March 2025 Issue

His Bum Is on the Mule: Tom Green Was "Sort of Unhappy with How Things Had Gone"

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025

The more Tom Green changes, the more he stays the same. In 2021, Green pulled up stakes in Los Angeles and moved to the Ottawa Valley. He...

Neko Case Ranks Her 5 Best Songs

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2025

"I didn't really listen to my old music much," acknowledges Neko Case. "I was so deep in just making it happen it's hard to remember." Case...

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...

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...

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...

'Severance' Presents More Questions Than Answers in Creepy Season 2

Created by Dan Erickson

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025

As 'Lost' viewers will surely remember, thrillers that rely on ambiguity tend to be all setup and no payoff. The mystery is so gripping that...

Robbie Williams Explains How 'Better Man' Allowed Him to Release "Another Rock in my Rucksack"

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2025

Self-doubt and anxiety aggressively permeate 'Better Man,' layering the stardom Robbie Williams found as a member of Take That with...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in December 2024

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2024

Are your presents wrapped? Your halls decked? Your Christmas white? No pressure, we've still got time. But even in these early December...