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Colin Weeks – Magic EP
10/10 Need a dirt-cheap vacation to somewhere warm and sandy and not soul-sucking? Plug in to Colin Week’s little gem of an EP, Magic. This four-song, pop-soul release is as smooth as a baby’s bottom and […]
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Like Pacific – In Spite of Me
7.3/10 The sophomore release from Toronto-based Like Pacific has the band picking up right where they left off on their 2016 debut Distant Like You Asked. Another installment of anthemic, emo pop-punk tunes that’ll keep your heart […]
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Some Antics – Not Very Fun at Parties
7.5/10 Ah, pop punk. Somehow it has endured through its relatively brief but still respectable tenure among other spikey-haired subgenres, never quite becoming the most popular, but never disappearing either. To their credit, while Not […]
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Cuecliché – Look at the Pictures
6/10 Cuecliché, a three-piece skate pop-punk band based in the UK, has recently released their second, self-recorded EP titled Look at the Pictures. Following up their 2017 debut release One Last Chance, Look at the […]
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Copper Crown – Walk With Fire
8/10 It would be simple and indeed true to call Copper Crown’s debut full-length album Walk With Fire ska. However, it would also be a great injustice, as there is so much more to Copper […]
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Makes Good Choices – The 1984 Draft
5/10 Pop-punk bands get on in their years as time marches along. For there to be any hope in authentic music the gears of said music must naturally follow suit. The 1984 Draft’s Makes Good […]
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Sage – Sage
7/10 If you were to take the popish feel of The Beatles, cranked up the heavy, then sprinkled a little bit of indie rock and finally dumped the entire fuzz jar in, you’d probably get […]
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Ostrich Bouquet – Perennial
9/10 Formed in Februrary of 2017 and based in Montreal, QC, the relatively recent progressive quartet Ostrich Bouquet have released a solid EP in Perennial. Combining everything from post-rock, to blues, and indie, their second release is both […]
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MONOWHALES – Control Freak
8/10 The Toronto scene indie pop machine! It always seems to be running on all cylinders, pumping out infinite content. Case in point, MONOWHALES and their latest EP Control Freak (released June 1st, 2018), six […]
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Homesafe – One
7/10 Pop-punk has come a long way from its frosted-tipped heyday in the mid-2000s. The genre has suffered from the same kind of glut as hair metal or grunge went through, as wave after wave […]