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Rock ’n’ roll grew out of rebellion—nonconformity. But society has become more permissive and accepting, and there are fewer and fewer ways to not fit in. Gender is one of the last frontiers. Here are three artists who are blurring the lines of gender and bucking the conventional norms of masculinity, femininity and sexuality. It […]

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Courtney Barnett has a busy day ahead of her. A few hours from now, the Australian singer-songwriter will be boarding a plane to Perth, where she’ll be performing with her partner, Jen Cloher, later in the evening. Before that, though, she’s going to vote in a local byelection to determine the member of parliament for […]

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In seventh grade, I wanted to be Baby Spice. So, despite having wavy brown hair and not being allowed to wear real makeup, I pulled my hair into pigtails, swiped on clear lipgloss and told myself that by doing these things, I looked just like Emma Bunton. Of course, we didn’t look alike, sound alike […]

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I co-front a Toronto band called July Talk, but as a child, I was cripplingly shy and so good at not taking up space that my father once lost me as I slept curled up in a ball underneath a blanket. I was mistaken for a pillow. I didn’t have the capacity to talk to […]

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In the crowded landscape of lovestruck crooners and broken-hearted balladeers, the best love songs are born out of a songwriter’s willingness to tap into their vulnerability—their soul, for lack of a better word. Songwriters have the ability to capture a visceral emotion and a moment in time. We rely on them to explain the feelings […]

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Beauty has long played an important role in the music industry. Think about the beauty looks of icons like Madonna, David Bowie, TLC, Courtney Love, among countless others. Their signature hair and makeup looks were synonymous with their musical personas. In fact, when you just read their names, you almost certainly pictured Madonna in one […]

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The gold standard of celebrity profiles is “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” by Gay Talese, published in Esquire back in April 1966, when Sinatra was arguably the most powerful celebrity in America. Unlike other celebrities at the time, he didn’t need the publicity; he didn’t need to be in a magazine. Sinatra created and sold […]

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Interesting fact: It turns out that, much like siblings who aren’t also band members, Tegan and Sara do spend time apart. Since we didn’t want Tegan to feel left out after our interview with sister and bandmate Sara Quin (and in honour of the Con X tour kicking off), we sent her some follow-up questions, which […]

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When a band seems to embody the zeitgeist perfectly, it’s impossible to parse where culture’s influence on the band ends and where its influence on culture begins; it looks symbiotic and inevitable. Only, that’s hardly ever the case. Like with raising a child (or electing a president), all sorts of factors combine over time to […]

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