Ear Candy: How Hearing Protection Became Cool
Club goers, screaming Swifties, and city dwellers are all embracing a life with less noise
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2024: The Year in Arts & Culture
Thoughtful essays and fascinating deep dives into everything from art forgeries to Joni Mitchell’s best work
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Yes, Listening to Music Is Therapy
Music reduces pain, increases resilience, and reconnects Alzheimer’s patients with their memories. It’s time for science to take it seriously
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How an International Student Became a Truck Driver and Rising Pop Star
Harkirat Sangha has joined the growing ranks of Punjabi artists singing about the Canadian dream
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Leonard Cohen: Hippie Troubadour and Forgotten Reactionary
As the legend of the singer–poet–sex symbol grows, fans rarely acknowledge his conservative streak
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Could a Paywall Have Saved Pitchfork?
The influential music publication is being folded into GQ, but only because Condé Nast fumbled a good thing
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Joni Mitchell’s Best Album Is Turning Fifty. It’s Not Blue
For Court and Spark, Joni the lonely, Joni the soloist, did something nobody expected her to do. She hired a band
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20 Years of The Walrus: Profiles
Insights into leaders, celebrities, athletes, and other prominent Canadians
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My Guilty Pleasure: I Own about 1,100 Records and Still Want More
I would dig into the clearance section at the back of every store until my hands hurt from the rough plastic of the packaging
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Why Sunrise Records Is Still Spinning
It survived Napster, iTunes, and streaming. Now the chain is expanding its horizons overseas
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