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A photo illustration of Steven Heighton in front of a purple and green background
Arts & Culture

Poet Steven Heighton on Writing, Making Music, and Literally Losing His Voice

January 21, 2022January 22, 2022 - by Rob Taylor

The author of nineteen books explains why success won’t make you happy

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The singer Grimes, wearing a red velvet dress and with her hair in puffy orange-and-black pigtails, sits on a concrete throne and stares at the screen.
Arts & Culture / Music

The Terrifying, Techno-Dystopian Visions of Grimes’s New Album

February 27, 2020March 3, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

The singer’s new album explores a dark truth: the most dangerous social forces are also the ones that fascinate us

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First Person

Travel Notes from the New Constellations Tour

December 20, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

What I learned from playing alongside Lido Pimienta, Elisapie Isaac, July Talk, and others

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Arts & Culture

Gord Downie’s Final Act

October 18, 2017February 3, 2021 - by Ryan McNutt

The Tragically Hip frontman spent his final days challenging and confronting what it means to be Canadian

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Photo by Sylwia Sarama
Music

How Sum 41 Became the New Classic Rock

October 7, 2016December 7, 2020 - by Ryan McNutt

At a time when guitar is harder and harder to find on the music charts, pop punk is unexpectedly having a moment

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Music

We Deserve Polaris

September 19, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Liisa Ladouceur

Why the industry’s coolest music prize is earnestly—and sometimes painfully—Canadian

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Photography

The Great Canadian Hip Trip

August 25, 2016December 3, 2021 - by Paul Colangelo

5,000 kilometres, fifty hours driving, 250 Polaroids—exploring the country through Tragically Hip lyrics

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Photo by Aven Hoffarth
Music

Can We Replace the Hip?

June 17, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

There might never be another band that speaks on behalf of Canada. That’s not a bad thing

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Nickelback tour bus pelted with eggs and spraypainted
April 2015 / Music

Too Bad

March 25, 2015April 10, 2020 - by John Semley

Why we hate Nickelback—and why that’s okay

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