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Ribbon Skirt's 'Bite Down' Is Irresistible Indigenous Futurism

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2025

"They want 2000s Buffy Marie / They want my status, but they're getting my teeth," Tashiina Buswa intones, talk-singing so deadpan you can...

Goldie Boutilier's Sold-Out Toronto Show Marked the Arrival of an Icon

The Horseshoe Tavern, April 9

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2025

Nova Scotia's Goldie Boutilier set the Horseshoe Tavern ablaze last night, with her first-ever sold-out show right here in Toronto marking...

Bon Iver Steps Toward the Light on 'SABLE, fABLE'

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2025

Many of us fans of Bon Iver's era defining 2008 album 'For Emma, Forever Ago' eagerly awaited what sounded like a return to form with the...

Underdog Music Doc 'Harkness' Loses Sight of Its Own Purpose

Directed by Maria Markina

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2025

There's a very fine line between obsession and determination. Maria Markina stretches this theme to its limit in her film 'Harkness,' an...

'One to One: John & Yoko' Offers a Fresh Take on the Lennons' Activism

Directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2025

"I'm not about to get myself shot. But I'm still an artist, a revolutionary artist." — John LennonIn the early 1970s, John Lennon and Yoko...

After Make Before Sound Even Better on Self-Titled Debut EP

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PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2025

It seems as though After appeared on the Spotify homepage of everyone I know at the same time, just about a week before their debut EP was...

Falcon Jane's "I Get Myself (Mutt Duet)" Has Both Sides Now

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PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2025

When Falcon Jane released Legacy back in August, "I Get Myself" immediately emerged as my favourite track on the album. The mournful country...

Magi Merlin's Freak Demands to Be Matched on 'A Weird Little Dog'

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PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2025

It probably goes without saying at this point that one of my favourite records of 2025 so far is undoubtedly Saya Gray's 'SAYA.' For that...