FULL SCREEN: Run The Jewels hypnotize, Young Guv bums around Toronto
Full Screen collects all of the remarkable videos we've seen in the last 24 hours. Run The Jewels, "Lie, Cheat, Steal" Run The Jewels want to wake you up. Whether it’s their politically driven lyrics,...
View ArticleThis Week’s 5 Best Music Videos: Kanye West, Teenanger and more…
We had a lot of favourite videos this week, not least of which was Absolutely Free morphing into a Norman McLaren NFB short. But since we shot that and we're 100% impartial, we'll have to go with these...
View Article10 Best Music Videos of January 2015
From GTA hip hop to Aussie slack rock, the very best music videos from the very beginning of, what looks to be, a very promising year. Very. Majid Jordan, "Forever" A nimble dancer shimmies through...
View ArticleCMW 2015: The Festival Within The Festival
Canadian Music Week has had more than its fair share of issues. Whether it's been poor lineups that were slagged off or the ways in which the festival has been run (putting its name on shows that'd be...
View Article4 young Canadian bedroom producers you need to know
It’s point blank obvious that the internet has made a lot of the artists we're listening to now. Without it, the field wouldn't be open to many of Canada's most exciting bedroom producers. Artists can...
View ArticleEXPOSURES: The house parties, in-stores and arcade concerts of NXNE 2015
EXPOSURES captures the moods and experiences of fans and artists, both onstage and off. After last year's Exposures-defining NXNE photo essay by unsung Canadian music hero Colin Medley, we decided to...
View ArticleFULL SCREEN: Harrison and Clairmont The Second take the camera deep behind...
Full Screen is our rumination on the remarkable music videos of the day. Today, new clips from a bunch of great Canadian acts: Harrison and Clairmont The Second explore how dating and acting are really...
View ArticleFULL SCREEN: Mac DeMarco channels James Taylor’s unique brand of bittersweet...
Full Screen is our rumination on the remarkable music videos of the day. Today, Mac DeMarco goes full DeMarco, Clairmont The Second buses down Toronto's west end, and Rihanna gets the Harmony Korine...
View ArticleCMW 2016, ranked from best to worst
Lead image: Skepta. Photo by: Anders Marshall We'll be honest: CMW has always been the bridesmaid of Toronto's two rival club-hopping festivals, more of an industry conference with a music component...
View ArticleNOW HEAR THIS: Four Tet loses it on SoundCloud
Now Hear This is a daily dive into the standout songs of the day. Today, Four Tet calls out SoundCloud over a Tangents remix, Clairmont The Second makes a declaration, and Montreal's Karneef bares his...
View ArticleNoisemakers: Clairmont The Second performs “A Declaration” and “Coolest Loser”
Noisemakers captures performances by our favourite emerging artists, off-stage and up-close. It's undeniable that there's a spotlight on Toronto right now. But while international media has a hard...
View ArticleYou owe it to yourself to watch Clairmont The Second’s new “No Favors” video
You need to stop sleeping on Clairmont The Second. We have a producing, directing, soulful teenage Chance The Rapper-to-be right here in Toronto, and nowhere near enough people are on board yet....
View Article25 Best Canadian Songs of 2016
2016 was a terrible year for the world, but a great year for music. Though we didn't have the direct threat of Trump here in Canada, we did have a growing anger at systemic inequality, police violence,...
View ArticleOur 10 Best Canadian Music Videos of 2016
2016 has been a great year for Canadian music and in particular Canadian music videos. We saw everything from full-length animated films politically charged and thought-provoking visuals. We even saw a...
View ArticleWayHome 2017 Announces New Lineup Additions
WayHome Music & Arts Festival has announced new additions to its 2017 lineup. Among the new acts are Cage the Elephant, Porter Robinson, and Foster the People. They join an already impressive...
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