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  Exclaim!'s Favourite Album Covers of 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2024

  Every year, Exclaim! publishes a list of the worst album covers of the year — and every year, people in the comments section tell us that w...

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  22 Great Canadian Albums You Might Have Missed in 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2024

  The firehose of new content never turns off. Amidst the constant gushing stream of blockbuster albums — and then deluxe versions, remixes...

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  Exclaim! Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Music Merch and Books of 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2024

  Go even deeper with the music you love. From collectible merch items to tell-all memoirs, and even movie scores performed live in concert...

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in December 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2024

  Are your presents wrapped? Your halls decked? Your Christmas white? No pressure, we've still got time. But even in these early December...

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  The Changing of the Guard: 2024 Was the Year of Pop Music's Restructuring

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2024

  While the tectonic plates of popular music are in constant motion, change often moves so gradually that it can be hard to notice anything h...

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  Exclaim! Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Vinyl and Box Sets of 2024

  PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2024

  There's an empty space on that KALLAX shelf and it's absolutely begging for a new record. This holiday season, get the music-lover on your...

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  Toronto's 7 Can't-Miss Concerts in December 2024 and January 2025

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024

  The concert scene always slows down a bit over Christmas — although you might not know it from looking at this year's Toronto schedule...

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  Montreal's 7 Can't-Miss Concerts in December 2024 and January 2025

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024

  If there's one thing you can count on amidst the mayhem of holiday shopping, back-to-back celebrations and general end-of-the-year chaos...