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Laughs Last is really the last laugh from Pollard side-project

First spin album review—Circus Devils Laughs Last The final album from Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard's psych-rock sideproject. I've had…

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Who remembers the movie Coma?

Coma is a 1970s doctor-on-doctor pile-on, with a French-Canadian's life at stake. Continue readingWho remembers the movie Coma?

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Hoop’s dreams are made of this

Jesca Hoop on dreams and her new album, Memories Are Now I originally did this interview for hmv.com/ca, but since…

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An American band vents on American Band

Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers on the band's 10th album. And Trump. Continue readingAn American band vents on American Band

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‘You don’t give someone a sandwich and then just disappear. I’m going to keep bringing those sandwiches.’

Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws on the band's new album, You Know Who You Are Continue reading‘You don’t give someone a…

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Corinne Bailey Rae on The Heart Speaks in Whispers

The 'Put Your Records On' singer's third album. And how about that Belly cover? Continue readingCorinne Bailey Rae on The…

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Japandroids break with formula on latest album

Reading Argentinian writer Clarice Lispector influenced more than the title of Near to the Wild Heart of Life, says Japandroids'…

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‘Anyway, it shows what I knew – I didn’t really think Chrissie’s songs were very good’

Nick Lowe on Chrissie Hynde, the early days of Stiff Records, Rockpile and more Continue reading‘Anyway, it shows what I…

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Fresh off her debut album, Angelica Garcia comes to Vancouver for the first time

Self-assured and a little spooky, her 2016 record Medicine for Birds won over critics. Garcia opens for Lydia Loveless Feb 2 in Vancouver. Continue readingFresh…

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Lee Aaron’s post-eighties adventures

Last year, Lee Aaron released Fire and Gasoline - one of the New York Observer's 'Most Overlooked Albums of 2016.' In…

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