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News Rapport Announce 'Floating Through the Wonderwave' EP, Share Meta New Single Toronto's Rapport have announced the release of their new EP Floating Through the Wonderwave — and have today lifted a new single and its ac...
News Animal Collective Extend North American Tour, Map Out Six Canadian Dates Following the release of this year's Time Skiffs, Animal Collective have announced a North American tour with several Canadian stops mapped...
News Dolly Parton Is Getting Another Christmas Special Newly minted rock star and musical Mexican pizza enthusiast Dolly Parton delivered her wholesome Netflix holiday special Christmas on the Sq...
News Elizabeth Fraser Shares New Sun's Signature Song "Underwater" Sun's Signature — the new project from Cocteau Twins' iconic frontperson Elizabeth Fraser and her partner Damon Reece — have shared a new so...
News Johnny Cash Painting on Water Tower Springs a Leak After Being Shot, Appears to Be Pissing Johnny Cash's musical legacy is undeniably larger-than-life and his birthplace commemorated him accordingly: his looming figure towers over...
News Montreal's MUTEK Festival Unveils Full Program for 2022 Edition Montréal's MUTEK has shared the full list of programming for its 2022 edition, featuring over 80 performances over six days and six nights. ...
News Justin Bieber Brings Back Timbiebs, Launches Biebs Brew with Tim Hortons Don't call it a comeback: after the deeply beloved and dearly missed novel Timbiebs were born of last year's inevitable collaboration betwee...
News The Tragically Hip Pay Tribute to "Wheat Kings" Inspiration David Milgaard The Tragically Hip's "Wheat Kings" — the beloved acoustic-led number from their celebrated 1992 album Fully Completely — references the stor...
News Toronto's Dream in High Park Concert Series Gets Dan Mangan, Jully Black, Martha Wainwright, Hawksley Workman for 2022 Last summer, Toronto's High Park hosted a three-night stint of Jeremy Dutcher performances at its Canadian Stage, and this summer, the Dream...
News Carly Rae Jepsen and Bleachers Announce Co-Headlining Toronto Show Carly Rae Jepsen and Bleachers have announced a two-night limited run of co-headlining performances, which will bring them to Toronto's Budw...
News Geddy Lee Says Primus Did Rush Proud with Toronto Tribute Show They say not to meet your heroes, but have they said anything about whether you should watch your former tour-mates perform your songs? B...
News Kehlani to Play Canada on North American Tour In support of their 2022 record Blue Water Road, Kehlani has mapped out a 28-date North American tour this summer, including a pair of perfo...
News Rina Sawayama Announces Sophomore Album 'Hold the Girl' Back in 2020, Rina Sawayama released Sawayama, her aughties-pop meets nu-metal concoction of a debut. And today, the British alt-pop star ha...
News Sarah McLachlan Announces Toronto Show with William Prince Sarah McLachlan has announced a one-off show in Toronto this summer, plotting a performance at Budweiser Stage on July 11. Following an a...
News MISZCZYK Announces Debut Album 'Thyrsis of Etna,' Shares New Single with Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier Ontario producer MISZCZYK (a.k.a. Nyles Miszczyk) has announced his debut album Thyrsis of Etna, arriving July 15 through We Are Time. Along...
News Osees Announce New Album 'A Foul Form,' Share "Funeral Solution" Ahead of hitting the road for a continent-traversing tour this September, Osees — f.k.a. Thee Oh Sees/OCS/Oh Sees — have announced plans fo...
News Watch a High School Student Fill in for Pearl Jam Drummer Matt Cameron This past weekend, Pearl Jam played a show in Oakland, CA, sans drummer Matt Cameron, who's still recovering after catching COVID. The band...
News Gorillaz Map Out First North American Tour in Four Years After celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album last year, Gorillaz are heading out on a North American tour in 2022 for the fir...
News Charlotte Cardin, the Weeknd Lead the 2022 JUNO Awards Winners The 2022 JUNO Awards ceremony is tonight, but most of this year's awards were handed out last night (May 14) at the Opening Night Awards. Ov...
Streams Ravyn Lenae Shares Kaytranada Collaboration "XTASY" Chicago's Ravyn Lenae is releasing her debut album Hypnos this Friday (May 20), and today she's shared one last single from the album — "XTA...
Streams Hear Jewel's Cover of Maggie Rogers' "Alaska" Jewel — who was famously raised in Alaska on a small homestead without heat or running water — has shared a cover of Maggie Rogers' smash 20...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Tami Neilson, Zach Zoya, Arkells, TOPS Happy Kendrick Lamar day to all who celebrate! If you can tear yourself away from Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, you should look no further...
Streams Kendrick Lamar Returns with 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers' Five years after the release of his Pulitzer-winning masterpiece DAMN., Kendrick Lamar has finally returned today with his new album, Mr. Mo...
Streams You Can Now Stream the Black Keys' 11th Studio Album 'Dropout Boogie' Two decades out from their debut record, the Black Keys return today with their 11th studio album Dropout Boogie via Nonesuch. The follo...
Streams Florence and the Machine Lose Themselves to 'Dance Fever' Since their 2009 debut Lungs, Florence and the Machine have beckoned transcendence despite being firmly grounded in the body. The Florenc...
Streams My Chemical Romance Return with First New Song Since 2014 Emo legends My Chemical Romance have at last marked their drawn-out comeback with new music, delivering their first new single in eight year...
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Streams Watch Jeff Rosenstock Tear Up Late Night TV with PUP As their drum head so truthfully reads, "PUP THE BAND ISS COOL & GOOD" — and they were both of those things when joined by Jeff Rosenstock o...
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Streams Esmerine Drop Surprise Album, Share Contemplative "Fractals for Any Tonality" Video Montreal contemporary classical chamber ensemble Esmerine have surprised fans with the surprise release of their long-awaited first album in...
Streams Rachel Bobbitt Shares Video for Poignant New Single "More" Nova Scotia-born and Toronto-based artist Rachel Bobbitt has released moving new single "More" about the repression of women's rights within...
Streams Twin River Cover Sloan's CanCon Classic "The Other Man" Dreamy Vancouver-based indie pop duo Twin River have released a synth-infused cover of Sloan's "The Other Man." Featuring fuzzy yet cris...
Streams Motherhood Share Foreboding Video for New Single "Shepherd" New Brunswick-based post-punk trio Motherhood have shared the latest single to be lifted off of their new record, Winded. The track, "She...
Streams Noah "40" Shebib Reflects on the Rise of Drake, OVO and Toronto Hip-Hop in New Short Doc Noah "40" Shebib — Drake's right-hand producer, engineer and principal architect of the "Toronto sound" — has opened up about his own beginn...
Streams Kendrick Lamar Shares "The Heart Part 5" Video, Deepfakes Kanye West, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant With less than a week to go until Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar has shared a video for his new single. Check out "The Heart...
Streams Hear Eight New Kaytranada Beats on IDK's 'Simple.' EP Coming off a month where he remixed the Weeknd and was tapped for Swedish House Mafia tour support, Kaytranada continues to cement himself a...
Streams Roy Woods Teases New Album with "Insecure" Ahead of delivering a new album this year, Roy Woods has returned with his first single of 2022. The Harv-produced "Insecure" arrives tod...
Streams Drake's Got Chain Mail at Casa Loma in Future's "Wait for U" Music Video The tale of the toxic king truly is as old as time itself: Future, Drake and Tems go fully medieval in the new Director X-helmed video for "...
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