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Every Arcade Fire Song, Ranked Worst to Best
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Here's Every Arcade Fire Song, Ranked from Worst to Best Published Jul 23, 2017Given Arcade Fire's stature these days, it's hard to believe they have just four albums currently to their name. That will change come Frida...
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Where I Play DAIS Published Jul 21, 2017Like any creative and philosophical person, Sol Guy thinks a lot about the state of art in modern society. But there was one question in par...
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Sigur Rós Collaborator Alex Somers Discusses Soundtracking Ancient Film Reels in 'Dawson City: Frozen Time' Published Jul 21, 2017Through sound, moving image and subtitles, Dawson City: Frozen Time tells a vast and far-reaching story of boom and bust, loss and memory....
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Lana Del Rey's 'Lust for Life' Comes from a Place of Stillness, Not Sorrow Published Jul 19, 2017Though hints of Lana Del Rey's forthcoming album Lust for Life suggest the singer's signature sombreness may have run its course — "Lana D...
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Sheer Mag Are Finally Ready for the Big Time — Sort Of Published Jul 18, 2017That punk music was, at least in part, a response to the self-aggrandizing and macho hedonism of '70s arena rock explains the satisfying ten...
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Jeff Tweedy No Alt-Country for Old Men Published Jul 17, 2017Though his melancholic lyrics may say otherwise, Jeff Tweedy is a man who can't sit still. Over the last three decades, he pioneered the alt...
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Five Unexpected Elements That Shaped Integrity's 'Howling, For the Nightmare Shall Consume' Published Jul 13, 2017Integrity have long flirted with the dark arts, wrapping occult themes into their brand of holy terror hardcore since the late '80s, but 10t...
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Four Things You Need to Know About Rising R&B Star A l l i e Published Jul 12, 2017After enduring the dizzying highs and lows of the music industry, songwriter and vocalist A l l i e is back — wiser, stronger — and read...
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All Work and No Play Makes Waxahatchee's 'Out in the Storm' a Triumph Published Jul 11, 2017Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield has come a long way since the lo-fi bedroom recordings of American Weekend. Initially a solo outlet after ye...
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Whitehorse Wanna Rock on 'Panther in the Dollhouse' Published Jul 07, 2017As its title powerfully evokes, Panther in the Dollhouse finds beloved Hamilton-based band Whitehorse wildly and ferociously shaking up thei...
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Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Published Jul 06, 2017Since his emergence on the scene as a member of alt-country progenitors Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy has undergone a very storied and public gr...
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Five Things You Need to Know About Reggae Star Chronixx Published Jul 06, 2017It's fair to say that with the new album Chronology (out now on Soul Circle/Universal), Chronixx is doing his part to guarantee that the fut...
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Whitehorse Weight Lifters Published Jul 06, 2017Open-minded fans will surely be enamoured by Whitehorse's bold stylistic switch-up on Panther in the Dollhouse, revelling in the former folk...
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Broken Social Scene Gang of More Published Jul 06, 2017Broken Social Scene were one of the definitive Canadian indie rock bands of the '00s, but following 2010's Forgiveness Rock Record, their ac...
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Reunited Broken Social Scene Leave the Past Behind for 'Hug of Thunder' Published Jul 05, 2017Being in Broken Social Scene comes with a lot of baggage. For one thing, the Toronto collective have over a dozen members, meaning that any ...
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Slipknot / Stone Sour's Corey Taylor The Exclaim! Questionnaire Published Jul 05, 2017Corey Taylor has a big mouth, and we're not talking about the wound-like maw of the latest mask he wears in Slipknot — the singer simply h...
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Allie X Being Allie X Published Jul 05, 2017"Identity is something that I explore in all my work," says L.A.-based Canadian pop singer Allie X. "This project is a way for me to navigat...
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SassyBlack Shared Universes Published Jul 05, 2017"I was very intentional for the lyrics on this album," says Cat Harris-White, aka SassyBlack. "I ain't a ho… I like taking control," she s...
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Fleet Foxes Cracked Perspective Published Jun 30, 2017When the genre you love becomes a trope, and the politics you believe in make your voice less relevant, how do you express yourself? Fl...
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Edgar Wright Shifts 'Baby Driver' Into High Gear Published Jun 30, 2017British director Edgar Wright may be better known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of movies (he and buddy Quentin Tarantino namedropped 190 ...