Articles by Mackenzie Herd

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  Beirut

  No No No

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

  Following a stint in an Australian hospital for exhaustion, indie music's best-known flugelhorn player, Zach Condon, returns with Beirut fo...

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  The Weeknd

  Beauty Behind the Madness

  PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2015

  From the grand opening of electric chords on "Real Life," one can't help but feel that the Weeknd's second studio album, Beauty Behind the...

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  Fake Palms

  Fake Palms

  PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2015

  Fuzzy and grungy, bombastic and loud, Fake Palms are melodious tune makers with traditional pop sensibilities living in a world of overheat...

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  JP Hoe

  Hideaway

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2015

  Listening to JP Hoe's latest album, Hideaway, it's evident that the Winnipeg-based musician hasn't received the attention he deserves. Alth...

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  Birds of Bellwoods

  The Fifth

  PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2015

  Toronto's Birds of Bellwoods have gathered an enviable amount of momentum for a band that are only releasing their first studio release, Th...

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  The SteelDrivers

  The Muscle Shoals Recordings

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2015

  Despite losing founding members Chris Stapleton (vocals) and Mike Henderson (multi-instrumentalist) in 2010 and 2011, respectively, the Ste...

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  David Celia

  Double Mind

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2015

  David Celia seems to have somehow found a way to reconcile two seemingly opposing notions: being both a grown-up and being happy. Self-fina...

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  The Skeletones Four

  Petrified Forest

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2015

  Since their debut in 2009, the Skeletones Four have approached the horror genre in a different manner than most bands that have come before...