Album Reviews

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  The Anti-Queens Up the Ante on 'Disenchanted'

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2024

  The Anti-Queens understand punk. Not just because they've been a Toronto underground mainstay for over a decade, or because their 2019 self...

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  of Montreal Are Still the Horniest Freaks at the Party on 'Lady on the Cusp'

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2024

  Over the span of 27 years, Kevin Barnes has released 20 albums and five EPs as of Montreal, nearly putting them in league with Guided by...

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  Kaia Kater's 'Strange Medicine' Is a Healing Epic

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2024

  Back in 2018, Kaia Kater's third album 'Grenades' sent a ripple through the folk and roots music world, earning her Polaris and Juno ...

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  Ghostly Kisses Do the Same, but Better on 'Darkroom'

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

  Heaven, Wait, Margaux Sauvé's ethereal 2022 debut as Ghostly Kisses, was a precocious if spotty album built from sparse electronic producti...

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  Bibi Club's Majestic 'Feu de garde' Is Intimately Grand

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

  Bibi Club's members, Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, are a married couple who have a child together, and that familial...

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  Myriam Gendron's 'Mayday' Speaks to the Future and the Past

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2024

  Every mother is a child, and within that dynamic lies a compelling tension, which Myriam Gendron explores on her brilliant...

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  Dehd Crack the Code on 'Poetry'

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2024

  There's nothing better than witnessing a band hit their stride in real time, and Dehd are doing just that. On their fifth album 'Poetry,'...

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  Knocked Loose Polish Their Blade on 'You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To'

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2024

  Knocked Loose are something of a love-them-or-hate-them band, or at least a name that comes up often in pedantic internet arguments, with ev...