Articles by Luke Pearson

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  Superorganism's 'World Wide Pop' Is a Party and Everyone Is Invited

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2022

  Superorganism seemed to have arrived from another dimension in 2018 with their wacky, hyper-collagist self-titled debut, full of woozy hook...

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  Soccer Mommy Is Timeless on 'Sometimes, Forever'

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2022

  Gracing many a year-end best-of list, color theory, Sophie Allison's sophomore album as Soccer Mommy, was hard to avoid at the end of 2020...

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  Montreal's Mitch Davis Brings Vintage Funk Back to Life on 'The Haunt'

  PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2022

  Montreal's Mitch Davis, the one-man-band from Montreal f.k.a. Edmonton rapper Mitchmatic, waves amiably from the 1970s on this likable debu...

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  Kellarissa Crafts Stirring Electric Hymnals on 'Voice Leading'

  PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2022

  The English translation of Vancouverite Larissa Loyva's solo moniker Kellarissa — Finnish for "in the basement" — has proven a fitting one....

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  Ghostly Kisses Offer Haunting Pop Drama on 'Heaven, Wait'

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2022

  Up-and-coming Quebec City-based artist Margaux Sauvé (working professionally here with Louis-Étienne Santais as Ghostly Kisses) has release...

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  The Darkness Rev Up Their Humorous Rock on 'Motorheart'

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2021

  One sometimes gets the sneaking suspicion that North America has largely slept on British arena rockers the Darkness. After being briefly c...

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  MUNYA Struts into Outer Space on 'Voyage to Mars'

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2021

  Those with an ear for new releases have likely already fallen in love with Montreal-based artist MUNYA's cover of the Smashing Pumpkins' "T...

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  Andrew W.K.'s 'God Is Partying' Features Very Little Partying (but Some God)

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2021

  After receiving somewhat mixed reviews for 2018's You're Not Alone (an enjoyable but patchy comeback album that arrived after more than a d...