Opinion

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  The Changing of the Guard: 2024 Was the Year of Pop Music's Restructuring

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2024

  While the tectonic plates of popular music are in constant motion, change often moves so gradually that it can be hard to notice anything h...

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  Pop Stars (and Their Stans) Are Ruining Music Criticism

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2024

  In many ways, it's been an incredible year for pop music. The breakout of the holy trinity of Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina...

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  Dream of a Remixed, Remastered 'Californication'

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2024

  Tomorrow, Red Hot Chili Peppers' landmark 1999 album 'Californication' turns 25, and as is custom, a new vinyl variant has appeared to...

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  Manufactured Outrage or Not, 'The Simpsons' Strangling Controversy Is Offensive to Its Fans

  PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2023

  In what seems to be the most blatant, yawn-worthy publicity stunt The Simpsons has pulled off in recent years, strangle-gate continues to r...

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  Who Is the Weeknd, Anyway?

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2023

  Abel "the Weeknd" Tesfaye is arguably the biggest pop star on the planet, but his first foray into TV isn't going well. After a shallow fir...

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  Franz Ferdinand Are Classic Rock Now, and That's Okay

  PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2022

  At some point in every rock fan's life, you must ask yourself a horrifying question: "What is the music from my childhood doing on the clas...

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  How Rage Against the Machine Were Embraced by All Political Sides — and May Have Lost Their Sting in the Process

  PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2020

  On Tuesday (November 25), amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and increasing deaths, Etobicoke restaurant owner Adam Skelly defied Ontario's p...

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  Whose Flow Is It Anyway: How Can Canada Defeat Americanization If We Keep Overlooking Canadian Content?

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2020

  The true north strong and free — a country so enthused by its apparent mosaic populous and free health care that it fears losing even a hin...