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  Japandroids Rank Their 5 Best Songs

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2024

  Japandroids were never supposed to make it out of the aughts. Having formed in 2006, the garage duo of singer-guitarist Brian King and...

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  'Smile 2': 10 More of the Most Sinister Smiles in Film History

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2024

  Smiles — people love them! They are transmitted between us as a sign of good faith, camaraderie and acceptance. We smile at other people, a...

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  ANOHNI Absorbs the Grief of a Planet in Crisis: "We're Porous Creatures"

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2024

  "This life, this tour that I'm doing, is radically unsustainable," ANOHNI tells me over Zoom from her hotel in Toronto, where she's just...

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  Maritime MCs Rap for a Better Future: "It's Really Special to See East Coast Hip-Hop Move Like This"

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2024

  Even as Gilbert Sewell lay on his deathbed, he still found ways to inspire his grandson, Tristan Grant. Grant, who raps under the alias Wolf...

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  Spooky Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in October 2024

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2024

  It's spooooooky season! Bust out all the cute pumpkin and ghost decor, it's time to sink into witches, spirits and killers — oh my! For...

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  Rich Aucoin Hangs Up the Parachute: "We've All Been Jumping Around — We Deserve a Sit"

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2024

  Rich Aucoin is packing up his parachute for the last time. After more than 15 years, his current New Nostalgia: Penultimate Tour marks the...

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  Hot-Take Reactions to Charli XCX's 'BRAT' Remix Album: Caroline Polachek Is Romantic, but the 1975 Are a Knife

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2024

  The modern album rollout can feel like a clinical exercise in algorithmic optimization: artists waterfall four or five singles until the...

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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 11, 2024

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2024

  Exactly how to watch Twin Peaks, "Leon" leaps as Donald speaks, hurricanes set off GOP freaks, the Lonely Island's glory hole tweaks...