By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When the Northern Pikes got their start in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984, the city wasn’t exactly the hotbed of Canadian musical culture. For a group of hungry, young musicians
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) It’s amazing how many classic pop songs started out as B-sides but ended up becoming mega hits when somebody decided to turn over the record. When Canadian-born Mars Bonfire
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) As far as iconic Canadian pop songs go, “Sweet City Woman” from The Stampeders is a bonafide classic. Released in 1971, the song put the Calgary group on the
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) David Clayton-Thomas got his start much like many of the other great Canadian songwriters of the 1960s–– as an underage musician playing Toronto’s Yonge Street strip. He honed his
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) In Toronto during the early 1980s, Rough Trade was already a local cult legend. With fiercely audacious Carole Pope at its helm, the group’s racy live show, which combined
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When Anne Murray released, “You Needed Me” in 1978, she hadn’t had a hit single in four years. As an artist, momentum is everything, and that kind of radio
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When Anne Murray released, “You Needed Me” in 1978, she hadn’t had a hit single in four years. As an artist, momentum is everything, and that kind of radio
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) Artist: GREY // WATER Song: “Jimmy” Album/EP: Single From Hamilton indie pop outfit GREY // WATER, “Jimmy” is a sort of blissful summertime jam that is caught somewhere between
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) I remember getting off the bus a few blocks up from the Qalandia refugee camp, which is located in the West Bank and was established to house Palestinians who
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) Artist: Lost Cousins Song: “Quarters” Album/EP: Single From Toronto indie-pop outfit Lost Cousins, “Quarters,” shimmers against a backdrop of loosely psychedelic guitars and dreamy vocal harmonies. Listen/Watch: HERE!
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By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) Artist: Amanda Delara Song: “New Generation” Album/EP: Single From Norwegian/Iranian artist, Amanda Delara, “New Generation” is destined to be an anthem. For fans of: M.I.A / Nelly Furtado Listen/Watch:
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