December Issue 2015

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  The Year of Vancouver Electronic Label 1080p Records

  Best of 2015

  PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2016

  2015 was a great year for 1080p Records, which in turn has done a great deal for Canadian electronic music. This one-man-army label, led by...

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  What I Play

  Beliefs

  PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2015

  "I haven't really played my guitar a lot in the last year," Beliefs guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Josh Korody says, perched on a chai...

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  The Game After

  A Brief History of Fallout 4's Post-Apocalyptic Retrofuture

  PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2015

  From the moment Albert Einstein's theories were turned into bombs, a nuclear holocaust seemed inevitable; atomic anxiety was almost immedia...

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  Alessia Cara

  Miss Know-It-All

  PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2015

  "It's definitely like a crazy thought process right now," allows 19-year-old Alessia Cara, letting us into her mental state following the s...

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  Sharon Jones

  The Exclaim! Questionnaire

  PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2015

  She may have found success a little late in life, but Sharon Jones has been consistently charming listeners alongside the Dap-Kings for mor...

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  Joanna Newsom

  The Harp Wants What It Wants

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2015

  If you've ever heard the labyrinthine melodies, the nuanced instrumental arrangements and the dense, poetic lyrics of Joanna Newsom's music...

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  Alabama Shakes

  Work It

  PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2015

  "It's easy to get lazy. I feel like that's success's worst enemy: being lazy."   So says Brittany Howard, lead singer, songwriter and guita...

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  Steam Whistle Unsigned

  HighKicks and Our Year In Review ft. Dilly Dally, Brendan Philip, the OBGMs and More

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2015

  Steam Whistle Unsigned — the Canadian concert series that promotes the best up-and-coming acts — will return in the New Year (more on that...