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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...