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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in January 2021

  PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2021

  The holiday season is behind us and the year-end lists have been posted and dissected to death. What better way to shake off the lingering...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in December 2020

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2020

  December is typically reserved for looking back at the year's best releases, but between your millionth listens of the best albums of 2020...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear This November

  PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2020

  Fall 2020 has seen a massive wave of live albums, with bands like Arctic Monkeys, the War on Drugs and Belle and Sebastian looking back on...

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  8 New Canadian Faves You Need to Hear in October 2020

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2020

  With 2020's extremely peculiar, livestream-focused festival season winding down, it's time to focus on the next wave of rising Canadian tal...

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  Exclaim!'s New Faves: Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in September 2020

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2020

  Between You Say Party's XXXX, Ron Sexsmith's self-titled album and Big Sugar's Hemi-Vision, lots of Canadian artists are using this rather...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear This August

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2020

  As we hit summer's peak, the sun is shining just as brightly as these artists' futures. Whether clever pop, swagger-filled hip-hop or barri...

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  Zoon Embraces the Healing Power of Ojibwe Teachings and Shoegaze

  PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2020

  For Hamilton, ON-based songwriter Daniel Monkman, Zoon is more than just a new alias — it's a musical and spiritual rebirth. This new phas...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear This July

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2020

  From coast to coast, these artists on the rise will take you on a road trip through the scenes, sights and sounds of Canada. Whether stylis...