From The Magazine

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  Bahamas Says So Long Folk Fatigue, Hello Future on 'Earthtones'

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2018

  When asked to name their favourite folk rocker, many Canadian music buffs would no doubt choose Bahamas. The Toronto-based singer-songwrite...

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  Cadence Weapon Eschews Hipster Fans and Dives Deeper on 'Cadence Weapon'

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2018

  "In my previous work, I felt reluctant to talk about racial stuff," Cadence Weapon admits, sitting in a recording studio in Toronto. "I was...

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  Milk & Bone's Kinship Fuels Creativity on 'Deception Bay'

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2018

  "It was kinda strange when we first showed each other our new stuff," Camille Poliquin admits, regarding the initial moments of what would...

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  Rhye Discusses Mistaken Identity, Russian Folk Influence and the Solo Journey of 'Blood'

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2018

  "Rhye is a black woman."   Mike Milosh is in Lisbon and finds himself engaged in small talk with a woman. He tells her he's in town, playin...

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  Four Albums That Challenge Trump's America

  PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2017

  For most Americans, patriotism is a default; even internal criticism often comes from a place of "no one hits my little brother but me." Bu...

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  Ladies First 2017: Cardi B, Rapsody and Stefflon Don Lead the Next Generation

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

  Women's empowerment wasn't just the theme of 2017, but a movement that shaped and changed the political landscape and longstanding social s...

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  No Warning Return and Propagandhi Rule: 2017 in Canadian Hardcore

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2017

  Anger is always in vogue, but this was an especially momentous year for punk and hardcore, bearing witness to some of the most boundary pus...

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  5 Strategies For Safer Music Spaces, Including Lido Pimienta's

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2017

  Conversations on making musical spaces more inclusive are far from over; there's plenty more work to be done. But thanks to several thought...