Interview

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  Alexandra Stréliski Is the Underdog of 2024's Festival Headliners: "A Sea of Men and Just Me Playing the Piano"

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2024

  With its grand halls and elite academies, classical music is often thought of as the music of the establishment. But to hear Alexandra...

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  A.C. Newman's 'The Slow Wonder' Turns 20: The Understated Masterpiece of the Canadian Indie Boom

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2024

  In the aughts, the Canadian indie world abounded with maximalist collectives: Broken Social Scene in Toronto, Arcade Fire in Montreal...

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  Adil and Bilall Bring Their Own Flavour to 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die': "We Love to Balance Between Hollywood and Independent Movies"

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2024

  The last four years have been a crash course in navigating the film industry for Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the Belgian filmmaking duo...

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  It's the Summer of the Beaches: "We Have Been in Training for This"

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2024

  "I just started seeing someone new, and when his mom first met me, she was like, 'Don't write a song about my son!'" Jordan Miller winces...

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  Last Gang's Chris Taylor Reflects on Surviving "Napster Winter" as the Label Celebrates 20 Years

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2024

  In 2003, people weren't optimistic about the future of the music industry. Napster had introduced file-sharing to the masses, and even afte...

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  Arooj Aftab: "It's Always Been Really Natural to Just Go Against the Grain and Not Give a Fuck"

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

  Pakistani-American musician Arooj Aftab mirrors my soul when she tells me, with a laugh, that her favourite track off her fifth studio...

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  Straight Outta Moose Jaw: Hip-Hop Nostalgia Is Big Business for Small Cities Across Canada

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2024

  To paraphrase Ice Cube's biggest hit: we gotta say it's a good day. Not just for the South Central L.A. neighbourhood he rapped so famously...

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  Steve Albini on Shellac's New Album, His Love of Music and His Hatred of Promoting It

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2024

  "I mean, this is more talking about our music than I think anyone outside of the band has ever requested of me," Steve Albini told Exclaim!...