Nepotism on Wax

There’s a funny myth still floating around electronic music: that the underground is “pure,” and pop is “fake.” That if you’re grinding...

There was a time when the “local scene celebrity” could survive on two things: A handful of half-decent mixes. A bottomless pit of...

What happens when your favorite underground festivals start acting like rival corporations? For over a decade, two major festivals have...

An honest look at what Bandcamp Friday is — and what it’s not. A Useful Start, Now Routine When Bandcamp Friday  launched in 2020, it was...

It’s one thing to say you’re underground. It’s another thing to graph it . The chart you’re looking at isn’t just a random exercise in...

by Safe As Fuck They always show up just a little too late—and leave with just enough credibility to cash in. Skrillex, Will Smith, James...

The failure to build new stars is killing the scene faster than fentanyl. By SAF “In the late ‘90s, pro wrestling had a golden rule: if...

Vancouver’s DJ scene has always had a gatekeeping problem. Now, AI is blowing the gates off. For years, Vancouver has operated like an...

In 2025, the music festival has officially eclipsed  the rave — not because it’s bigger, but because it pretends  to be what it replaced....

In the grand tour circuit of North America, Vancouver is rarely the main event. It's the comma between Seattle and Calgary, a western...

It’s brutal. It’s beautiful. It’s Bruitiful™. In a masterclass of public detachment, Hollywood icon Will Bith  has responded to years of...

VANCOUVER, BC  — After months of passive-aggressive customer complaints about “language barriers” at drive-thrus, Tim Hortons has...

Perfect for volunteers who want to know whether they’re part of a meaningful community event — or just unpaid labour keeping the LED...

*BONUS: WE INCLUDED THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK PLAYLIST AT THE BOTTOM VERY SAMPLEABLE. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA  — In an increasingly saturated...

— and now they’re trying to go viral like the rest of us. Former employees were reportedly escorted out of Meta headquarters last Friday...

We sat down with Soratora to talk about her journey from Port Coquitlam to Montreal’s late-night domes, the birth of DIY Rave, and her...

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Back in the 6ix 1.   You’ve moved back to Toronto after time on the West Coast—how’s the transition been, and has the change in...

LONDON, UK  — In a bold act of historical amnesia, the BBC published a headline this week asking, “What brought India and Pakistan to the...