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The Blaze, DJ Koze, Laurel Halo and Jon Hopkins All Took Gentler Electronic Paths This Year Best of 2018 Published Dec 18, 2018It happened slowly but steadily over the last few years: tempos slowed, beats softened; in the underground, ambient music saw a sharp rise,...
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R&B Artists Like Leon Bridges, H.E.R., the Internet and Khalid Pick Up the Guitar Again Published Dec 17, 2018From its inception, the genre known as R&B has relied on the venerable guitar for its unique bass-heavy sound and entrancing chord structure...
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Troye Sivan, SOPHIE, Tirzah and Empress Of Represent the Future of Pop Best of 2018 Published Dec 17, 2018While a whiff of nostalgia hung across the 2018 pop landscape, the past 12 months were nevertheless a banner year for forward-thinking pop m...
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Here Are All of Drake's 2018 Music Videos, Ranked Published Dec 17, 2018When he wasn't dropping one of his own five Scorpion music videos, Drake was popping up in somebody else's this year. As 2018 comes to an en...
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Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of the Year Best of 2018 Published Dec 14, 2018Now that we've given each genre that Exclaim! covers its Best of the Year due, we're turning our attention to a shorter but no less beloved...
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Here Are the Top 10 Canadian Music Videos of 2018 Best of 2018 Published Dec 14, 2018In 2018, the best Canadian music videos came from across all genres; we watched (and loved) everything from pot-smoking grunge punks to glob...
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Exclaim!'s Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums Best of 2018 Published Dec 13, 2018Our Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018 list is a little different than our lists of years prior. Typically, this one ap...
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Calpurnia, Let's Eat Grandma and Lil Berete Led 2018's Gen Z Revolution Published Dec 13, 2018Generation Z made their presence known loud and clear by giving us some of the year's most inspired and intrepid music. Adolescence may be a...
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Deaths of Mac Miller and Lil Peep Contribute to a Dark Year for Rap Published Dec 12, 2018For the past two years, the hip-hop world has been in a constant state of mourning. While last year saw the loss of veteran rappers and key...
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Exclaim!'s Top 10 Dance and Electronic Albums Best of 2018 Published Dec 12, 2018This year, established electronic masters like Jon Hopkins, DJ Koze and Leon Vynehall outdid themselves by refining and finessing their musi...
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Canadian Composers Like Jeremy Dutcher, Chilly Gonzales and Jean-Michel Blais Broke Free in 2018 Published Dec 12, 2018Boundaries feel increasingly obsolete, yet more profoundly real than ever, and as such, the year's most forward-thinking music came from com...