From The Magazine

Hyperpop Is the New Sound of Rebellion

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2021

"Hyperpop almost has punk energy," says Quinton Barnes, a solo artist from Kitchener, ON. "It's so serious that people take it as frivolous...

Charlotte Cardin Rises from the Ashes and Finds Her Authentic Self

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2021

"My whole life, I was always very torn between what I wanted people to get from me, what I wanted to show people, and who I really was deep...

'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...

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Will Make You Rethink the Planet

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2021

Everything has feelings in Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's groundbreaking new album, Theory of Ice (out today via You've Changed Records). Hu...

Why Are NFTs Suddenly Taking Over the Music Industry?

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2021

Any music fans overwhelmed by the sudden news onslaught about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the dense techno-babble therein, may not expe...

Canadian Artists Come Clean About Their Musical Guilty Pleasures

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2021

What exactly counts as a "guilty pleasure" these days? Back in the '90s, people might have harboured a secret love for Britney Spears or th...

How Toronto's Brand of Sacrifice Went from Anime Side-Project to Deathcore's Hottest Band

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2021

You wouldn't know it from his glowering stage presence and menacing vocal delivery, but Brand of Sacrifice vocalist Kyle Anderson is an inc...

Justin Roiland's 'Solar Opposites' Puts a New Spin on His "Constantly Escalating Absurdity"

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2021

Cartoon watchers already know Justin Roiland as the co-creator and main voice behind Rick and Morty — and fans of that show's fast pace, ir...