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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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Regal Steps
Inside the English country dance scene, where the most intimate contact occurs between the eyes
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Back to the Future
Junior Boys are reinventing synth-pop for the digital age
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The Man in the Plaid Tam
Nardwuar the Human Serviette could be the last great music journalist
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The Indie Rock Swindle
The Polaris Prize rewards Canada’s not-so-independent indie musicians
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