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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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...

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  Minimal Violence Tear Up the Techno Rulebook on New Album 'InDreams'

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2019

  "I don't think techno purists would even bother listening to our music," laughs Ashlee Luk about InDreams, the debut album from Minimal Vio...