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![How FET.NAT's Olivier Fairfield Is Coping with Isolation: Learning Trumpet, Film Soundtracks and Listening to Vangelis]()
FeaturesHow FET.NAT's Olivier Fairfield Is Coping with Isolation: Learning Trumpet, Film Soundtracks and Listening to Vangelis Published Mar 28, 2020Olivier Fairfield has been holding it down for years as the drummer for acts like Timber Timbre, Andy Shauf and Last Ex, but his most notabl...
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![How Snotty Nose Rez Kids Are Coping with Isolation: Avoiding the News, Making Beats and a New Concept Album]()
FeaturesHow Snotty Nose Rez Kids Are Coping with Isolation: Avoiding the News, Making Beats and a New Concept Album Published Mar 28, 2020Rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids have been quickly on the rise in the last couple of years, earning accolades with their explosive live shows an...
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![We've Edited a Bunch of Classic Canadian Album Covers for the Era of Socially Distancing]()
FeaturesWe've Edited a Bunch of Classic Canadian Album Covers for the Era of Socially Distancing Published Mar 27, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has continued to change life as we know it, meaning the vast majority have been cooped up inside our homes as we pr...
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![Canadians Who Score: Artists Who Successfully Made the Leap to Composing for Movies]()
FeaturesCanadians Who Score: Artists Who Successfully Made the Leap to Composing for Movies Published Mar 27, 2020Alexander Sowinsky and Leland Whitty of BADBADNOTGOOD recently shared their bleak, beautiful music for Disappearance at Clifton Hill, puttin...
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![How Dan Mangan Is Coping with Isolation: New Songs, 'Better Caul Saul' and the "Mental Fetal Position"]()
FeaturesHow Dan Mangan Is Coping with Isolation: New Songs, 'Better Caul Saul' and the "Mental Fetal Position" Published Mar 26, 2020When coronavirus cancellations began in earnest, songwriter Dan Mangan was one of the very first to take his live show online and do a free...
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![Nap Eyes Prove That Nerds Aren't So Bad After All]()
FeaturesNap Eyes Prove That Nerds Aren't So Bad After All Published Mar 26, 2020Nerds have gotten a bad rap in the past few years. While the term may conjure an extremely online message board troll, it can also describe...
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![Are Kruelty the Hardest Band on the Planet, or Hilarious Sweethearts Pretending to Be Scary?]()
FeaturesAre Kruelty the Hardest Band on the Planet, or Hilarious Sweethearts Pretending to Be Scary? Published Mar 25, 2020Heavy music is inherently scary, especially to those who first encounter the genre. Then, occasionally, a band like Kruelty come along; craf...
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![Waxahatchee Got Sober and Made the Best Album of Her Career]()
FeaturesWaxahatchee Got Sober and Made the Best Album of Her Career Published Mar 25, 2020Katie Crutchfield channelled her angst into poetic lo-fi garage rock as Waxahatchee for four albums, gaining a loyal following and a reputat...
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![Black Metal Embraces Its Folk Legacy with Myrkur, Ihsahn and Behemoth's Nergal]()
FeaturesBlack Metal Embraces Its Folk Legacy with Myrkur, Ihsahn and Behemoth's Nergal Published Mar 24, 2020Black metal was built from the ashes of folklore and ancient traditions, upon a reverence of nature and days past. That's why folk has such...
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![Ease Your Anxiety with These Cute Photos of Canadian Musicians and Their Pets]()
FeaturesEase Your Anxiety with These Cute Photos of Canadian Musicians and Their Pets Published Mar 24, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has had devastating effects on the music industry, but there is one group benefitting from all the tour cancellatio...
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![Gordon Lightfoot on Meeting Miles, Canadian Canoe Trips and That One Time with Ozzy The Exclaim! Questionnaire]()
FeaturesGordon Lightfoot on Meeting Miles, Canadian Canoe Trips and That One Time with Ozzy The Exclaim! Questionnaire Published Mar 23, 2020Few Canadian musicians — or musicians, period — are as revered as Gordon Lightfoot. Across a career that's entering its seventh decade, Ligh...
