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8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Should Hear in March 2020
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2020
It's so easy to keep listening to your favourite artists, but these eight rising acts will make you glad you went outside your comfort zone...
Class of 2020: Hanorah Revels in the Healing Power of Song
PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2020
A prophet by the name of George Clinton once said, "Funk not only moves, it can remove." That's a dictum that emerging Montreal soul queen...
Cartel Madras Pave a New Path of Visibility with 'Age of the Goonda'
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2019
Age of the Goonda, the latest EP from Calgary duo Cartel Madras, starts with a cacophony of screams, swearing and menacing bass. Before the...
Sorrey Leave the Bedroom Behind and a Whole Community Helps 'In Full Bloom' Succeed
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2019
Sometimes it only takes a "pocket of songs" and a little bit of trust for a project to get off the ground. For Emilee Sorrey, the Cape Bret...
Meet Gong Gong Gong, the Restless Beijing-Montreal Art-Punk Duo Channelling the Concept of 'Phantom Rhythm'
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2019
After an apologetic preamble about VPNs and time zone differences, Gong Gong Gong bassist Joshua Frank brushes away any half-baked "made in...
With Her 'Black Dove' EP, Toronto R&B Singer Amaal Is Ready to Fly
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2019
Being born in Mogadishu, Somalia and arriving to Canada as a refugee at a young age are experiences that inform the life and music — includ...
Vancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth'
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2019
Cut Your Teeth is the fearlessly personal debut album by Vancouver four-piece Necking. The album, out July 5 via Mint Records, is as stingi...
TOBi's New Album 'Still' Channels Toronto, Yoruba Culture, Rebellion and, Yes, His Mother
PUBLISHED May 3, 2019
"I gotta remember who I came with, I gotta remember who held me down," says TOBi. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter and rapper, born in Nig...