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Amaal

Black Dove

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2019

Based on the six tracks that comprise her Black Dove EP, wider recognition for Toronto singer songwriter Amaal is inevitable. The artist fo...

With Her 'Black Dove' EP, Toronto R&B Singer Amaal Is Ready to Fly

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2019

Being born in Mogadishu, Somalia and arriving to Canada as a refugee at a young age are experiences that inform the life and music — includ...

Necking

Cut Your Teeth

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2019

Scorched by regretful exes, sleazy, power-wielding bosses and soulless property developers, Vancouver quartet Necking push back with nine e...

Vancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth'

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2019

Cut Your Teeth is the fearlessly personal debut album by Vancouver four-piece Necking. The album, out July 5 via Mint Records, is as stingi...

TOBi

Still

PUBLISHED May 6, 2019

Born Oluwatobi Feyisara Ajibolade, the Lagos-bred, Brampton, ON-raised artist known as TOBi is a study of modern music making. The artist c...

TOBi's New Album 'Still' Channels Toronto, Yoruba Culture, Rebellion and, Yes, His Mother

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

"I gotta remember who I came with, I gotta remember who held me down," says TOBi. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter and rapper, born in Nig...

Minimal Violence Tear Up the Techno Rulebook on New Album 'InDreams'

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2019

"I don't think techno purists would even bother listening to our music," laughs Ashlee Luk about InDreams, the debut album from Minimal Vio...

Minimal Violence

InDreams

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2019

Over nine tracks and 40 minutes, Minimal Violence figured out how to make extroverted techno sound downright brainy. Although the duo of As...