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Grimes’ Thunder Machine Rolls On

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Grimes

When music people take stock of 2016 one of the most important breakout stars this year will be electro-producer Grimes.

With a fiercely independent music-making streak and a uniquely fantastical vision, she’s created a unique sound and path that’s been fascinating to behold.

I talked to her about these things and more in a marquee feature for SOCAN’s Words & Music magazine.

To read it click here.

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Grimes Is Into Fighting

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Grimes

Not that it should be a surprise to anyone who paid close attention to some of her wilder music videos, but it appears that electro pop queen Grimes is a big fan of mixed martial arts. Specifically, the strong women of mixed martial arts.

Grimes has been known to sport a Ronda Rousey shirt in public and has called UFC strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk a style icon.

Sarah wrote about this phenomenon for Fightland.

To read the full story go here.

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Polaris People For August 30 (Grimes! Shad! The Weeknd!)

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Grimes

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

This week Grimes got covered by Franz Ferdinand, Shad had a fam jam and The Weeknd totally didn’t invite us to his party.

To read the column go here.

 

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of August 16 (Austra! Destroyer! Grimes!)

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Austra

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

This week we learned about Austra‘s flirt with madness, Destroyer‘s new tour and Grimes‘ controversial DJ selections.

To read the column go here.

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HP News: Grimes Wins Webby and Nardwuar Takes On Questlove

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Grimes

I’ve been churning out the news stories over at Huffington Post Music Canada lately and here are a couple of them:

Grimes wins a Webby Award.

Nardwuar takes on Questlove.

P.S. I totally know where Nard got some of his info on Questo… but I’ll never tell.

 

 

 

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