Tariq

Canadian Guitarists Reveal the Pedals That Take Their Tone to the Next Level

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025

Whether it's the Edge's cathedrals of delay or Jimi Hendrix's towering fuzz and wacka-wacka wah, many guitarists are almost as well-known...

Exclaim!'s 28 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2025

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

It's been said every year since we hit 2020, but 2025 truly feels like maybe we're not meant to be here. Twenty twenty five? That's...

Tariq Details 'Scroll Before You Sleep' EP, Shares New Single

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2024

Veteran Canadian songwriter Tariq relaunched his solo career recently with a new single and a fresh backing band (including past members of...

Tariq Introduces New Band with "The Ballad of You and Me"

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2024

A veteran songwriter noted for his '90s CanCon hit "Chevrolet Way" and a member of the Vancouver jazz rock ensemble Brasstronaut, Tariq has...

Canadian Artists Come Clean About Their Musical Guilty Pleasures

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2021

What exactly counts as a "guilty pleasure" these days? Back in the '90s, people might have harboured a secret love for Britney Spears or th...

Tariq Premieres Cinematic "Light of the Moon" Video

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

Tariq's album Telegrams had its first anniversary just a few days ago, and now the Vancouver songwriter (and Brasstronaut member) has share...

​Tariq Skateboards Through Vancouver in "Walking Dead" Video

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

Vancouver-based Brasstronaut member Tariq released his latest solo album Telegrams earlier this year, and now he's given LP cut "Walking De...

​Brasstronaut's Tariq Premieres "Coquihalla" Video

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2019

Quebec-born, Vancouver-based artist Tariq may be known to some as a member of Brasstronaut, but he's currently focusing on his latest solo...