Research

Sound of Confusion
How Shoegaze Defied Critics and Influenced A Generation
PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008
They call it the "holocaust section and it can last upwards of 25 minutes. For almost 20 years give or take a 13-year hiatus its been...
Blues At The Crossroads
What form will America's indigenous music take in the 21st century?
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2008
On a frigid night late last December, the familiar howl of Mississippi Delta blues was heard within the upscale confines of Torontos premi...
We Got It 4 Free
How Hip-hop's Mixtape Culture Is Changing the Game
PUBLISHED May 24, 2008
Kardinal Offishall is a busy man these days. His latest single "Dangerous, featuring R&B superstar Akon is poised to be the biggest song o...
To by:Larm or Not to by:Larm
One Mans Unexpected Trip to Oslo
PUBLISHED May 9, 2008
"I cant believe it: Ive never been to Norway. That was me after learning that I was going to attend the tenth anniversary edition of the...
Measuring Up
Declining record sales mean less opportunity for self-congratulation. Will web views be any more reliable for an industry in crisis?
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2008
Gold and Platinum awards for album and single sales exist both as a tool of the music industry and as a symbol of its decline in a digital...
Dark Angels and Death Songs
How myth made martyrs of Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Richey Edwards and Tupac Shakur
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2008
From religious martyrs to reality TV, from rubbernecking at accident sites to building celebrity death shrines, our attraction to other peo...
Rising In the West
Vancouver Hip-hops Renaissance
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2007
"Vancouver is not part of Canada. So wrote British Columbia novelist Douglas Coupland in City Of Glass, a turn-of-the-millennium photograp...
What the Fuck?
Curse Word Band Names Challenge the Music Industry
PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007
"We got an e-mail this morning from Coachella saying they wont book our band because of our name, says an exasperated Brian Borcherdt, wh...