Interview

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  Last Gang's Chris Taylor Reflects on Surviving "Napster Winter" as the Label Celebrates 20 Years

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2024

  In 2003, people weren't optimistic about the future of the music industry. Napster had introduced file-sharing to the masses, and even afte...

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  Arooj Aftab: "It's Always Been Really Natural to Just Go Against the Grain and Not Give a Fuck"

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

  Pakistani-American musician Arooj Aftab mirrors my soul when she tells me, with a laugh, that her favourite track off her fifth studio...

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  Straight Outta Moose Jaw: Hip-Hop Nostalgia Is Big Business for Small Cities Across Canada

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2024

  To paraphrase Ice Cube's biggest hit: we gotta say it's a good day. Not just for the South Central L.A. neighbourhood he rapped so famously...

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  Steve Albini on Shellac's New Album, His Love of Music and His Hatred of Promoting It

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2024

  "I mean, this is more talking about our music than I think anyone outside of the band has ever requested of me," Steve Albini told Exclaim!...

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  A. G. Cook Revolutionized Pop Music, and Now He’s Finding New Ways to Push Its Boundaries

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

  A decade ago, British alt-indie label PC Music caused a tectonic shift in the UK underground dance scene. Spearheaded by pop music mad scie...

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  Owen Teague and Kevin Durand Bring Humanity to Simian Roles in 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes'

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

  According to Owen Teague and Kevin Durand, two actors who make their simian debut in Wes Ball's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the fran...

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  John Frusciante and Venetian Snares Say Releasing Music Is Like Sharing "Pornos of Your Sex Life"

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2024

  As the guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante has sold millions of albums and played some of the world's biggest stages...

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  Bibi Club's Raw Chemistry Taps Into a "More Complex Feeling Than Joy"

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2024

  Coursing along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River is Autoroute 40, a concrete artery between Ottawa and Quebec City. Along its run...