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Features(Sandy) Alex G Isn't Going to Explain New Album 'House of Sugar' — You'll Just Have to Listen Published Sep 10, 2019House of Sugar is the ninth full-length album by Alex Giannascoli, aka (Sandy) Alex G. Its release — this Friday, September 13 — would be a...
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ReviewsTIFF Reviews: Annette Bening's Brilliant 'Hope Gap' Performance Shows That Divorce Is Good Directed by William Nicholson Published Sep 09, 2019Sometimes, divorce is a good thing. Sure, it's not much fun for anyone involved, but Hope Gap's bleak portrait of matrimony is a good remind...
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StreamsHua Li 化力 Shares New Song "Outwitted" Published Sep 09, 2019Hua Li 化力 is set to deliver her debut album Dynasty later this month, and she's now shared another song from the effort. "Outwitted" fi...
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NewsSynergy Global Entertainment — the Promoter Behind Disrupt Festival, Mad Decent Block Party — Declares Bankruptcy Published Sep 09, 2019Synergy Global Entertainment — the independent U.S. concert promoter behind such events as the Rockstar Disrupt Festival Tour, Mad Decent Bl...
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NewsGreen Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy Are Teasing a Tour Published Sep 09, 2019Fans of Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy are buzzing at the possibility of all three bands getting together for a triple-bill joint tour....
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Reviews'Downton Abbey' Gets the Royal Treatment as a Feature Film Directed by Michael Engler Published Sep 09, 2019Three years on from the end of Downton Abbey, the family and servants of the titular estate have returned to the screen for a feature-length...
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NewsChance the Rapper Postpones His Entire 'The Big Day' Tour Published Sep 09, 2019Chance the Rapper was about to kick off his The Big Day tour, but the rapper has now postponed the entire trek. As Chance has explained, the...
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ReviewsTIFF Review: 'The Giant' Is a Confusing ASMR Fever Dream Directed by David Raboy Published Sep 09, 2019Graduating high school is supposed to be a celebration, but The Giant certainly isn't any fun. It's a surreal, stream-of-consciousness glimp...
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NewsReuben and the Dark Unveils New Album 'un | love' Published Sep 09, 2019Reuben and the Dark is returning to our lives with a new album. The Calgary alt-folk unit helmed by Reuben Bullock will release un | love on...
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StreamsHear Dean Blunt's New 'Zushi' Project Published Sep 09, 2019Dean Blunt has returned with a new release titled Zushi, which you can hear in the player below. Arriving through NTS Radio last Friday (...
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ReviewsTIFF Review: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Is a Gorgeous Account of Queer Love in the 18th Century Directed by Céline Sciamma Published Sep 09, 2019Life's sweetest moments are impermanent, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) is a heartbreaking account of a...
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ReviewsKEN Mode Grand Gerrard Theatre, Toronto ON, September 9 Published Sep 09, 2019For an underground metal band, two decades together is a long time to stick around, but Winnipeg noisemakers KEN Mode have done so with grac...
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ReviewsMegan Nash Mae Wilson Theatre, Moose Jaw SK, September 7 Published Sep 09, 2019With its high ceilings, brass railings and cream walls, on which complex golden patterns lay, and in which over a century of history lives,...
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ReviewsMattyFest: Wu-Tang Clan / Descendents / Jennifer Castle / METZ Echo Beach, Toronto ON, September 7 Published Sep 08, 2019"This festival's brought to you by the nothingness inside of you." One hand on a mic and the other resting on his stomach, Matty Matheso...
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ReviewsSlowthai Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, September 7 Published Sep 08, 2019Last May, British rapper Tyron Frampton, aka Slowthai, released his debut album, Nothing Great About Britain. It was a Molotov cocktail hurl...
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ReviewsThe Mountain Goats / Lydia Loveless Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, September 6 Published Sep 07, 2019The Mountain Goats never fail to bring high spirits to their live shows, and Friday night at the Commodore Ballroom was no exception. Op...
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ReviewsTyler, the Creator / Jaden Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, September 6 Published Sep 07, 2019Only a few years back, it wouldn't have been out of step to believe that Tyler, the Creator had peaked — creatively, commercially, all of it...
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ReviewsDaniel Romano, Emilie Kahn and Archons End Festival de Musique Émergente 2019 on a High Note FME, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1 Published Sep 02, 2019The last day (September 1) at Festival de musique émergente found Montréal harpist Emilie Kahn at Café-Bar L'Abstracto, playing a 5 p.m. set...
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ReviewsO'Flynn Aletheia Published Sep 09, 2019O'Flynn is a London-based producer and DJ who broke onto the electronic music scene with his track "Tyrion" in 2015. As a deep cut for the d...
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ReviewsIan & Sylvia The Lost Tapes Published Sep 09, 2019How do you review an album like Ian & Sylvia's The Lost Tapes? The Tysons are legends in the Canadian folk world, and their continued influe...
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ReviewsOcto Octa Resonant Body Published Sep 09, 2019Brooklyn-based Octo Octa, otherwise known as Maya Bouldry-Morrison, follows the optimism of her For Lovers EP with introspective full-length...
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ReviewsRoseaux Roseaux II Published Sep 06, 2019Roseaux, the French collective of Emile Omar, Clément Petit and Alex Finkin, decide to switch things up a tad with the new Roseaux II. While...
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ReviewsDwayne Gretzky Dwayne Gretzky Published Sep 06, 2019Rarely do you hear "cover band" and "national treasure" in the same sentence, but when referring to Dwayne Gretzky, the association just mak...
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Features(Sandy) Alex G Isn't Going to Explain New Album 'House of Sugar' — You'll Just Have to Listen Published Sep 10, 2019House of Sugar is the ninth full-length album by Alex Giannascoli, aka (Sandy) Alex G. Its release — this Friday, September 13 — would be a...
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FeaturesCharli XCX Is at the Centre of Her Own Pop Universe on New Album 'Charli' Published Sep 09, 2019"Does your back hurt from carrying all of pop music?" It was a throwaway question offered during an impromptu AMA session that Charli XC...
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FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: September 6, 2019 Published Sep 07, 2019The most secret sauce, a rollercoaster cellphone toss, Lizzo says bye like a boss, Anna Kendrick on why ghosting isn't your loss, and much m...
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FeaturesSandro Perri Chills Out for 'Soft Landing' LP Published Sep 06, 2019Singer, songwriter, agreeable producer and casual gardener Sandro Perri's new album is very much an effort made in and of the great city of...
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Features'IT Chapter Two' Director Andy Muschietti and Producer Barbara Muschietti Share How Stephen King's Epic Became Two Films Published Sep 05, 2019Stephen King's It is an epic behemoth of a book. Both the 1990 It miniseries and the present film iteration split their adaptation into two...