From blog sensations to the Boss, a preview of 2012's most anticipated music
However improbably, 2011 marked a revenue increase in the music world. Thanks to platinum-selling discs by Adele, the Black Keys, Lady Gaga and our own Michael Bublé and Drake, the recording industry,...
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Album of the Week: The Weeknd, Echoes of Silence
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZsWRqz14k&w=620&h=379] The Weeknd Echoes of Silence (Self-released) Let us just agree right off the bat that it takes some kind of sick guts to go for...
View Article365 days of Weeknd: We chart Abel Tesfaye's rise to fame a year after House...
By T’Cha Dunlevy It all started one year ago, almost to the day. Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a., the Weeknd, released his debut mixtape, House of Balloons, online, for free, on March 21, 2011. You could call it...
View ArticleOVO Fest: The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz on Drake’s festival lineup
Toronto’s 2012 OVO Fest will include hot up-and-coming hip hop artists The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz. Now in its third year, the OVO Fest will also include a headlining set by Drake, who has not...
View ArticleConcert Review: The Weeknd earns the spotlight at first of four sold-out...
Toronto is hardly done with Abel Tesfaye. He’s still riding extraordinarily high on the momentum of three free mixtapes — House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence — and before their physical...
View ArticleCultural Lessons of 2012: How R&B became a vital genre again
As a new calendar year approaches, our writers reflect on what they learned from pop culture over the past 12 month. With six Grammy nominations, and his debut album Channel Orange topping many a...
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Leonard Cohen, Carly Rae Jepsen among big winners as bulk of Juno Awards...
The Juno Awards celebrated Canadian music stars old and new Saturday night as first-time winner Carly Rae Jepsen and veteran Leonard Cohen both scored major prizes while moody R&B singer the Weeknd...
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Junos 2015: Canada’s musical legends cast long shadow on up-and-comers as...
“I love Justin [Bieber],” Alanis Morrissette declared in the press room of the 2015 Juno Awards. “As an artist I don’t have to worry about Canada.” Despite Morrisette’s good natured posit, Canada’s...
View ArticleNational Post Sessions: Until The Ribbon Breaks talk Run The Jewels, strip...
NP Sessions invites musicians to perform stripped-down versions of their hits or favourite songs. This week Until The Ribbon Breaks perform “Pressure” As their name implies, Welsh band Until The Ribbon...
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Pop Psychology: The Weeknd takes on the rough stuff with ‘Earned It’
Movies certainly have a special place in the bedrooms of the nation, but when it comes time to actually do the deed, it’s music that most people turn to. So no wonder Fifty Shades of Grey producers...
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Hear The Weeknd’s new Kanye West-produced track ‘Tell Your Friends’
Toronto R&B superstar The Weeknd (a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye) debuted a new track from his highly anticipated upcoming album, Beauty Behind the Madness, in Las Vegas last night. “Tell Your Friends”...
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‘There’s a little bit of me in all these guys’: k-os reflects on his CanCon...
Eleven years after shooting the video for his hit “Crabbuckit” outside Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods, k-os is sitting in the very same park, musing on Canada’s uncomfortable relationship with its pop...
View ArticleThe Weeknd makes music charts history as the first to nab the top two spots...
For the third non-consecutive week, Scarborough boy The Weeknd has secured the No.1 spot for his hit “Can’t Feel My Face” on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, cozily nestled alongside his Beauty Behind the...
View ArticleWith its first festival, Apple Music aims to provide ‘truly global digital...
From Sept. 19 to 28, the Apple Music Festival will gather ten of the world’s top artists, including One Direction and The Weeknd, in an intimate London venue for a string of free, fully streamable...
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Apple Music proves the future of sponsored festivals is deconstructed
It may be only Tuesday a tuesday night but, when the lights at London’s Roundhouse go out, the twenty somethings scream bloody murder. High tech cameras careen overhead and bright, bottled guitars...
View ArticleThe Weeknd pleads no contest to punching Las Vegas police officer
He may be riding high on the charts right now, but in January 2014, The Weeknd, a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye, was arrested for allegedly punching a police officer “in the side of the head with a closed fist”...
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‘It’s classic music more than revivalist’: Leon Bridges on authenticity and...
26-year-old Leon Bridges has a tale as old as Motown with a sound to match. Discovered whilst washing dishes a Fort Worth Texas bar, Bridges’ crisp delivery and old school sound led to a label bidding...
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American Music Awards offer the best in Canadian music, from Justin Bieber to...
Sunday night’s American Music Awards were downright Canadian, with big wins for The Weeknd and Canuck darling Justin Bieber, and big moments with Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette. Jennifer Lopez was...
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Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd lead 2016 Grammy nominations
NEW YORK — Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee for the 2016 awards with 11, including album of the year for “To Pimp a Butterfly” and song of the year for...
View ArticleCanadian hit-makers The Weeknd and Drake rack up Grammy nominations
Toronto’s The Weeknd is in the running for seven Grammys including the Record of the Year and Album of the Year awards. The breakout R&B star, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, was also nominated...
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