Interview

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  Limitations Inspire Joshua Van Tassel's "New and Strange" Synth Sounds

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2022

  "I love limitations," explains producer, composer and drummer Joshua Van Tassel. This explains why, when YSL Pro challenged this East Coast...

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  OMBIIGIZI Capture Lightning in a Bottle

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2022

  When OMBIIGIZI — the duo of Daniel Monkman (Zoon) and Adam Sturgeon (Status/Non-Status) — showed up at the Tragically Hip's Bathouse Record...

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  ​The Kids in the Hall Bare Everything — and We Do Mean Everything

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2022

  Kevin McDonald says he played no role in getting the Kids in the Hall back together to make the first new season of their beloved sketch se...

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  Angel Olsen Experiences a "Great Unravelling"

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2022

  Angel Olsen begins our conversation by apologizing — she'd had to reschedule our interview due to a nagging sinus infection, the kind that...

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  Ex-Weaves Vocalist Jasmyn Leaves Toronto, Goes Solo and Finds Herself 'In the Wild'

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2022

  Jasmyn Burke decided to move to Hamilton, near the water. There is something calming about the roll of the waves, something restorative, he...

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  How Alexisonfire Learned to Love Each Other

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2022

  For years, Alexisonfire were the band that broke up. Was their breakup amicable? "Not really," they said at the time. Still, they licked t...

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  'Hope in Dirt City' Turns 10: Cadence Weapon Reflects on His "Steely Dan Album"

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2022

  Writing about his third studio release as Cadence Weapon in 2022 memoir Bedroom Rapper, out May 31 via McClelland & Stewart, Rollie Pem...

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  Sex Pistols Remain Controversial, and Steve Jones Is Sick of It

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2022

  "From day one, we've always been shrouded in controversy," Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones tells Exclaim! The pioneering punk band were o...