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Corb Lund Celebrates the Beauty of Bleed
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024
Corb Lund wants to welcome you to his living room. His new album, El Viejo, is the next best thing to hanging out at home with him and his...
Trans-Canada Highwaymen Channel the Spirit — but Not the Sound — of Classic AM Pop
PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023
They're not Johnny, Kris, Waylon and Willie, who formed the iconic supergroup known as the Highwaymen — but the Trans-Canada Highwaymen are...
Metric Turned a Church into a Studio and Indulged Their Wickedest Musical Whims
PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2023
Impulse purchases were all the rage in 2020. Some people got dogs, others bought cottages. Metric bought a church in small-town Ontario and...
Does AI Pose a Mortal Threat to the Music Industry, or Is it Just "Another Tool in the Toolkit"?
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2023
"David Bowie doing a somersault." In the time it took to type the prompt, an image of "Heroes"-era Bowie loads on the mounted TV, his legs...
Stefana Fratila Took a Trip to NASA and Captured the Sound of Our Solar System
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2023
Have you ever wondered what the planets sound like? Toronto producer Stefana Fratila has, and she went on a five-year mission to find out....
Canadian Guitarists Pick Their Favourite Riff of All Time
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2023
"The very idea of the riff is the electric guitar's greatest contribution to humanity," says PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski. Perhaps even...
Mac DeMarco Is Doing Exactly What He Wants All the Time
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2023
Judging by Mac DeMarco's thrift store fashion sense and his reputation as a goofy prankster, it might be fair to assume that he approaches...
Canadian Indie Artists Face Uncertain Future After SiriusXM Axes CBC Radio 3: "I Have to Re-Evaluate Everything"
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2022
"I have to re-evaluate everything." Like many Canadian independent artists and labels, Montreal-based pop artist Russell Louder was shocke...