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Pop and Rock 2012: Every Bedroom's A Stage Published Dec 19, 2012Once upon a time, there was no internet, and as a result no blogs, no YouTube, no Tumblr. Not even MP3s! Musicians had to leave their homes...
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Pop and Rock 2012: Breakout Label - Arbutus Published Dec 19, 2012One of 2012's undeniable breakout stars was Montreal's Grimes (pictured above) and her Polaris-nominated album, Visions. The label behind he...
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Pop and Rock 2012: It's Getting Loud Published Dec 19, 2012Separated by musical backgrounds and international borders, a phalanx of young bucks were united in 2012 by a common purpose: the hard and f...
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Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Improv and Avant-Garde Published Dec 19, 2012Given the diversity and depth of the improv and avant-garde scene, instead of ranking and rating releases, we've asked regular contributors...
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Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Hip-Hop Published Dec 18, 2012Assuming you already picked up our 2012 year-end issue, you already know our number one album here, not that Kendrick Lamar's poignant debut...
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2012 in Beefs Published Dec 18, 2012While it's easy for musicians to play nice in an effort to save face, maximize networking and rack up a nice Rolodex, that gets a little bor...
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Exclaim!'s Best of 2012: An Analysis of the Year in Groove Published Dec 17, 2012Our Exclaim! Best of 2012 lists have been posted for Dance and Electronic, Metal and Hardcore, Folk and Country, and, as of this morning, ou...
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Groove 2012: PSY vs. Snoop Lion Published Dec 17, 2012Nobody could have predicted that a cherubic thirty-something rapper from South Korea would record the most popular song of 2012. However, ju...
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Groove 2012: What Frank Ocean's 'Channel Orange' Taught Us Published Dec 17, 2012Owner of perhaps this year's most unique backstory, R&B artist Frank Ocean's ascendance into the mainstream was a perfect storm of promotion...
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Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Pop and Rock, Part Two Published Dec 17, 2012We left you hanging on Friday (December 14) with 30 through 16 on the Pop and Rock list. Now, we're unveiling the rest of our top 30, from 1...
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Exclaim!'s Best of 2012: An Analysis of the Year in Electronic Published Dec 14, 2012Now that we've sorted out the Exclaim! Best of 2012 in Dance and Electronic, it's time to take a closer look at what trends defined this yea...