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  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...

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  'Dune,' Taylor Swift and the Cure Rule Exclaim!'s 2024 Readers Poll

  PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2025

  Now that we've thoroughly ranked and dissected all of the highlights from 2024, it's time for you to have your say! Throughout December and...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2025: World News, Amelia Maxwell, OOZ, Kingdom of Birds

  PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025

  Have you recovered from last weekend's awe-inspiring display of live offerings from the likes of Tara Kannangara, Your Grandad, Shunk and...

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  Canadian Guitarists Reveal the Pedals That Take Their Tone to the Next Level

  PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025

  Whether it's the Edge's cathedrals of delay or Jimi Hendrix's towering fuzz and wacka-wacka wah, many guitarists are almost as well-known...

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  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...

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  RaMell Ross Seeks "a Sort of Realism" in 'Nickel Boys' and Its POV Perspective of the South

  PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025

  Midway through a conversation with director and writer RaMell Ross, he recommends Scott L. Matthews's book...

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  Franz Ferdinand Chase Their Own "Holy Grail" of Pop

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2025

  "I like art that comes with a freshness; with a perspective that you haven't seen before, but is comprehensible," Alex Kapranos tells...

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  Montreal's Most Anticipated Concerts of 2025

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2025

  New year, new music, and new concerts! As our concert checklists have been set back to zero, Montreal is here with all of your live music...