Research

Selling the Sizzle

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

You know that song? The one from the commercial? Advertisers are betting you do. Or you soon will.This spring, North America heard its firs...

The Philadelphia Story

A New Generation Revives Philly's Soul

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love is currently a focal centre for new and innovative soul and hip-hop music, and new artists have co...

Everywhere You Go, Kids Wanna Rock

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

Alternative rock is beginning to show its age, and the latest proof is a spate of new CDs intended for children but aimed more squarely at...

Rising In the West

Vancouver Hip-hop's Renaissance

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

"Vancouver is not part of Canada." So wrote British Columbia novelist Douglas Coupland in City Of Glass, a turn-of-the-millennium photograp...

The Unlikeliest Marriage

When Disco Met Punk

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

"Why do you dislike rock'n'roll so much?" "It's dead. It's a disease. It's a plague. It's been going on for too long. It's history. It's vi...

Nobody Made You Do This

Improv Community in Montreal and Toronto

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

It's another unseasonably cold evening waiting in line at the 19th annual Festival International de Musique Actuelle du Victoriaville. On t...

Stylish Sounds for Mod Movers

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

Mod music doesn't exist. There is music Mods listen to; there is music Mods make; and there is music that can be linked to the Mod movement...

New Music West

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2000

Vancouver, BCMay 10 to 13By A Thread These ex-Strain and Capone boys put on a heartfelt hardcore performance; with melody, power and emotio...