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Josh Finlayson's earliest exposure to Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip came via his Kingston-based friends buzzing about the young outfit,...
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FeaturesZoon Opens Up About Growing His Own Cannabis Plant Published Oct 08, 2020Like many Canadians over the past few years, Ojibwe shoegazer Zoon (a.k.a. Daniel Monkman) has been exploring the therapeutic benefits of ca...
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FeaturesBahamas on Maritime Living, Almost Meeting Trump and Marrying His Wife After 10 Minutes The Exclaim! Questionnaire Published Oct 06, 2020You can truly get the best of both worlds with the music of Bahamas. The folk rocking troubadour also known as Afie Jurvanen has long been a...
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Features'Baroness von Sketch Show' Says Goodbye Without Fanfare, Just Jokes Published Oct 05, 2020After five successful seasons, CBC comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show is calling it a day and airing its final episodes (premiering Octo...
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Features"It's Metal to Care": Hamilton's Vile Creature Are Bringing Radical Compassion to Heavy Music Published Sep 30, 2020In an increasingly overcrowded online livestream market in which bands half-ass performances — or, worse, charge fans to watch previously re...
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FeaturesHoney Jam Celebrates 25 Years of Championing Canadian Female Artists Published Sep 29, 2020Honey Jam founder Ebonnie Rowe started 2020 by crossing a big item off of her bucket list. "There was one big, spectacular thing I was able...
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FeaturesInside Daniel Romano's Legendary 2020: How He Became Canada's Most Prolific Musical Genius Published Sep 24, 2020"I'm always making something," says Daniel Romano. "It's not necessarily music, but yes — I wake up every day and I work." This explains...
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FeaturesFleet Foxes Explain the Terrifying Near-Death Experience That Ushered in Their Joyful New Chapter Published Sep 22, 2020Shore is a Fleet Foxes album like no other — and not just because they have surprise-released it to coincide with the autumn equinox. Rather...
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FeaturesSufjan Stevens Ascends from the Chaos of Modern America Published Sep 17, 2020"I don't have a vision for a live show for this record at all," Sufjan Stevens tells Exclaim! about his plans — or lack thereof — surroundin...
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FeaturesKops Records Explains the Importance of Keeping Sales Local Published Sep 03, 2020Throughout the pandemic, record stores across Canada have understandably turned to the internet to keep business flowing, transforming their...
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FeaturesGarfieldEATS Founder Nathen Mazri Says His New Web Series Is Inspired by Quibi Published Sep 02, 2020Like or not, there's no denying that the surreal fast casual pizza spot GarfieldEATS has made Canada's food scene significantly more interes...
