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Much Ado About Music
At the tangled intersection of art and commerce, Godspeed You! Black Emperor crashes into the Polaris Music Prize
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Justin Bieber
Paul Kim In the five years since he exploded onto the music scene, Justin Bieber has been endlessly analyzed by media and industry types alike, and most of these efforts …
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The Safety Dance
Almost anything goes at Canada’s largest electronic music festival
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All Together Now!
Community choirs and the popularity of amateur culture
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The Banquet
Excerpted from The Deadly Snakes: Real Rock and Roll Tonight
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The Deadmau5 Trap
How the success of electronic dance music heralds its demise
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A Gallery of Love Songs, Illustrated
In the museums of the future, there had better be a place reserved for the mix tape
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An Exile on Main Street
K’naan’s World Cup anthem, “Wavin’ Flag,” made the Somali Canadian rapper a global star. Now, with a radio-friendly album, he is chasing mass-market (read: American) success
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The Woman in Fleece
Ann Southam, one of Canada’s most illustrious contemporary composers, lived her life as she wrote her music: with deceptive austerity
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Montreal Is Burning
Arcade Fire’s meteoric rise changed a city and redefined a subculture
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