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ANOHNI Absorbs the Grief of a Planet in Crisis: "We're Porous Creatures"
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2024
"This life, this tour that I'm doing, is radically unsustainable," ANOHNI tells me over Zoom from her hotel in Toronto, where she's just...
Maritime MCs Rap for a Better Future: "It's Really Special to See East Coast Hip-Hop Move Like This"
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2024
Even as Gilbert Sewell lay on his deathbed, he still found ways to inspire his grandson, Tristan Grant. Grant, who raps under the alias Wolf...
Rich Aucoin Hangs Up the Parachute: "We've All Been Jumping Around — We Deserve a Sit"
PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2024
Rich Aucoin is packing up his parachute for the last time. After more than 15 years, his current New Nostalgia: Penultimate Tour marks the...
Hot-Take Reactions to Charli XCX's 'BRAT' Remix Album: Caroline Polachek Is Romantic, but the 1975 Are a Knife
PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2024
The modern album rollout can feel like a clinical exercise in algorithmic optimization: artists waterfall four or five singles until the...
Welcome to the T-Shirt Business: Canadian Musicians Show Off Their Favourite Band Merch
PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2024
The music industry has sometimes been facetiously referred to as "the T-shirt business" — a funny and self-deprecating reminder that...
8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in October 2024
PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2024
'BRAT' Summer is over! 'BRAT' Fall is in full swing! Or maybe neither ever truly existed, maybe nothing ever truly existed! The encroaching...
Kelly Lee Owens Finds Epiphanies on the Dance Floor and Normal Life: "Awe Is in the Everyday"
PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2024
"It feels like the beginning of a new phase for me, like I'm starting a 2.0," begins Welsh DJ/producer Kelly Lee Owens. Having previously...
An Updated Oral History of Chris Martin Claiming That Coldplay Are Retiring
PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2024
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me many times, shame on Chris Martin. This week, the singer mapped out his...
