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  'The Boys' Are "Fucking Bringing It" and Embracing Discomfort in Season 4

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2024

  'The Boys' has long occupied a space that no other show could fill: a weird, unpredictable story about superheroes who aren't necessarily...

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  Ontario Author Hannah Mary McKinnon on How the Beaches Inspired Rock Band Whodunnit 'Only One Survives'

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2024

  The Beaches are everywhere these days — winning at the JUNOS, playing festivals across the country, and on the cover of Exclaim!'s Summer...

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  Alexandra Stréliski Is the Underdog of 2024's Festival Headliners: "A Sea of Men and Just Me Playing the Piano"

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2024

  With its grand halls and elite academies, classical music is often thought of as the music of the establishment. But to hear Alexandra...

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  A.C. Newman's 'The Slow Wonder' Turns 20: The Understated Masterpiece of the Canadian Indie Boom

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2024

  In the aughts, the Canadian indie world abounded with maximalist collectives: Broken Social Scene in Toronto, Arcade Fire in Montreal...

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  Adil and Bilall Bring Their Own Flavour to 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die': "We Love to Balance Between Hollywood and Independent Movies"

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2024

  The last four years have been a crash course in navigating the film industry for Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the Belgian filmmaking duo...

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  It's the Summer of the Beaches: "We Have Been in Training for This"

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2024

  "I just started seeing someone new, and when his mom first met me, she was like, 'Don't write a song about my son!'" Jordan Miller winces...

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  Last Gang's Chris Taylor Reflects on Surviving "Napster Winter" as the Label Celebrates 20 Years

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2024

  In 2003, people weren't optimistic about the future of the music industry. Napster had introduced file-sharing to the masses, and even afte...

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  Arooj Aftab: "It's Always Been Really Natural to Just Go Against the Grain and Not Give a Fuck"

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2024

  Pakistani-American musician Arooj Aftab mirrors my soul when she tells me, with a laugh, that her favourite track off her fifth studio...