmanglij has been dipping his finger in a number of mu...

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  Beaches

  Second of Spring

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2017

  Australian psych rock quintet Beaches present distorted yet ambient shoegaze on their whopping new 17-song double-LP, Second of Spring....

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  Allie X

  CollXtion II

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2017

  It's a golden age for Toronto-based synth pop music. If you need convincing, Allie X's first full-length release, CollXtion II, solidifies...