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Also up north this week: Montreal's LASSO country festival sees rapid growth and Drizzy celebrates the opening of Ottowa's newest music hub.
Canada has given bass music some pretty decent cuts of the years. Some of it obvious, some of it is hiding in plain sight, and some of it no doubt deserves a bit more attention. To...
Also up north this week: A recap of this year's OVO Golf Classic and a high-profile departure from Departure.
From Hip-Hop to Folk, Punk to Psychedelia—Ottawa Bluesfest Had It All Across two weekends and four stages at LeBreton Flats, Bluesfest stitched together everything from Swedish psy...
Metric, Broken Social Scene & StarsAugust 7, 2026RBC Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON Toronto’s iconic indie-rock genealogy came full circle at the RBC Amphitheatre on August 7, 2026....
We Are Busy Bodies is turning a record collection into a literal map of the country. The label has unveiled its Map of Canada Series, a 13-part EP project two years in the making,...
Also up north this week: Music streaming growth slows in Quebec.
Are you enshrouded by trees and/or fields? Is making music in a remote landscape making you feel like your artistic expression is a mere
Toronto record label We Are Busy Bodies are releasing a box set of singles featuring an artist from each Canadian province and territory
It’s the dog days of summer with little in the way of major new releases. That’s why Luminate is reporting a few negative numbers this week. Streaming numbers:
Also this week: SOCAN acquires the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA).
Starting with a midtempo soul groove that can only bring a smile to the face, Toronto roots-rock seven-piece Bywater Call cover a lot of ground. The post BYWATER CALL: eclectic ro...
Huntsville, Ontario doesn't announce itself as a launchpad for anything resembling a stadium chorus. Cottage country breeds fiddle tunes and campfire harmonies, not synthesizers th...
Otoboke Beaver & Passenger PrincessJuly 21 2026The Bronson Centre, Ottawa , ON Some shows feel loud. Others feel chaotic. Otoboke Beaver’s sold-out stop at Ottawa’s Bronson Cen...
Led by acts like Muse, Gwen Stefani, Jelly Roll, Cypress Hill, Kesha, Limp Bizkit, The Lumineers, and many, many more, the festival was a week-and-a-half-long, cross-genre jubilee....
Samsung Canada has narrowed more than 2,000 submissions down to 20 artists in the latest stage of Samsung True North Tunes, its national music discovery program built to give emerg...
Canadian Rock Royalty Unite: Alexisonfire & Billy Talent Celebrate 20 Years of Iconic Albums in Montreal On July 17, the Bell Centre in Montreal became the epicentre of Canadia...
Beat are widening the King Crimson timeline for their next tour. Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin will welcome Terry Bozzio behind the drum kit for a 40-date fall run featuri...
For my money, there's no better summertime Toronto concert venue than the Amp by Ontario Place. Or as Neil Young calls it, the Freshwater Stage. And when I buy a ticket to see a sh...
These are all the relevant Canadian weekly sales and streaming numbers courtesy of Luminate. Streaming numbers:
[Virginia Meeks got the assignment. – AC] Air quality warnings may have lingered over Prince Edward County, but they weren’t enough to keep fans away from Base31’s Drill Hall on Th...
Last week was brutal for sales, if we’re honest. Have things bounced back? Let’s get the stats from Luminate. Streaming numbers:
Sorry this is a day late, but I was flying back from Asia on a 23 hour flight. Here’s what we learned about Canadian CD and vinyl sales this week from Luminate. SPOILER:
I am back from my trip to Ottawa and Montreal (shout out to Aux 33, Beatnik Records, and Monster Records for the great vinyl finds) and read to dig into the old mailbag
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