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Nina Nastasia: Outlaster

It’s hard to describe what exactly it is that makes Nina Nastasia so utterly compelling in a way that 99%...

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Deer Tick: The Black Dirt Sessions

At the end of wrong-doings, carousing, at the end of being hard-done by love, by time, by bros, by ladies,...

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The Element Choir: At Rosedale United

It’s easy to get bogged down in the concept behind Christine Duncan’s Toronto-based the Element Choir, so I’ll just give...

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Casiokids: Topp Stemning På Lokal Ba

Casiokids are adorable. This much is indisputable, as much their modus operandi as defining feature, the wellspring from which their...

Interviews

The National

2010 thus far has been somewhat of a banner year for the National. They’ve been touring non-stop, and recently released...

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Christina Aguilera: Bionic

Christina, you tease us.

And I mean that in a way that truly has nothing to do with the jewel-encrusted ball...

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The North Sea: Bloodlines

Type Record’s latest Euro-trip finds them back on familiar ground, with the loveliness of the Alps reliably slumping into...

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Tokyo Police Club: Champ

I reckon it must be quite difficult to be an indie rock band in 2010. In 2006, at least, one...

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Zola Jesus: Stridulum EP

A wave of reverb-heavy, lo-fi pop fronted by women-only groups like Effi Briest or Pocahaunted has been lately joining the...