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Father’s Day: Best And Worst Dads In Music

Neil Young

Neil Young

It’s Father’s Day soon so Sarah was tasked with listing up some of the best and worst dads in music for Huffington Post Music Canada.

In said list you’ll find out why hating on Neil Young‘s Trans album means you’re an asshole and why Eminem‘s, well, bad.

To read the story go here.

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of June 14 (Long List Reaction)

Owen Pallett

Owen Pallett

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

This week Polaris announced the 40 albums that made the 2013 Long List. It’s kinda a big deal, so this week’s Polaris People column was dedicated to reaction to that list.

To read the column, and find out what people like A Tribe Called Red, Rhye, Anciients and Jim Guthrie had to say, go here.

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HP Music News Pack: Slayer, Barenaked Ladies, Hayden, The Weekend

Jason Collett and Hayden

Jason Collett and Hayden

Here’s the roundup of recent news stories I wrote for Huffington Post Music Canada:

The Barenaked Ladies released a cute video for the song “Boomerang.”

Slayer funeral becomes massive mosh pit.

Hayden & Jason Collett do a song together.

The Weeknd debuts new song “Kiss Land.”

 

 

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of June 7 (Tegan And Sara! Woodpigeon! Jennifer Lawrence!)

Tegan And Sara

Tegan And Sara

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

We learned about Tegan And Sara‘s peculiar Bill Clinton connection, got a glimpse into Woodpigeon‘s crazy Turkey adventure and pondered why Jennifer Lawrence was hanging out with Win Butler of Arcade Fire.

To read the column, go here.

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Songs About Rob Ford

Rob Ford

Rob Ford

While the whole city waits patiently for the next round of scandals from Toronto mayor Rob Ford, I looked into a different aspect of the red-faced one’s role as T.0.’s figurehead — artistic muse.

There have been a number of songs written about Ford, so I collected them in one handy list and wrote it all up for Huffington Post Music Canada.

To listen to songs featuring D-Sisive, Peaches and more just click here.

 

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