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Ivory Towers

“The first EP I put out, people were like ‘it’s so experimental, it’s borderline unlistenable.’ But I want to be experimental and listenable.”

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Stefana Fratila

The usually sparse atmosphere of Selectors’ Records was filled up by throngs of people, packed in tight. Mostly sitting cross-legged on the hard concrete floor,…

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Grimes

Grimes- Vanessa The Electric Owl, described by a friend of a friend as an “Earls for hipsters,” had no unreserved or unoccupied tables by 9…

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Myths

Crime Vancouver-based duo Myths’ first album can be best described as haunting, noisy electro-pop. Indeed, Quinne Rodgers and Lief Hall seem to have fallen in…

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Myths

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I never really appreciated noise music (loosely defined as the contemporary avant-garde mobilization of atonality and dissonance for…

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Myths

Pop culture has taken a decidedly darker direction in the past few years. This trend has manifested itself lately in a widespread fascination with the…

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Health

Maybe it was the fact that critical acclaim doesn’t always translate into any sort of mass appeal, or maybe it was because of the myriad…