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ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Toronto rapper Pressa’s deluxe version of his 2020 EP Gardner Express is finally here, and he celebrated with a party […]

Pressa has shared an unreleased track via a unique virtual concert film experience that just debuted YouTube. The Toronto rapper reimagines the conventional virtual concert as a stylistic film in a 15-minute video that features a tracklist of eight songs, spanning past hits and select tracks from his highly acclaimed EP Gardner Express. The rapper also includes a surprise […]

“When I was 11, I turned 13, because I don’t fuck with 12.” That’s how “Harriet,” the latest video from Pressa, starts—and the sentiment probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s followed the Toronto rapper’s career to date. The rising MC’s origin story includes his childhood best friend getting killed by […]

Again, another generally terrible month of 2020 has passed with a bunch of awesome music releases doing their best to offset the wackness. It’s a shame that Canadian artists, high-profile and otherwise, are delivering at such a consistent rate but all audiences can do about it is stay home and jam. It seems, though, that […]

Winter months always seem to go by a bit more slowly, for obvious reasons, but this particular January has been one for the ages. It’s been an eventful, tragic start to the new decade. Always a vehicle to inspire, uplift, and unite, music—both classic and fresh—is an absolute necessary commodity in these times. Here are ten Canadian-made […]

Let’s just get it out of the way now: this list will piss some of you off. Chances are you’ll let us know about it in the comments section. “Y’all left out [insert name of local rapper with a decent Instagram following here]!! This whole list trash,” you’ll write. Maybe you’ll use an expletive; maybe you’ll add a […]

Nardwuar’s interviews have the ability to truly unravel his subjects, but the legendary Vancouver interviewer may have finally met his match in Lil Uzi Vert. The two previously met in 2016, so Uzi was already familiar with his distinctive interview style before walking into this latest encounter, and yet he still ended up running out […]