NXNE to host a panel discussion about misogyny in music
We've been following the NXNE/Action Bronson saga pretty closely, from the groundswell of public support for the petition to move the rapper's public Yonge-Dundas Square performance to his set's...
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How many petitions will it take to fix NXNE?
Full disclosure: in 2015, NXNE paid me $100 for a DJ set where I played over 50% of Taylor Swift's 1989 album consecutively. What follows is my personal examination of NXNE. It's been two years in a...
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PERSONAL VIEWS: A guide to who’s making noise in London, Ontario
Personal Views is a ground-level guide to music scenes from around Canada by those who make them move. This week, looking through London's noisy-but-eclectic music community. Like many cities in...
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CBC really wants to make ‘The 6ix’ happen (for the CBC)
UPDATE: The winner has been chosen, Britney Davis's "From the 6ix" and, well, everything in this article still applies. There's even a cameo from Norm Kelly. Oof. Have you seen it?...
View ArticleHip-Hop Evolution tells the origin story of hip-hop from the inside out
Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary film festival. This week, we're zooming in on the festival's music-related films. Hip-hop has come a long way from its humble beginnings in The Bronx....
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NOW HEAR THIS: Shad morphs into soft rock superstar Your Boy Tony Braxton
Now Hear This is a daily dive into the standout songs of the day. Today, Shad reinvents himself as a late '80s lite pop star, Parquet Courts and Bun B earn their rap-rock badge, and Bruce Peninsula...
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We ranked everything we saw at WayHome 2016
All photos by: Chris Hampton Southern Ontario didn’t know it wanted a camping megafest until WayHome cropped up last year. But, boy, it fell in love quickly. With an estimated 40,000 people in...
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LINER NOTES: Shad wants to be a better man, so he became Your Boy Tony Braxton
Liner Notes is a close up look at a great new album you may have missed. This time, Shad discusses the debut of his soft rock alter ego, Your Boy Tony Braxton. Imagine a young guy named Tony Braxton....
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How artists like Kaytranada evoke old-school values to push forward
Kaytranada at Echo Beach. All photos by Tse Daniel Last week, in his review of Manifesto's Summit, Chart Attack writer Michael Rancic remarked on how well the Toronto festival and arts & culture...
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FULL SCREEN: Andy Shauf’s “Quite Like You” is an achingly human unrequited...
Full Screen is our rumination on the remarkable music videos of the day. Today, Andy Shauf enters the Chad VanGaalenverse, Blink-182 gender-flips something from your childhood, and Your Boy Tony...
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