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Why the DJ Khaled situation is only the beginning of new chart manipulation tactics

It seems that the bulk of his rage is directed at Billboard’s failure to clarify the rules surrounding bundling.

The Summer Issue: A smorgasbord of festivals ensure that this summer is no bummer

Everything is better when it's hot out.

The Vicious Cycles MC gets revved up

The band's new album, Motorcycho, has more nuns than you would expect.

Shari Ulrich finds acceptance and self-forgiveness with Back to Shore

“I do find that this is my favourite time of life,” says the Bowen Island–based songwriter.

Mini Mansions is much more than a side project

Entirely by design, its new disc, Guy Walks Into a Bar…, sounds more ramped-up than the band’s previous two full-lengths, Mini Mansions (2010) and The Great Pretender (2015).

Judas Priest's Rob Halford sends a beautiful message there's nothing a concert cretin needs more than a good swift kick

Sometimes extreme measures are not only required, but totally justified.

Jakob Dylan covers the Byrds in candid Echo in the Canyon

The stars of Laurel Canyon open up in Andrew Slater's doc.

Graftician has little time for hearts and flowers on new Mandarins album

The Prairie-raised, Vancouver-based Roxanne Nesbitt has created a moody but beautiful collage of ambient beats, breathy vocals, and words that dwell on that eternal pop topic, love.

Amanda Palmer gets personal and political on There Will Be No Intermission

If you've got a valuable public platform you are morally obligated to use it.

Atlanta original Mattiel bridges the past and the future with her stellar Satis Factory

Standing out sometimes takes a little extra work.

Flipper: 40 years of chaos, part two

Our Stephen DePace interview continues.

All You Need to Know About Billie Eilish in Vancouver

Most teenagers have no idea what they want to do with their lives, but Billie Eilish is already doing it.

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