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  At Music Waste 2023, Vancouver's DIY Scene Continued to Shine Despite All Odds

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2023

  Celebrating their 29th year, Music Waste returned to the DIY venues of East Vancouver Thursday, June 1 to Sunday, June 4 for another year o...

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  Round Eye Announce Canadian Tour with the Black Void

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2023

  The members of hardcore/jazz explorers Round Eye have released music through Vancouver's Sudden Death Records, but they've never actually t...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks:​ Colin Stetson's 'When we were that what wept for the sea' Is a Cinematic Experience

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2023

  Colin Stetson has been releasing dizzying sax albums for a decade and a half, but I still don't fully understand how he makes such visceral...

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  FIMAV 2023 Balanced Music, Magic and Melancholy

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2023

  Though the COVID masks were mostly history and the advertised slate of artists were all in attendance, the lead up to this year's FIMAV was...

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  Beverly Glenn-Copeland Details First Album in 20 Years 'The Ones Ahead'

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2023

  Having revisited his seminal 1986 record with Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined in 2021 and having his life explored in the Posy Dixon-directed...

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  Ryuichi Sakamoto's Funeral Playlist Features Bach, Debussy, Alva Noto, Laurel Halo: Listen

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2023

  Ryuichi Sakamoto's management have shared a playlist of songs the celebrated Japanese artist arranged to have played at his funeral. Priva...

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  MUTEK Unveils Full 2023 Lineup with Rich Aucoin, Sheenah Ko, Obuxum

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2023

  After sharing its first-wave artist announcement back in March, Montreal's MUTEK has unveiled its full lineup of performers heading to the...

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  Mt. Sims and the Knife's Olof Dreijer Announce Collaborative Album, Share New Song

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2023

  The Knife's Olof Dreijer has joined forces with Mt. Sims for Souvenir, a new collection of steel drum music. The five-track album is arrivi...