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  METZ Rank Their 5 Best Songs

  PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2024

  After spending over a decade and a half kicking up a noisy racket, METZ are ushering in a new chapter. It's not that 'Up on Gravity Hill'...

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  'Civil War' Director Alex Garland Is Sick of Being Lectured To: "I Am a Sentient Grown-Up"

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  "I'm trying to have a conversation, as opposed to a lecture," Alex Garland tells Exclaim! while in London, UK promoting his latest film...

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  iskwē's Vulnerable Strength: "I Had a Good Front, but I Was a Mess"

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  When I ask iskwē why she recorded her fourth and latest album, 'nīna,' in Mexico City, she smiles in that honeyed way of hers that leaves...

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  Blunt Chunks' Painful Transformation Brought Her a "Toronto Diss Track" and a Beautiful Album

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2024

  I meet Caitlin Woelfle-O'Brien at the historic Broadview Hotel, which she promptly informs me used to be a strip club. "When they first...

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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: April 5, 2024

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2024

  Thanks for stopping by the planet, Joe, good luck with that Scott Moe, 'SPACEBALLS III: THE SEARCH FOR SPACEBALLS II,' I don't think you've...

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  Five Must-See Acts at the Ottawa Jazz Festival 2024

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2024

  Founded in 1980, the Ottawa Jazz Festival has brought all-star acts to Canada's capitol for more than 40 years. The festival takes a broad...

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  Vampire Weekend Ditch "Smartass Stuff" and Ask the Big Questions

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2024

  For Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend haven't been gone that long. "The five years flew by," he says. "Five years doesn't feel long anymore. So...

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  Khruangbin Go from Farm to Fame: "We've Done Everything That You Shouldn't Do"

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2024

  "I always say we're the band that did every single thing wrong." Over a Friday morning Zoom call, Khruangbin drummer Donald "DJ" Johnson...