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The Criterion Mobile Closet Is Coming to TIFF Film buffs live for the Criterion Closet, a vast movie collection owned by the Criterion Collection in the distribution company's Manhattan

The Criterion Mobile Closet Is Coming to TIFF

JoJo Siwa's "Raspy" Might as Well Be an Anti-Smoking Ad Today is a huge day for the Exclaim! Haterade column, as we have crowned a new most featured artist. Move aside, Meghan Trainor — JoJo Siwa

JoJo Siwa's "Raspy" Might as Well Be an Anti-Smoking Ad

Lucy Dacus Releases Dual Singles "Bus Back to Richmond" / "More Than Friends" Singer-songwriter and recently ordained gay marriage wizard Lucy Dacus has released the dual singles "Bus Back to Richmond" and "More Than

Lucy Dacus Releases Dual Singles "Bus Back to Richmond" / "More Than Friends"

London's Aeolian Musical Arts Festival Gets Laila Biali, Sammy Jackson, Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats for 2025 Edition London, Ontario's Aeolian Jazz & Musical Arts Festival is returning to the Aeolian Hall for another year of programming, and festival

London's Aeolian Musical Arts Festival Gets Laila Biali, Sammy Jackson, Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats for 2025 Edition

Oshawa's Mary & Adelaide Share Single "Hoodie Zipper" Oshawa emo rockers Mary & Adelaide have shared their first new song in two years. "Hoodie Zipper" is available to stream now following

Oshawa's Mary & Adelaide Share Single "Hoodie Zipper"

Avenoir Announces Debut Album 'Mirage' Rising Edmonton R&B star Avenoir has officially announced his debut album, previewed today by new single "Alone." 'Mirage' is due September

Avenoir Announces Debut Album 'Mirage'

Dijon Seems to Be Releasing a New Album Next Week After recently contributing to most of the best songs on Justin Bieber's surprise album 'SWAG,' Dijon seems to have announced a new album of

Dijon Seems to Be Releasing a New Album Next Week

Choir! Choir! Choir! Announce "Un-Silent Night" Holiday Sing-Along at Toronto's Massey Hall It may be the first week of August, but Choir! Choir! Choir! already seem to be defrosting their holiday cheer. The local musical choir led

Choir! Choir! Choir! Announce "Un-Silent Night" Holiday Sing-Along at Toronto's Massey Hall

Kardinal Offishall Joins Toronto's Sankofa Day Celebration Are you feeling dangerous? It's now been announced that the legendary Kardinal Offishall will be joining in on Toronto's Sankofa Day

Kardinal Offishall Joins Toronto's Sankofa Day Celebration

Kardinal Offishall Joins Toronto's Sankofa Day Celebrations Are you feeling dangerous? It's now been announced that the legendary Kardinal Offishall will be joining in on Toronto's Sankofa Day

Kardinal Offishall Joins Toronto's Sankofa Day Celebrations

Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Avenoir, Mariel Buckley, Rochelle Jordan, Heartrunner Back in my day, the word "discourse" used to have meaning. Now, discourse means arguing about whether "Home" by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic

Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Avenoir, Mariel Buckley, Rochelle Jordan, Heartrunner

Cameron Whitcomb Announces Debut Record 'The Hard Way,' Shares "Fragile" Nanaimo, BC-hailing singer-songwriter Cameron Whitcomb has announced his debut record. 'The Hard Way' arrives September 26 via Atlantic

Cameron Whitcomb Announces Debut Record 'The Hard Way,' Shares "Fragile"

Cookstown's Gussapalooza Gets Bleeker, Kasador, Grant Boyer for 2025 Edition Cookstown, ON's Gussapalooza Music & Arts Festival is returning for another year of programming, and organizers have shared the lineup

Cookstown's Gussapalooza Gets Bleeker, Kasador, Grant Boyer for 2025 Edition

Here's How Dina's Tavern Will Be Different from the Silver Dollar Room As previously reported, the space located inside Toronto's former Silver Dollar Room location is, at long last, due to be reborn as a venue

Here's How Dina's Tavern Will Be Different from the Silver Dollar Room

Is McDonald's Canada Teasing a Shania Twain Collab? In a world of BTS meals and Travis Scott burgers, it seems only fitting that Canada's first lady of country music got her own version of a

Is McDonald's Canada Teasing a Shania Twain Collab?

