Articles By Beth Bowles
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Bogues Paint All the Walls the Same Published Nov 15, 2019Bogues' third EP, Paint All the Walls the Same, like any good conclusion to a trilogy, picks up right where he left off. Opening track "Auro...
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Tove Lo Sunshine Kitty Published Sep 23, 2019Tove Lo's fourth album, Sunshine Kitty, offers a surprising progression for the Swedish synth-pop singer. Sure, she's no stranger to radio h...
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Glorious Sons A War on Everything Published Sep 13, 2019Since their first full-length album release in 2015, the Glorious Sons have situated themselves firmly in the awkward but familiar space bet...
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Slaughter Beach, Dog Safe and Also No Fear Published Aug 02, 2019Slaughter Beach, Dog's third and newest album Safe and Also No Fear is anything but safe; it lacks the upbeat, picnic-in-the-park ambiance t...
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Milk & Bone Dive Published Jun 04, 2019It's been a year-and-a-half since Montreal-based Milk & Bone released Deception Bay, a well-received collection that stood tall. Now, with f...
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Taylor Janzen Shouting Matches Published May 13, 2019Nineteen-year-old Taylor Janzen's first EP, Interpersonal, was just that — a handwritten invitation to something secret. The Winnipeg-based...
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Camp Cope / Thin Lips / Oceanator Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, April 22 Published Apr 23, 2019It's not often that a show features a line-up that is dominated by women and LGBTQ+ folks, but that's what Melbourne's Camp Cope brought to...
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Said the Whale Cascadia Published Feb 07, 2019Juno Award-winning Vancouver-based indie rockers Said the Whale are back with their sixth studio album, Cascadia. As one of our most anticip...
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Rival Sons Feral Roots Published Jan 28, 2019California-based rockers Rival Sons offer up sixth studio album Feral Roots. With every album released, Rival Sons often aren't given the sp...
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Alessia Cara The Pains of Growing Published Nov 27, 2018It's been three years since her debut, but Brampton, ON's Alessia Cara is back with her sophmore album, The Pains of Growing, and it was wel...
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Hodera Besides Published Nov 15, 2018New Jersey-based "sad boys" Hodera are back with EP, Besides; this six-track EP follows two full-lengths albums, in 2015 and 2017, and it's...
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Folly & the Hunter Remains Published Oct 25, 2018Montreal-based duo Folly & the Hunter are back after a brief hiatus with their fourth album, Remains. Captained by Laurie Torres and Nick Va...
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Steady Hands Truth In Comedy Published Oct 24, 2018The most recent project to come out of Modern Baseball's hiatus is drummer Sean Huber's release with social club Steady Hands. Although Hube...
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The Story So Far Proper Dose Published Sep 21, 2018It's been three years since California-based pop punks the Story So Far have released a new album, and Proper Dose assures us that the brief...
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Slothrust The Pact Published Sep 14, 2018Boston band Slothrust's newest album, The Pact, opens with frontwoman Leah Wellbaum telling us, "I do what I want" on "Double Down," foresha...
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The Kooks Let's Go Sunshine Published Aug 29, 2018British pop rock band the Kooks have always been trying to reclaim the same level of success that they achieved with their first album Insid...
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Foxing Nearer My God Published Aug 07, 2018If you visit St. Louis band Foxing's bandcamp page, their bio reads: Foxing is a band. Someday Foxing won't be a band. In just two sente...
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Lily Allen No Shame Published Jun 11, 2018British pop star Lily Allen is approaching songwriting from a different angle with No Shame. In an interview with Vulture last month, Allen...
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Camp Cope / An Horse Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, June 10 Published Jun 11, 2018"I think we're ready to rock now," Georgia McDonald, lead singer and guitarist of Australian punk band Camp Cope (pictured), said softly int...
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Life In Vacuum All You Can Quit Published May 03, 2018Toronto-based Life in Vacuum's newest full-length album, All You Can Quit, begins with the slight ringing of a symbol. As "Jazz" begins to b...