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  • Black Futures Month: Five Torontonians push for progressive change

    While surviving within economic structures rigidly defined by entrenched racial and neoliberal capitalism, it’s often difficult to speak of the word “investment” without signaling allusions...
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  • Q&A with Poo Bear, the songwriter behind hits by Justin Bieber, Usher and 112

    For over 20 years, songwriter Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd has been behind game-changing hits: 112’s Peaches & Cream, Usher’s Caught Up and Justin Bieber’s What Do...
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  • Kendrick Lamar spins a grand and complex narrative on DAMN.

    Throughout Kendrick Lamar’s fourth full-length, he can be heard lamenting that there is no one left to pray for him. But if he’s beyond redemption,...
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  • Omar diversifies his sound to sublime effect on Love In Beats

    Over eight albums, Omar has become an elder statesman of UK soul. Since his 1990 debut, There’s Nothing Like This, his music has paid homage...
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  • Little Simz’s Stillness In Wonderland puts a deft lyrical spin on a familiar story

    The extended video for Little Simz’s sophomore effort features the British rapper wandering through the levels of a gutted building its inhabitants obscured by moody...
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  • >>> D.R.A.M.’s debut album is playful and seriously good

    Virginia rapper/singer D.R.A.M.’s moniker is an acronym for Does. Real. Ass. Music. It’s a statement both dead serious in its confidence and playful in its...
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  • >>> Solange reclaims and celebrates Blackness on A Seat At The Table

    In an early track, Weary, on Solange’s third full-length, she sings, “I’m gonna look for my body / I’ll be back real soon.” Her search...
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  • Who knew that R&B trio KING are inspired by video game music?

    KING and NICK HAKIM at the Velvet Underground (508 Queen West), Thursday (October 13), doors 8 pm. $17. ticketweb.ca. KING’s musical influences aren’t exactly what you’d expect from a trio revered...
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  • BADBADNOTGOOD

    BadBadNotGood - IVArts & CraftsAn interesting early anecdote in BADBADNOTGOOD's career begins with the then trio's Humber College jazz instructors questioning the musical value of...
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  • BADBADNOTGOOD

    An interesting early anecdote in BADBADNOTGOOD's career begins with the then trio's Humber College jazz instructors questioning the musical value of their jazz cover of...
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  • >>> Little Scream

    Laurel Sprengelmeyer, aka Montreal's Little Scream, says her sophomore album was influenced by a visit to a friend's cult-like commune. Finding the experience both compelling...
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  • >>> Tanika Charles

    The breakup story at the heart of Tanika Charles's full-length debut sounds like a blues lyric lifted from the Delta. Living on an Alberta farm...
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  • YUKA

    Toronto soul outfit Yuka have been billed as Canada's answer to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. It's a hefty bill, but the seven-piece sufficiently deliver...
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  • Lights

    A Lights acoustic album has become somewhat of a tradition ever since Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Valerie Poxleitner released an unplugged companion, the nattily titled Acoustic, to...
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  • Lights

    Lights - Midnight MachinesUniversal CanadaA Lights acoustic album has become somewhat of a tradition ever since Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Valerie Poxleitner released an unplugged companion, the...
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