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Your weekly dose of indie pop and rock is in, and it’s a satisfying melange of new and classic tracks, with a healthy helping of Canadian artists. We start things off with a set dedicated to a long-time fan, hearing from a couple of Vancouver electronic artists (Teen Daze & Little Chords) that she’s in […]
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This final episode of 2011 reviews our favourites (such as The Pack AD, Smith Westerns, and Beirut) , and consensus picks (such as M83, Bon Iver, and PJ Harvey) from the popular and no-so-popular presses. Having to settle on 24 albums (plus two from 2010) in the independent/alternative oeuvre was far more difficult than it sounds. […]
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This week we take a quick look at some of our favourite songs of the year (and next, in Kathleen Edwards‘ case). Given our tastes, the list is 3/4 Canadiana: people who hail from nearby locales who we’d like to have beers with, and who happen to be musical geniuses. We heard a lot from […]
No one right now, but we’ll know in just a few hours! That’s right: the seemingly interminable wait between the announcement of the Polaris Music Prize shortlist and the gala is all but over. Tonight’s festivities will be webcast live thanks to Much Music, starting at 8pm. Though Megan and I don’t have a great […]
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End of summer keeps on rolling, and we visit some musical laboratories in Canada and abroad, and umm, probably across time. New is at least catchy, and a neat-o Diamond Rings remix of a track in time for Supercrawl (be there!). We’d play it next week, but we’re off for McMaster Welcome Week festivities. Then quick […]