'Shook' Tells a Different Sort of Scarborough Story Movies set in Scarborough tend to show the beauty of the area through its grit and the trauma that follows. While there's certainly a need

'Shook' Tells a Different Sort of Scarborough Story

Watch Nelly Furtado Bring the Beaches on Stage to Play "Maneater" Two Canadian girlypop purveyors joined forces onstage in Budapest last night, when Nelly Furtado brought out the Beaches to play "Maneater"

Watch Nelly Furtado Bring the Beaches on Stage to Play "Maneater"

MUTEK Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Get to Montreal for This Year's Festival MUTEK's 26th edition is just around the corner now, running from August 19 to 24. While the annual event makes use of some of Montreal's

MUTEK Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Get to Montreal for This Year's Festival

Stomp! Clap! Hey! Your Way into These Memes and Shitposts: August 8, 2025 The internet discourse was extra goofy this week, with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' "Home" earning near-unanimous votes as the w

Stomp! Clap! Hey! Your Way into These Memes and Shitposts: August 8, 2025

Ada Lea Romanticizes the Process on 'when i paint my masterpiece' "That's my fucking song," a beloved former colleague said to me emphatically after I told him that I'd also fallen in love with the Ada Lea

Ada Lea Romanticizes the Process on 'when i paint my masterpiece'

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Frontman Explains Why "Home" Isn't the Worst Song Ever If you are blissfully not extremely online, you may have missed this week's quote-unquote discourse about the worst song ever — and if it is

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Frontman Explains Why "Home" Isn't the Worst Song Ever

New Album Releases: August 8, 2025 So many album releases, so little time. It goes without saying that there is an absolute wealth of new music being released on a weekly

New Album Releases: August 8, 2025

This Week's Newly Announced Tours, Including Doechii, the Guess Who and Freddie Gibbs: August 8, 2025 The first week of August has been pretty Ontario-centric when it comes to newly announced Canadian tours, which include Doechii's (pictured

This Week's Newly Announced Tours, Including Doechii, the Guess Who and Freddie Gibbs: August 8, 2025

'Freakier Friday' Is a Freaking Nostalgic Joyride In a rare and wonderful feat as far as sequels go, 'Freakier Friday' not only stands shoulder-to-shoulder with 'Freaky Friday'

'Freakier Friday' Is a Freaking Nostalgic Joyride

mgk Performs Surprise Show at Toronto's Horsehoe Tavern In anticipation of his forthcoming record 'lost americana' (which may or may not have received a co-sign from alleged superfan Bob Dylan)

mgk Performs Surprise Show at Toronto's Horsehoe Tavern

Busta Rhymes Denies Assault Allegations After Being Sued by Former Assistant Busta Rhymes has been arrested and charged with assault in the third degree. According to reports, the rapper born Trevor George hit his

Busta Rhymes Denies Assault Allegations After Being Sued by Former Assistant

Modern Nature Expand North American Tour Ahead of the release of their new album 'The Heat Warps' (out August 29 via Bella Union), Modern Nature — the chamber-improv ensemble helmed

Modern Nature Expand North American Tour

Mariah Carey Won't Go to Space, Prefers to Remain Underneath the Stars Among Mariah Carey's vast catalogue, one song remains her personal favourite: 1995's "Underneath the Stars." Evidently, it's still where she

Mariah Carey Won't Go to Space, Prefers to Remain Underneath the Stars

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings to Now Reunite as the Guess Who for First Performance in Canada After 23 Years Following a lengthy legal saga involving them suing former bandmates Jim Kale and Garry Peterson over an alleged cover band scheme finally

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings to Now Reunite as the Guess Who for First Performance in Canada After 23 Years

Topshelf Records Launches Aid Initiative for Gaza Portland, OR-based independent label Topshelf Records (home of Ratboys, Peal Dream Magazine, Thanya Iyer and more) has launched the Sameer

Topshelf Records Launches Aid Initiative for Gaza