Sloan
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Some bands just make strong songwriting appear effortless. Unfortunately, this does not always mean that the band gets its proper accolades (especiall...

If Spoon is the current king of indie pop, Sloan, which formed in Nova Scotia in 1991, is the band that would be king. Far too excellent to go as unde...

Last year’s Never Hear the End of It breathed some much-needed life back into the great Canadian power-pop band Sloan, who had gone a bit stale and pr...

Sloan never really fell off, but they've often been taken for granted. You know how it goes with American critics-- make a bunch of classicist pop c...

Nova Scotia?s favorite sons dial down quantity, if not quality, on 10th full-length ?These days I?m up to my ass in routine,? sings Sloan bassist...

Relatively hot on the heels of Sloan's exhaustive (and somewhat exhausting) 30-song epic Never Hear The End Of It comes a leaner but no less comprehen...