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Joshua Ostroff

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Joshua decided to become a music journalist after teenage him spied a flannel-bedecked dude with a press badge at Lollapalooza in Van City. So he did. Now Josh writes/edits happily ever after in Toronto -- where conveniently many musicians he interviews live super nearby.

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Grammys 2013: Worst Grammy Award Nominations Ever
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Drake is Top Dog at OVO Fest, Outshines Special Guests Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross

Sarjoun Faour Photography/WireImage For three years running, Drake has hosted the biggest hip-hop event in Toronto (and almost anywhere else, too). His OVO Fest, named after his hometown pre-fame October's Very Own clique, began in 2010 as a way to stake his claim in the hip-hop scene. He did this by not just headlining his own festival, but ...

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Amy Winehouse: The Songs She Loved, From Carole King to the Zutons

Dan Kitwood, Getty Amy Winehouse, in excerpts from a previously unbroadcasted interview published by the Guardian to mark the anniversary of her death, spoke of her favorite Shangri-Las song "I Can Never Go Home Anymore," which she deemed "the most depressing ever." This inspired us to track down some of the other songs that had made a ...

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Polaris Prize: Grimes, Drake, Japandroids, Feist Make 2012 Short List

Redferns | Getty | Filmmagic.com Canada's Polaris Prize has gone through some growing pains over its seven year lifespan as the 200+ jurists and music fans alike try to wrap their head around a $30,000 award for the best Canadian album that declares its disdain for such factors as genre, sales, public profile, fan base, or net worth. The ...

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Mick Jagger Had Sex With 4000 Women, Biographer Claims

Kevin Mazur, WireImage Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger is the unauthorized biography that keeps on giving. While the Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary today, that seemingly large number pales next to number of ladies bandleader Mick Jagger has taken to bed. How many women? Biographer Chris Andersen told Extra ...

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Canada Day: Things We Love About Canadian Music

Jag Gundu, Getty At the tail end of 2011, we declared it "The Year Canadian Music Broke," what with everyone from Feist, Deadmau5 and Arcade Fire to Drake, Michael Buble and Justin Bieber dominating their respective genres at home and abroad. But with Canada Day coming up on July 1, we thought we'd dig a bit deeper and explain ...

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Flaming Lips: Tragedy, Triumph and a Day in the Life

Matthew C.X. Langford for AOL "Exciting day now, huh?" says Flaming Lips tour manager Chris, with an I'm-used-to-it smirk, as he supervises load-in at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square where his band is headlining Spinner's free daylong NXNE concert. There is, of course, no way he could've known how darkly prophetic his words would become ...

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Flaming Lips, NXNE: Wayne Coyne Talks Ke$ha, 'Yoshimi' + the Band's Mid-Life Crisis

Getty The Flaming Lips are approaching their 30th birthday, an almost unfathomable age for a non-nostalgia act. They were already veterans when they took their weirdo shtick to Beverly Hills, 90210's Peach Pit After Dark. ("I have never been a big fan of alternative music," said the show's preppiest prep Steve Sanders, "but these guys ...

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