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  Haim

  Eye of the Storm

  PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2013

  You will never hear Haim complain. As each sister passes the phone to the next, they describe their surroundings with absolute delight. "We...

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  Ryan Hemsworth

  Success IRL

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2013

  It's Friday night, and Ryan Hemsworth is co-headlining Toronto nightclub the Hoxton: people waiting for bottle service are angling to get i...

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  Janelle Monáe

  Android Love

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2013

  Janelle Monáe is an android. An extended phone chat with the 27-year-old hinges on the (swiftly grasped) understanding that Monáe is not di...

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  Braids

  Unwound

  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2013

  There's something nobody tells you about Raphaelle Standell-Preston: she loves to disagree. During our chat, the Bambi-eyed singer disagree...

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  Austra

  Dance, Dance Evolution

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2013

  "Sorry, this has nothing to do with what we're talking about, but apparently, Neil Young is inventing a new musical format," Katie Stelmani...

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  Daft Punk

  Human Touch

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2013

  "We feel like scientists, sometimes, doing research in a lab," muses Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter. "The first time you do your research, it...

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  Born Ruffians

  Are Reborn

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2013

  "I think that if the Flaming Lips actually sat down and said, 'Let's write songs like One Direction and do just that, but we'll sing them a...

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  KEN Mode

  Lightning Rod

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2013

  "It builds character, right?" There is a grin in drummer Shane Matthewson's voice as he teases his brother Jesse, guitarist and vocalist fo...