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Sasha Frere-Jones weighs in on Canadian music

By Marsha Casselman

  The New Yorker’s pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones — a surprisingly funny and unpretentious “music geek” —  was in town Saturday to discuss arts criticism with Eric Friesen as part of the Hot Docs festival. Considered one of the top arts critics in the world, he authored the controversial essay, A Paler Shade of... »

Bitter start to a Fucked Up Weekend

By Marsha Casselman

“A lot of this lo-fi music is just bullshit to me. Like, I don’t pay attention to any of it.” As you might expect from the former hardcore vocalist and recent Polaris Prize winner, Ben Cook of Fucked Up isn’t afraid to speak his mind. “I’m a jaded prick … It’s OK, you can call me... »

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