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Ada Lea — ‘Woman, Here,’ 3.5/5

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Kaelen Bell
Ada Lea’s debut record, 2019’s What We Say in Private, was a prickly and elastic rock composition, built from bent folk guitars and an itching stop-start rhythmic pulse. Lea’s new EP, Woman, Here, is billed...
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Music in the age of coronavirus

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Kaelen Bell
Cody Goertzen and Adam Hill are keeping busy while the world burns outside, attempting to make the most of this collective isolation. “We’re doing okay,” Goertzen said. “We’ve got a nice space — we’ve got...
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Sarah Harmer — ‘Are You Gone,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
The world looks much different than it did the last time Sarah Harmer released a record. Ten years on from Oh Little Fire, Harmer returns with Are You Gone, a joyously melodic record that...
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Juniper Bush — ‘Healing Through a Sonic Figure,’ 4/5

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Kaelen Bell
The corrosive pink that colours Juniper Bush’s press photo is an accurate foretelling of the music the band creates. The acidic shade has a deep history, recalling the dreamscape of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, the...
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Basia Bulat — ‘Are You in Love?,’ 4.5/5

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Kaelen Bell
To hear Basia Bulat sing is to be reassured — each note feels like a friend’s hand on your knee, understanding and encouraging. Her music has always held a warm, hard-won wisdom, and Are You...
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Cantor Dust — ‘Too Many Stars,’ 3.5/5

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Kaelen Bell
As life on Earth grows endlessly louder and hotter, it’s hardly a surprise that the vast quietude of the cosmos seems to beckon. There’s a strange comfort in that expansive, chilling silence — perhaps...
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SubCity Dwellers are getting back together for one weekend only

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Kaelen Bell
Johannes Lodewyks always knew SubCity Dwellers would find themselves back together — it was simply a question of when. “When we broke up eight years ago, we were all still really good friends, and we...
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