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A Wilhelm Scream’s Sweet Time

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2022

There are bands who can barely write a song in two months. For New Bedford, Massachusetts’ A Wilhelm Scream, two months is an almost unhear...

Sarah MacDougall Writes a New Type of Breakup Song on "Downfall"

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2021

With the events of the past year and a half, it's no surprise that a lot of us have turned to our trusty breakup songs to help keep us buoy...

'Road Apples' at 30: The Moment the Tragically Hip Became CanRock Legends

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2021

The Tragically Hip's second album Road Apples, named for horse droppings, is anything but. Having recorded 1989's Up to Here in Memphis, th...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in October 2021

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2021

We're heading into the fourth quarter of 2021, but there are still plenty of emerging Canadian artists hoping to have this be the year they...

Canadian Alt-Country Artists Use the Genre's Past to Push It into the Future

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2021

They say to do a cover right, you have to make it sound like your own song. In that case, Lauren Spear's father definitely did them right....

Shad Realizes That His Music Has a Message

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2021

These days, it's so easy to feel disconnected from, well, everything. This was clear to Toronto-based rapper Shad, even before the pandemic...

'The Many Saints of Newark' Is an Unnecessary but Welcome Return to 'The Sopranos'

Directed by Alan Taylor

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2021

Over two decades ago, David Chase introduced us to The Sopranos, which, anchored by James Gandolfini's seismic performance, changed the tel...

'No Time to Die' Is a Fitting Final Bond Movie for Daniel Craig

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2021

The name's Craig. Daniel Craig. His era as James Bond has been split down the middle in terms of quality, with two excellent instalments th...