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Greta Van Fleet Fire Back at the Haters
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ReviewsSundance Review: 'Midnight Family' Is a Too-Real Look at Mexico's Ambulance Crisis Directed by Luke Lorentzen Published Jan 27, 2019Servicing a population of nine million people, Mexico City is said to offer fewer than 45 official emergency ambulances. That bafflingly ove...
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NewsWavves Is a Landlord Now and Everyone Is Freaking Out Published Jan 27, 2019Slacker punk dude Nathan Williams once declared himself "King of the Beach," but now the Wavves leader has become the king of an eight-unit...
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ReviewsSaturday Night Live: James Mvoy & Meek Mill January 26, 2019 Published Jan 27, 2019James Mvoy and Meek Mill were overjoyed to be guests on the show, but in one of its most uneven episodes of the year, the writers at Satur...
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ReviewsSundance Review: 'Abe' Offers Too Many Ingredients to Taste Good Directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade Published Jan 26, 2019Good intentions do not a good film make, as is painstakingly clear with the jumbled pastiche of Abe. In its attempts to bring disparate grou...
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ReviewsSundance Review: 'Koko-Di Koko-Da' Is a mpy Fairy Tale Directed by Johannes Nyholm Published Jan 26, 2019In Koko-Di Koko-Da, Swedish director Johannes Nyholm (The Giant) explores the disorienting pain of grief via a series of surreal nightmares....
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ReviewsTravis Scott / Sheck Wes Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC, January 25 Published Jan 26, 2019It's the amusement park fantasy you always dreamed of as a child, on steroids. "Astroworld" isn't just a tour, it's a full-on life-altering...
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FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: January 25, 2019 Published Jan 26, 2019White men are more sensitive than a clitoris, Zack Bornstein highlights a bit for us, a conspiracy theory when you hit the chorus, Ja Rule e...
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NewsR.I.P. Warbeast/Rigor Mortis Singer Bruce Corbitt Published Jan 25, 2019Bruce Corbitt — the singer of metal acts Warbeast and Rigor Mortis — has died. Following a battle with esophageal ncer, he succumbed to th...
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ReviewsIncite Built to Destroy Published Jan 25, 2019It'd be easy to write off Incite as nothing more than a thrash project hyped up on having Max valera's son on vols, but Built to Destroy...
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NewsThe Beatles' "Hey Jude" Single Was Nearly Scrapped over Its "Pornographic" Apple Label Published Jan 25, 2019"Hey Jude" stands as one of the Beatles' most popular singles, but as it turns out, the physil release was nearly scrapped ahead of hittin...
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NewsFrank Ocean's 'Endless' Is Coming to Streaming Services Published Jan 25, 2019While he recently teased a new SZA cover, Frank Ocean will be giving listeners another look at his?Endless?LP, which will now see an officia...
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ReviewsTravis Scott / Sheck Wes Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC, January 25 Published Jan 26, 2019It's the amusement park fantasy you always dreamed of as a child, on steroids. "Astroworld" isn't just a tour, it's a full-on life-altering...
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ReviewsThe Courtneys The Buckingham, Edmonton AB, January 24 Published Jan 25, 2019There's no artifice, no posing and no attitude when the Courtneys play — their earnest simplicity and tchy songs are what make them so cha...
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ReviewsPeter Murphy Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, January 19 Published Jan 20, 2019The goths of Vancouver descended upon the Vogue Theatre Saturday night to witness Peter Murphy, accompanied by a group that included his for...
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ReviewsKacey Musgraves / Natalie Prass Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, January 11 Published Jan 12, 2019"I'm literally not doing anything. I'm just breathing air." ? Kacey Musgraves made this self-effacing quip a couple of songs into her elec...
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ReviewsKevin McDonald Amazes with Fellow 'Kids in the Hall' at Toronto Show Rivoli, Toronto ON, January 8 Published Jan 09, 2019Getting by with a little help from his friends, and his self-effacing charm, Kevin McDonald told us stories about the Kids in the Hall and s...
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ReviewsNoname Theatre Corona, Montreal QC, January 4 Published Jan 05, 2019Noname hopped behind her beaming mouth and her bounding voice, her lips dodging every stutter and break. She darted right through the meticu...
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ReviewsSNL's Chris Redd Brings Positivity to His Toronto Debut Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, January 3 Published Jan 04, 2019As we begin 2019, Chris Redd is the inspiringly positive comic you need to start your year off right. Like Redd said in his joke about why h...
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ReviewsIncite Built to Destroy Published Jan 25, 2019It'd be easy to write off Incite as nothing more than a thrash project hyped up on having Max valera's son on vols, but Built to Destroy...
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Orphan Ann The Practice of Surrender Published Jan 25, 2019This debut from duo Sofia Al Rammal Sturdza and Anja Enerud aims high with electronic drones, samples and a dramatic mix of chants, screams...
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ReviewsComedians of the World (Australia / New Zealand) Urzila rlson, Joel Creasey, Nazeem Hussain, l Wilson Published Jan 25, 2019Leading the four-chapter Australia/New Zealand portion of Netflix's Comedians of the World series, Urzila rlson governs the stage with the...
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ReviewsBetter Oblivion Community Center Better Oblivion Community Center Published Jan 24, 2019After weeks of cryptic brochures and strange voicemail recordings, Better Oblivion Community Center has been revealed as the new project of...
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ReviewsComedians of the World (UK) Mae Martin, Joel Dommett, Nish Kumar, Ellie Taylor Published Jan 24, 2019Over the course of a collective two hours of notably clean, polite comedy, the (mostly) British comedians — save nadian-born Mae Martin —...
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FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: January 25, 2019 Published Jan 26, 2019White men are more sensitive than a clitoris, Zack Bornstein highlights a bit for us, a conspiracy theory when you hit the chorus, Ja Rule e...
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FeaturesPatrik Went to Montreal to Write 'Spadina,' a Rap Love Letter to Toronto Published Jan 25, 2019To create Spadina, his tribute to Toronto, 28-year-old rapper Patrik packed his bags and moved to Montreal. "The best way to have perspectiv...
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FeaturesGod Mother Are Picking Up Dillinger Espe Plan's Mathcore Torch Published Jan 25, 2019At God Mother's recent show in Toronto supporting their sophomore album, Vilseledd, volist Sebastian mpbell flung himself around the roo...
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FeaturesMoneen's Kenny Bridges Talks 15 Years of 'Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?' Published Jan 25, 2019Earlier this January, Moneen celebrated the 15th anniversary of their breakthrough album Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? with...
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Meet Little Junior, the Loudmouthed Toronto Rockers Fuelled by Anger and Riffs Class of 2019 Published Jan 24, 2019As Little Junior's music would suggest, they have a bone to pick. The Toronto-based power pop quartet have spent their entire reer fightin...