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Honey Jam founder Ebonnie Rowe started 2020 by crossing a big item off of her bucket list. "There was one big, spectacular thing I was able...
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![Honey Jam Celebrates 25 Years of Championing Canadian Female Artists]()
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![Inside Daniel Romano's Legendary 2020: How He Became Canada's Most Prolific Musical Genius]()
FeaturesInside Daniel Romano's Legendary 2020: How He Became Canada's Most Prolific Musical Genius Published Sep 24, 2020"I'm always making something," says Daniel Romano. "It's not necessarily music, but yes — I wake up every day and I work." This explains...
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![Fleet Foxes Explain the Terrifying Near-Death Experience That Ushered in Their Joyful New Chapter]()
FeaturesFleet Foxes Explain the Terrifying Near-Death Experience That Ushered in Their Joyful New Chapter Published Sep 22, 2020Shore is a Fleet Foxes album like no other — and not just because they have surprise-released it to coincide with the autumn equinox. Rather...
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![Sufjan Stevens Ascends from the Chaos of Modern America]()
FeaturesSufjan Stevens Ascends from the Chaos of Modern America Published Sep 17, 2020"I don't have a vision for a live show for this record at all," Sufjan Stevens tells Exclaim! about his plans — or lack thereof — surroundin...
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![Kops Records Explains the Importance of Keeping Sales Local]()
FeaturesKops Records Explains the Importance of Keeping Sales Local Published Sep 03, 2020Throughout the pandemic, record stores across Canada have understandably turned to the internet to keep business flowing, transforming their...
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![GarfieldEATS Founder Nathen Mazri Says His New Web Series Is Inspired by Quibi]()
FeaturesGarfieldEATS Founder Nathen Mazri Says His New Web Series Is Inspired by Quibi Published Sep 02, 2020Like or not, there's no denying that the surreal fast casual pizza spot GarfieldEATS has made Canada's food scene significantly more interes...
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![Hannah Georgas on Fulfilling Her Dream of Working with the National, Ditching Toronto and Her Tanning Bed Regrets The Exclaim! Questionnaire]()
FeaturesHannah Georgas on Fulfilling Her Dream of Working with the National, Ditching Toronto and Her Tanning Bed Regrets The Exclaim! Questionnaire Published Sep 01, 2020Way back in 2008, Hannah Georgas's debut EP featured a song called "The National," an aching ballad about running into an ex at a concert of...
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![You Say Party Reflect on 'XXXX' a Decade Later: 'It Was the Peak, but We Didn't Realize It']()
FeaturesYou Say Party Reflect on 'XXXX' a Decade Later: "It Was the Peak, but We Didn't Realize It" Published Aug 26, 2020When You Say Party! We Say Die! released their third album, XXXX, in 2009, it felt like they had just opened a new chapter in their career....
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![Nap Eyes' Seamus Dalton Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero]()
FeaturesNap Eyes' Seamus Dalton Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero Published Aug 21, 2020Halifax's Nap Eyes make exceptionally witty, good-natured, chilled out jangle-rock — as heard on this year's wonderfully nerdy album Snaps...
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![dvsn Reflect on Five Sold-Out Drive-In Concerts]()
Featuresdvsn Reflect on Five Sold-Out Drive-In Concerts Published Aug 15, 2020While restrictions on large gatherings remain in place and music venues remain closed, society's longing for live tunes and a deeply ingrain...
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![Kathleen Edwards on the Depression That Stopped Her Career — and the New Perspective That Brought Her Back]()
FeaturesKathleen Edwards on the Depression That Stopped Her Career — and the New Perspective That Brought Her Back Published Aug 11, 2020Kathleen Edwards felt like she was on a hamster wheel. After more than a decade of grinding, she had achieved commercial and creative succes...
