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Troye Sivan, SOPHIE, Tirzah and Empress Of Represent the Future of Pop

Best of 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2018

While a whiff of nostalgia hung across the 2018 pop landscape, the past 12 months were nevertheless a banner year for forward-thinking pop...

R&B Artists Like Leon Bridges, H.E.R., the Internet and Khalid Pick Up the Guitar Again

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2018

From its inception, the genre known as R&B has relied on the venerable guitar for its unique bass-heavy sound and entrancing chord structur...

Calpurnia, Let's Eat Grandma and Lil Berete Led 2018's Gen Z Revolution

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2018

Generation Z made their presence known loud and clear by giving us some of the year's most inspired and intrepid music. Adolescence may be...

Canadian Composers Like Jeremy Dutcher, Chilly Gonzales and Jean-Michel Blais Broke Free in 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

Boundaries feel increasingly obsolete, yet more profoundly real than ever, and as such, the year's most forward-thinking music came from co...

Deaths of Mac Miller and Lil Peep Contribute to a Dark Year for Rap

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

For the past two years, the hip-hop world has been in a constant state of mourning. While last year saw the loss of veteran rappers and key...

Graf Orlock Discuss 'Examination of Violent Cinema Vol. 1' and That "Crazy" Album Packaging

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

Self-proclaimed "cinemagrind" act Graf Orlock have been blending movie samples and their distinct, dry humour with the chaos and aggression...

Kacey Musgraves, Mitski, "Yodel Kid" and Justin Timberlake: the Good and Bad of Cowboy Culture in 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

It's been another year of loud, reckless men taking up space, so it's fitting that pop culture was dominated by the cowboy, a hyper-masculi...

Old Wounds, Zeal & Ardor, Rolo Tomassi and Rivers of Nihil Lead an Experimental Year in Metal

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

This year was one of boundary shattering within heavy music. While these bands had been nudging, pushing or even shoving their sounds' uniq...