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There’s so much good stuff out there – Mixtape helps you sift through it with our weekly Mix Pick: the best new Canadian bands and artists you’ll kick yourself for missing.

Festival Guide: Ottawa Explosion Weekend

June 15, 2016 Jonathan Briggins 0

Where: Ottawa, Ont. When: June 15-19 What it is: The best showcase of local Ottawa music, along with other imports from across North America, takes […]

SappyFest 10 Playlist

July 28, 2015 mixtapehalifax 0

SappyFest is right around the corner, only three sleeps away. We’ve thrown together a playlist with most of the artists playing the festival in Sackville, […]

Mix Pick Ottawa Explosion: Needles//Pins

June 15, 2015 Matías Muñoz 0

In the nation’s capital, many of us consider Ottawa Explosion Weekend to be the official start of summer. If there’s one band that encapsulates everything […]

Mix Pick Obey Convention: Vulva Culture

May 22, 2015 mixtapehalifax 0

In our Obey Convention festival guide, Vulva Culture told us a few bands they are looking forward to at the music festival in Halifax this […]

HPX Mix Pick for Tuesday: Hamilton’s WTCHS

October 21, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

A thunderstorm rolls into town. You’re both scared and excited at the same time. The noise the storm creates is impressive; a power you don’t […]

Mix Pick NXNE: March in and catch Army Girls

June 16, 2014 Celina Ip 0

When it comes to music festivals, North By North East is a playground for indie music fans to see their favourite bands, discover new artists […]

Mix Pick Sappyfest: Olympic Symphonium shake it up on new album

May 29, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

The Sackville, N.B. festival SappyFest  always puts quality above quantity and with this year’s lineup, they’re proving our point.  The 2014 lineup includes Banded Stilts, […]

Mix Picks: Colour Code gears up for East Coast Music Week

March 19, 2014 Jane Caulfield 2

For P.E.I. pop rockers, Colour Code, East Coast Music Week is an annual highlight. Even though they will be missing their front person Sam Rayner […]

Rich Kidd

Mix Pick: The weight of Canadian hip hop rests on Rich Kidd’s shoulders

March 12, 2014 mixtapehalifax 0

Toronto producer and emcee Ritchie Acheampong, better known as Rich Kidd, started his career making beats for some of the city’s biggest hip hop artists, including […]

Islands

Mix Picks: Straight out of the Mag – a Q&A with Islands

February 19, 2014 Nicole Feriancek 0

Islands are an unpredictable, mostly Canadian indie pop band that rose from the ashes of cult favourite 90s Montreal band the Unicorns. Led by founder […]

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