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Jean-Michel Blais deconstructs his Dans Ma Main album

“What we hear says more than what’s said”

In the Spotlight: FRIGS

Exploring tension, unifying disparate recordings

Grimskunk: Healthy, Necessary Rage

Band launches ninth album, just shy of 30th anniversary

Lydia Képinski deciphers Premier Juin

She sings about love and death with stunning poetry

Simon Kingsbury: In Simon’s Head

Artist faces his demons on Plaza

Suuns: The Mixtape Spirit

With Felt album, Montréal quartet takes a new turn

Nate Husser: No Detours

From Posterz to Charlotte Cardin, Montréal rapper charts hi...

Keith Kouna: Uncompromising

Corrosive Bonsoir Shérif returns to his punk roots

WD-40: Surviving The Deluge

Heartbreak at the heart of the cult band’s reunion

Sound Advice: Maylee Todd’s Indie Musician Toolkit

A dozen ways to help you move forward

Nicole Lizée: Woman Machine

Jan V. Matejcek Award winner fascinated by obsolete technolo...

The Weather Station writes, records her “most ballsy” album

Tamara Lindeman gets more assertive, earning rave reviews

Hugo Mudie Settles the Score

“I will no longer try to justify the style I choose”

Multi-talented “fetish rapper” breaks through to fashion mainstream

In the Spotlight: Tommy Genesis

Lights writes a concept album – and a comic book

Hardworking singer-songwriter challenges, surprises herself

Julie Aubé & Laura Sauvage: New Horizons

These Hay Babies had to fly solo to release their creative o...

Émile Bilodeau’s controlled skid

His school of music? Touring, the road and the stage

In the Spotlight: The Courtneys

In search of the perfect song

Das Mörtal: To Berlin… and back

Cristobal Cortes deploys synthwave grooves in increasingly u...

Allie X has earned more than 12 million streams on Spotify alone

But she’s still confused about exactly who she is

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