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Dear Patty, It's been years, I know. I'd kind of forgotten about you for a while there, which seems almost inconceivable to me now, ...

This song has been haunting me for days. Delicate and ephemeral, it moved in one night, and took up residence as a ghost in my head. Now sna...

Today is all about harmony. The two songs I'm about to play you are, on the face of it, very different. They have one important thing in...

I must confess that up until now the career of Lily Allen has barely caused a blip on my musical radar. I mean, I should preface that by say...

I fell madly in love with Anika Moa's latest album during the two weeks I spent back home recently. It's a gorgeous, summery treat: ...

Another day, another new year. Another one ? So fast? I swear, every year I sound more and more like my aged grandparents. (Before they shuf...

Montreal seems to have more than its fair share of angel-voiced men making dreamy, melodic indie pop ( Patrick Watson , Alexandre Desilets ,...

(Clockwise from top left:) Sebastien Grainger, Tegan and Sara, Starfucker, Vive La Fête When the whole world has turned into one giant, dir...

Photo by Jodi Corbett It's been snowing here for over 12 hours straight now. A trip from downtown to home, which ordinarily takes aroun...

I saw the new James Bond movie this weekend. And I can quite honestly say I don't remember a single thing about it. Oh -- other than the...