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  Meg Remy Ranks the 5 Best U.S. Girls Songs

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2023

  Since its germination in 2007, Meg Remy's U.S. Girls has continually defied expectations. Emerging from a primordial no-fi pool, Remy's one...

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  BIG|BRAVE Channel Trauma into Punishingly Heavy Music

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2023

  Over the course of seven studio albums, BIG|BRAVE have carved out an unconventional career as a heavy band. Guitarists Mathieu Ball and Rob...

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  Andy Shauf Is Trying to "Live Like a Successful Dentist"

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023

  It's 2009. A 21-year-old Andy Shauf sits on the set of Stripped Down, a local music program based in his native Saskatchewan. He's hiding b...

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  Gorillaz Retain Their Edge as Damon Albarn Takes Aim at the "Echo Chamber for the Alt-Right"

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2023

  In spring 2022, during Billie Eilish's headlining performance at Coachella, the Gen Z pop star paused her parade of hits to invite a specia...

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  Shania Twain Inspires Audiences — and Herself — to "Get Up and Dance While You Can"

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2023

  "Thirty years since The Woman in Me came out — that's a lot of years to reflect back on," Shania Twain tells Exclaim! from Las Vegas, as sh...

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  Fucked Up Rank Their 5 Best Songs

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2023

  Fucked Up have spent more than 20 years exploring the nooks, crannies and towering peaks of hardcore. Loud guitars? Check. Punishing, guttu...

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  Jonah Yano Creates Portraits of Memories

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2023

  What is a song? For Hiroshima-born, Montreal-based musician Jonah Yano, it's something tangible, to be thumbed through like a collection of...

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  Mac DeMarco Shares Exact GPS Coordinates for Every Track on 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2023

  Mac DeMarco is known for sharing very personal information with fans — including revealing his New York address in the final seconds of 201...