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From coast to coast, these artists on the rise will take you on a road trip through the scenes, sights and sounds of Canada. Whether stylish...
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![8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear This July]()
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![Meet Backxwash, the Montreal Rapper Who Wants to Burn Down the Music Industry and Rebuild from the Ground Up]()
FeaturesMeet Backxwash, the Montreal Rapper Who Wants to Burn Down the Music Industry and Rebuild from the Ground Up Published Jul 06, 2020Backxwash is blazing her own path to the top of the music industry, and if you're not on board, you know where the door is. The Montreal-bas...
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!["The Best Way to Support Artists Is to Put Money Directly in Their Pockets": An Interview with Bandcamp]()
Features"The Best Way to Support Artists Is to Put Money Directly in Their Pockets": An Interview with Bandcamp Published Jul 02, 2020When COVID-19 first hit, few could have predicted the impact it would have on independent artists, so many of whom rely on touring as a prim...
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![Canadian Artists Weigh in on What Canada Means to Them]()
FeaturesCanadian Artists Weigh in on What Canada Means to Them Published Jul 01, 2020While colonial powers come under scrutiny amid global uprisings against systemic oppression, Canadians have been forced to reckon with our d...
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![Real-Life Rancher Corb Lund Reflects on the "Ridiculous" Country Craze]()
FeaturesReal-Life Rancher Corb Lund Reflects on the "Ridiculous" Country Craze Published Jun 25, 2020He comes from a long line of cattle wranglers, rodeo riders, outlaws and bootleggers. So what's a born and bred high plains drifter like Cor...
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![9 Concert Films That Will Tide You Over Until the Real Thing Comes Back]()
News9 Concert Films That Will Tide You Over Until the Real Thing Comes Back Published Jun 25, 2020By now, we're so deep into our socially isolated lives due to COVID-19 that we're starting to forget what going to concerts feel like. And w...
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![Exclaim!'s 33 Best Albums of 2020 So Far]()
FeaturesExclaim!'s 33 Best Albums of 2020 So Far Published Jun 24, 2020We've all heard it a million times before: six months ago, at the start of the calendar year, who could have predicted what 2020 had in stor...
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![WHOOP-Szo's Andrew Lennox Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero]()
FeaturesWHOOP-Szo's Andrew Lennox Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero Published Jun 22, 2020In addition to playing guitar and synth in the fuzzy psych-rock outfit WHOOP-Szo, Andrew Lennox spends his days as a professional in the can...
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![Keep Creative with RIFF and Exclaim!'s Summer Stash]()
FeaturesKeep Creative with RIFF and Exclaim!'s Summer Stash Published Jun 22, 2020This summer's live music season is shaping up to be a quiet one, as concerts and arts events across Canada remain cancelled or postponed due...
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![Canadian Indie Venues Rally to Save Concert Industry: "Without Venues, the System Collapses"]()
FeaturesCanadian Indie Venues Rally to Save Concert Industry: "Without Venues, the System Collapses" Published Jun 16, 2020Back in April, reports began trickling out that the coronavirus pandemic might prevent concerts from returning in full force until 2021 — a...
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![Ex-Counterparts Member Jesse Doreen Launches Ambient Project Glass Mask, Discusses the Importance of His Indigenous Identity]()
FeaturesEx-Counterparts Member Jesse Doreen Launches Ambient Project Glass Mask, Discusses the Importance of His Indigenous Identity Published Jun 12, 2020Since leaving the Hamilton metalcore band Counterparts in 2016, Jesse Doreen has had a fruitful and unpredictable career. First came the dre...
