Anniversary

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  Living with Lions' 'Holy Shit' — and Canadian Music's Stinkiest Controversy — Turns 10

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2021

  They knew it was stupid. Of course it was stupid. Generally speaking, an adult who draws a cartoon of a human turd — any turd, really — kno...

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  'House of Balloons' Turns 10: How the Weeknd Beat the Odds and Turned R&B on Its Head

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2021

  In the late '00s, R&B had a certain gloss. Neo-soul's grip on the soundscape had loosened, trading soulful earthiness for upbeat, synth-inf...

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  Tokyo Police Club Look Back on 'Champ': "It Was Our Big Swing"

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2021

  With Champ, Tokyo Police Club were calling their shot. After a hotly buzzed EP in 2006's A Lesson in Crime and a momentum-carrying debut a...

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  'Trompe-l'œil' Turns 15: How Malajube (Almost) Broke the Language Barrier

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2021

  Malajube's Trompe-l'œil fits right in with many other indie rock records that came out of Montreal in the mid-'00s. It takes the elements o...

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  'Kaputt' Turns 10: Destroyer's "Violently Laid-Back" Opus That Defined a Decade

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2021

  By the time Dan Bejar released Kaputt on January 25, 2011, he was a decade and a half into a career that had already included eight prior D...

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  You Say Party Reflect on 'XXXX' a Decade Later: "It Was the Peak, but We Didn't Realize It"

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2020

  When You Say Party! We Say Die! released their third album, XXXX, in 2009, it felt like they had just opened a new chapter in their career....

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  Plants and Animals' 'Parc Avenue' Turns 10: Remembering the Last Album from Montreal's Halcyon Days

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2018

  Montreal is an easy city to mythologize. Its cheap rental prices, vibrant art scene and European charm have lured in many a wide-eyed dream...

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  Cancer Bats Celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of 'Hail Destroyer' with Exclaim!'s Oral History of the Landmark Album

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2018

  Ten years ago, Toronto metalcore veterans Cancer Bats took the world by storm when they released the most pivotal record of their career so...