Interview

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  'Shiva Baby' Director Emma Seligman on Embracing the Painful Anxiety of Jewish Family Gatherings

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2021

  Often, you know if you're going to like a film based on its enticing premise. But every so often, your appreciation for a film grows as you...

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  Torquil Campbell of Stars Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2021

  When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set your weed on fire. Torquil Campbell is the frontman of Stars as well as a longtime can...

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  Charlotte Cardin Rises from the Ashes and Finds Her Authentic Self

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2021

  "My whole life, I was always very torn between what I wanted people to get from me, what I wanted to show people, and who I really was deep...

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  Chad VanGaalen Is Growing a Bounty of Unharvested Music

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2021

  For Chad VanGaalen, gardening is about the process rather than the end result. He starts his seeds under grow lamps in the basement, moves...

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  Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Will Make You Rethink the Planet

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2021

  Everything has feelings in Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's groundbreaking new album, Theory of Ice (out today via You've Changed Records). Hu...

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  How Toronto's Brand of Sacrifice Went from Anime Side-Project to Deathcore's Hottest Band

  PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2021

  You wouldn't know it from his glowering stage presence and menacing vocal delivery, but Brand of Sacrifice vocalist Kyle Anderson is an inc...

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  Astral Swans Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2021

  Calgary's Matthew Swann makes slow, sad folk songs with an eerie experimental edge. He records as Astral Swans, continuing where he left o...

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  Tokyo Police Club Look Back on 'Champ': "It Was Our Big Swing"

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2021

  With Champ, Tokyo Police Club were calling their shot. After a hotly buzzed EP in 2006's A Lesson in Crime and a momentum-carrying debut a...