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The Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Academy Awards
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2022
Last night's Oscars ceremony, the first to take place in full form since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, was predictably awkward — b...
Grimes Claims Responsibility for Hacking Now-Defunct Indie Blog Hipster Runoff
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2022
Back in the heyday of indie music blogs in the late aughts and early 2010s, one anonymous writer kept everyone entertained with his meme-sp...
Arcade Fire to Perform at the Juno Awards
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2022
They're here, they're there, they're everywhere: Arcade Fire continue to solidify that they're back with a vengeance — though sans Will But...
Joni Mitchell Is Getting Her Own Limited-Time SiriusXM Channel
PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2022
SiriusXM has announced the launch of a limited-time radio channel dedicated to Joni Mitchell, celebrating her choice as MusiCares' person o...
As Lockdowns Lift, Canadian Musicians Need Mental Health Support More Than Ever
PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2022
Prior to the pandemic, the lack of mental health support for musicians was already a hot-button issue. Now, after two years of lockdowns an...
Jack White Calls on Major Labels to Build Their Own Vinyl Pressing Plants Amid Worldwide Shortage
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2022
Noted vinyl enthusiast and former White Stripes guy Jack White has a message for the music industry: vinyl is here to stay — and you'd bett...
Honey Jam Celebrates the Endurance of Its "Forever Sisterhood" of Emerging Canadian Artists
PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2022
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, long-running artist development program Honey Jam has continued to support women i...
LimeWire Is Back — as an NFT Marketplace
PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2022
LimeWire is back, kind of. The famed peer-to-peer file-sharing network is under new ownership and is relaunching — although, in an extremel...