Articles By Adam Feibel
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Origami Angel Somewhere City Published Nov 28, 2019Welcome to the utopian metropolis of Somewhere City, a place where the drive-thru windows are open all night and Dr. Pepper flows from fount...
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Turnover Altogether Published Oct 31, 2019Turnover are, as some say, a vibe. The band entered their sun-kissed dream pop phase with 2017's Good Nature, a mellowed-out search for pers...
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Young Guv GUV II Published Oct 23, 2019But wait, there's more! Ben Cook, best known as a member of Toronto punk bands Fucked Up and No Warning, has come out with his solo project...
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Ariel View Until My Lungs Are Cleared Published Oct 16, 2019Californians Ariel View seem determined to take the lingering effects of heartbreak and turn them into a forceful form of healing. Led by si...
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The Menzingers Hello Exile Published Oct 02, 2019In one of the more profound moments in sitcom history, fictional Andy Bernard says, in the finale of The Office, "I wish there was a way to...
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Blink-182 NINE Published Sep 18, 2019After years of uncertainty and a seemingly unthinkable yet inevitable member shakeup, it was a bit of a surprise when Blink-182 — a band mor...
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Somos Prison on a Hill Published Sep 10, 2019After a brief hiatus, Somos have returned reinvigorated and newly inspired. After making two solid albums occupying that nexus of indie rock...
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The Drew Thomson Foundation The Drew Thomson Foundation Published Sep 03, 2019The frontman of one of Canada's most sneering, volatile hardcore punk bands has made an album of earnest, straight-talking power pop. Drew T...
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Elliot Maginot and Joe Bel Premiere 'In the Morning' Video Published Aug 15, 2019Quebec singer-songwriter Elliot Maginot has teamed up with French recording artist and actress Joe Bel for a duet version of "In the Morning...
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Peaer A Healthy Earth Published Aug 14, 2019It takes a certain mix of humour, aspiration and cynicism to name an album A Healthy Earth in the grips of humanity's existential threat of...
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The Hold Steady Thrashing Thru the Passion Published Aug 13, 2019It's been five years since the last Hold Steady album and 15 years since the first, and things have changed a bit. To spare the details, the...
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Bon Iver i,i Published Aug 12, 2019The story arc of Bon Iver is one of artistic struggle and triumph; Justin Vernon would find himself at an uncertain crossroads, and respond...
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Young Guv GUV I Published Jul 31, 2019How do you make a record that could camouflage with the music of the '60s, yet still sounds perfectly refreshing and contemporary in 2019? Y...
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Russian Girlfriends In the Parlance of Our Times Published Jun 19, 2019"Coke" by Russian Girlfriends is probably about as close as you'll get to a perfect, archetypal punk song in 2019. The New Mexico band's sop...
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Mannequin Pussy Patience Published Jun 19, 2019Since she picked up a guitar, music has been a form of therapy for Marisa Dabice. On her third album as leader of Philadelphia group Mannequ...
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Bad Books III Published Jun 12, 2019For their first record in seven years, Bad Books made sure it was worth the wait, and not a side project worth forgetting. Helmed by singer-...
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New Swears Night Mirror Published Jun 12, 2019New Swears have a reputation. They've demolished their homes and themselves in pursuit of the partiest music video, declared war on giving a...
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We Outspoken State of the Art Published Jun 11, 2019The year is 2004. You've spent the weekend playing Tony Hawk's Underground on the original Xbox, and you can't get enough of the soundtrack....
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Dumb Club Nites Published Jun 05, 2019Here's a band that pump out material like the world is about to end (which it is). Vancouver's snarky indie rockers Dumb are already on thei...
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Eluvium Pianoworks Published May 30, 2019Over the course of almost two decades, Matthew Cooper has mainly taken one of two approaches to his Eluvium output: as a painter of expansiv...