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  Drake Still Doesn't Understand Why He Lost to Kendrick Lamar

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2025

  During last year's infamous rap feud, Drake and Kendrick Lamar kept searching for a smoking gun. In "meet the grahams," Lamar alleged that...

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  Jo Passed Returns from Burnout to Rediscover "Pure Connection to Songwriting"

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2025

  In 2019, Royal Mountain Records launched a mental health fund for its artists, providing artists with money to use for therapy and wellness...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2025: 9Million, Clothesline from Hell, mishi, Pillea

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2025

  Just like TikTok in the US after that so-called ban, we're back already! There's no weird propaganda to be had here; just stellar local live...

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  Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Turns 50: Its Songs Ranked from Worst to Best

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2025

  The year is 2025 and Bob Dylan is, yet again, having a moment. Between Dylan's curious social media presence and Timothée Chalamet's...

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  Canadian Artists Reflect on How US Border Relations Could Impact the Touring Industry

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2025

  At the outset of yet another Trump presidency, and after months of the politician's inflammatory anti-Canuck rhetoric, Densil...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in January 2025

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025

  It's a new year! Just like that, we're living in the hyper-future. Let's hope 2025 has more good to offer the world than 2024 did...

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  Wave Goodbye to TikTok with This Week's Funniest Music Memes and Shitposts: January 17, 2025

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025

  Well, TikTok — it's been real, it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fan. With the social media platform running out of road and a US ban...

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  Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in January 2025

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2025

  We'll heed Larry David's statute of limitation over New Year greetings and not hope everyone's had a good start to the year 2025. Instead...