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  Promise: Game Time

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2011

  Toronto MC Promise hasn't even released a debut album yet, but not only does he have a track on NBA 2K11, he's featured as a playable chara...

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  Feist and Friends

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

  You won't find out about the impact an iPod commercial had on the career of Canadian chanteuse Feist in artful documentary Look At What the...

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  Girl Talk

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

  The riot grrrl movement remains an overlooked part of modern music's framework, often painted on the coattails of its boys-club counterpart...

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  Midlife Juno Anniversary Parties

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010

  This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Juno Awards and, to celebrate Canadian music from those four decades, they're planning some pre...

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  Sound Off

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010

  CBC Radio host Grant Lawrence chronicles childhood misadventures and an adult renaissance with the lovely/barren wilderness of coastal BC i...

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  Ben Folds & Nick Hornby

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2010

  Nick Hornby has finally made the transition from overly opinionated music geek to actual songwriter. The British novelist (High Fidelity, J...

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  Syl Standing

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2010

  Chicago soul elder Syl Johnson is finally getting his due some five decades into his long and twisted career; his biggest hit was "Take Me...

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  Weezer. For her.

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2010

  A prolific, popular group for 16 years, Weezer must be aware that fans cite their 1994 self-titled debut and its 1996 follow-up, Pinkerton,...