There’s a formula for power-pop success that simply isn’t used as often as it should be: Have a killer hook, simple and memorable, suitable for jamming and mixing things up,…
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Justin Vellucci
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As Saleeha, the Australian-born, Vancouver-based Max Buchanan makes meditative, slowly unfurling soundscapes that, surprisingly enough, do not echo or mime fellow Vancouver-based ambient artist Loscil. I say surprisingly because, as…
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Ann Logue
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July 1 is Canada Day. This year, our neighbors to the north are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the confederation of different British territories into one nation. Meanwhile, here in…
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Thierry Côté
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Back in 2009, when Maxwell’s critically acclaimed BLACKsummer’snight marked the singer’s return following an eight-year hiatus from the music industry and served notice that he remained a stunningly singular creative…
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Keith Creighton
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If the Lipstick Junkies new song, ‘Build Me a Box’, gets stuck in your head for days, don’t blame me. Blame Canada! Blame Canada! The Toronto trio’s new EP was…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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C’mon. You have to love a band who’s one letter away from being an Argent tribute. I kid. In reality, there’s no way We Are Ardent would ever be compared…
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Thierry Côté
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Flow 93.5 has long been Toronto’s pre-eminent R&B/hip-hop radio station, but in recent years it has begun to tweak its format to move away from contemporary/Top 40 hits in favour…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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In 2010, Canada’s hard-rocking duo the Unravelling released their debut album to critical acclaim; the press dubbed it an “industrial-infused metal masterpiece.” They showed true promise of channeling venerated bands…
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Rob Ross
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This is one of those happier incidents where a band breaks up and comes back stronger than before. The short story is Will Currie and The Country French called it…
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Thierry Côté
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Perhaps best known as percussionist for Polaris Music Prize winners Karkwa, QuÁ©bec’s Julien Sagot has been making a name for himself of late with his sophomore solo LP, the brazenly eclectic…
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Thierry Côté
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Nearly a decade removed from Ryan Adams’s most prolific year, when he released three full-lengths over seven months (while leaving countless other recordings in the vaults), it can often seem a…
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Brian Boone
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Insane Clown Posse’s Literary Classics Reconsidered As anybody down with the clowns knows, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are adherents to the controversial theory that William Shakespeare did not…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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On what is traditionally known as Tax Day here in the US (aka, the worst day of the year), in her home country of Canada, Dinah Thorpe declared it her…
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Thierry Côté
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Following the releases of new albums by David Bowie, My Bloody Valentine and Justin Timberlake, 2013 might go down as the year of the unexpected comeback (your move, Dr. Dre)….
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Chris Holmes
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Counting down the top eight Nickelodeon shows from the 1980s, the cable network’s first full decade of existence.
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Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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On the eighth day of Mellowmas, we got our first real six-string
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose welcomes Michael Sadler back to the band Saga.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose presents four examples of Japanese power pop, courtesy of super-blog Power Pop Overdose.
Jeff Giles
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Statistics chosen at random from the latest Harper’s Index, with corresponding mp3s. Rank of “disappointed” among terms used by Americans in an October survey to describe their feelings about the…
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