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Taken With ‘Taken By Canadians’

Late to get around to this, but I’m finally posting a review of Taken By Canadians‘ self-titled album. Here you go, world. Sorry for the delay. Released in January of 2018 by Blind Owl Records, Taken By Canadians’ third album earns the honor of being the self-titled addition to their discography. This is the album […]

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Trouble in the Wind Continues to ‘Hammer On’

I need to start this review with a disclaimer. See, I went to Trouble in the Wind’s first record release party for No Work Dancing at Magee Park in Carlsbad back in, gosh, 2011. The frontman and I worked at a coffeeshop together for three years. I consider us buddies and I’ve always been a […]

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Fairytale Transformation: A ‘Brazen’ Review

I want to start this by saying: I love a good fairytale transformation. And by “transformation” I don’t mean a frog turning into a prince or vice versa — I mean retellings of old tales with a new lens or viewpoint as a way of transforming traditional thoughts about gender, power, and sexuality to make a […]