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Calpurnia's got an elephant — or, should I say, Wolf — in the room, and I'm not talking about their ages. Sure, they're teenagers, between 1...
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FeaturesDaniel Caesar on Leaving the Church, the Rise of Toronto and His Amazing 2017 Published Dec 07, 2017"You can't reminisce too much. Because you've got to keep pushing forward, you know?" Daniel Caesar is being modest. Looking back, the v...
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FeaturesBeck Goes Through the Pop Prism on New Album 'Colors' Published Sep 27, 2017Beck and Pharrell Williams had never worked together until, as Beck now recalls, "four or five years ago," around the same time that he'd be...
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FeaturesFeist Pleasure Principle Published May 24, 2017Look at what the light did now: The evening spring skies were a fiery yellow and orange on Bloor Street in Toronto. After a torrential downp...
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FeaturesMac DeMarco's Wild Ride Published Apr 28, 2017The music of Mac DeMarco is pretty well known in many parts of the world, but perhaps even bigger than that is the legend of Mac DeMarco. Th...
