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5 Emerging Artists You Need to Hear in March 2025

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2025

While you're waiting for winter to finally thaw out, here are some artists guaranteed to whip up a little thermal energy. Our New Faves for...

Toronto's Can't-Miss Concerts This Week: March 3–9

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025

It's a new month! Making it to the next arbitrary calendric marker of time is as good as any reason to celebrate in times like these, right...

Meet the Metal Band Spreading the Gospel of Earplugs at Concerts

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025

On November 25, 2023, twin brothers Tyson and Dylon Opalinsky of emerging metal band Opal in Sky drove to the Thunderbird Arena in...

Vancouver's 10 Can't-Miss Concerts in March 2025

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025

With JUNOfest taking over Vancouver on March 28 and 29, followed by the 2025 JUNOS at Rogers Arena on March 30, this month will bring some...

Montreal's 10 Can't-Miss Concerts in March 2025

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025

With spring approaching slowly but surely, concert season is beginning to ramp up, and Montreal has a healthy offering of live shows to...

Have One on Hooters in Our Weekly Roundup of Music Memes and Shitposts: February 28, 2025

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025

Here we are in the year 2025, and our weekly memes roundup has two different posts about Joanna Newsom. Maybe this is the universe's way of...

"A Mischievous Atmosphere of Frivolity": A 25-Year History of Wavelength Winter Festival

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2025

Wavelength Winter Festival is a Toronto institution 25 years in the making, as the community concert series celebrates two and a half...

Mae Martin's "Earnest Music" Is an Extension of What They've Always Done: "I Sound Like Myself"

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2025

'I'm a TV' is Mae Martin's self-described "earnest music album," and its forthright sincerity will doubtless come as a surprise for fans of...