Travel Features How a Vancouverite learned to love Toronto Here are the top-10 things that won me over, any one of which warrants a trip.
Music Features Pain proves inspirational for a dumped Buck 65 The anguish of a man whose woman has walked out on him rarely gets a hearing in hip-hop culture.
Music Features Smart alecky Chromeo remains effortlessly hip It’s not often that a band delivers both style and substance, and then keeps killing it over the long haul while making that tricky transition from underground acclaim to...
Book Reviews Daniel J. Levitin reveals the science behind information overload in The Organized Mind If you’ve ever wondered why your to-do list fills you with dread or why texting a friend feels like such an effort, this is the book for you.
Music Features Brother Ali continues to grow When you’re a white, albino, politically radical rapper, the conversation tends to be dominated by these facts.
Book Features Societal pressures lean in on career women Fifty years on from Betty Friedan’s landmark book The Feminine Mystique, why are so few women in positions of power?
Music Features GRiZ aims to set music free for his generation If you’ve ever wondered what the music industry will look like when the millennials take over, look no further than GRiZ.
Music Features Shad gives a voice to his hip-hop generation Every once in a while an artist comes along who articulates the experience of a generation. Right now, in Canada, that artist is Shad.
Music Features Ko credits Toronto with shaping his urban folk Ko is a seriously talented recovering drug addict who came up in the wildly eclectic Hogtown hip-hop scene.
Book Reviews Book review: How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley Sloane Crosley’s voice has morphed into something new. Still very funny—but poignantly funny, darkly funny, heartbreakingly funny.
