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Features12 Emerging Canadian Artists Who Would've Crushed SXSW This Week Published Mar 20, 2020When the world started shutting down all public gatherings due to the global spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), SXSW was among the first in N...
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![Keynes Woods Is Ready to Put Himself on the Hip-Hop Map and Bring Ottawa with Him]()
FeaturesKeynes Woods Is Ready to Put Himself on the Hip-Hop Map and Bring Ottawa with Him Published Mar 13, 2020After popping up on radars with his must-see COLORS session that amassed over half-a-million views. and since dropping a handful of buzzing...
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Features8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Should Hear in March 2020 Published Mar 04, 2020It's so easy to keep listening to your favourite artists, but these eight rising acts will make you glad you went outside your comfort zone....
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![Class of 2020: Hanorah Revels in the Healing Power of Song]()
FeaturesClass of 2020: Hanorah Revels in the Healing Power of Song Published Jan 06, 2020A prophet by the name of George Clinton once said, "Funk not only moves, it can remove." That's a dictum that emerging Montreal soul queen H...
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![Cartel Madras Pave a New Path of Visibility with 'Age of the Goonda']()
FeaturesCartel Madras Pave a New Path of Visibility with 'Age of the Goonda' Published Dec 04, 2019Age of the Goonda, the latest EP from Calgary duo Cartel Madras, starts with a cacophony of screams, swearing and menacing bass. Before the...
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FeaturesSorrey Leave the Bedroom Behind and a Whole Community Helps 'In Full Bloom' Succeed Published Oct 16, 2019Sometimes it only takes a "pocket of songs" and a little bit of trust for a project to get off the ground. For Emilee Sorrey, the Cape Breto...
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![Meet Gong Gong Gong, the Restless Beijing-Montreal Art-Punk Duo Channelling the Concept of 'Phantom Rhythm']()
NewsMeet Gong Gong Gong, the Restless Beijing-Montreal Art-Punk Duo Channelling the Concept of 'Phantom Rhythm' Published Sep 30, 2019After an apologetic preamble about VPNs and time zone differences, Gong Gong Gong bassist Joshua Frank brushes away any half-baked "made in...
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![With Her 'Black Dove' EP, Toronto R&B Singer Amaal Is Ready to Fly]()
NewsWith Her 'Black Dove' EP, Toronto R&B Singer Amaal Is Ready to Fly Published Jul 11, 2019Being born in Mogadishu, Somalia and arriving to Canada as a refugee at a young age are experiences that inform the life and music — includi...
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![Vancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth']()
FeaturesVancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth' Published Jul 04, 2019Cut Your Teeth is the fearlessly personal debut album by Vancouver four-piece Necking. The album, out July 5 via Mint Records, is as stingin...
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![TOBi's New Album 'Still' Channels Toronto, Yoruba Culture, Rebellion and, Yes, His Mother]()
FeaturesTOBi's New Album 'Still' Channels Toronto, Yoruba Culture, Rebellion and, Yes, His Mother Published May 03, 2019"I gotta remember who I came with, I gotta remember who held me down," says TOBi. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter and rapper, born in Nige...
