NEXT Magazine

Boobs and blazes adorn JUNOs’ pop-powered Edmonton awards show

Canadian music awards make welcome return to the road

Post-punk powerhouse Paramore back with great new release

Tennessee trio storms back with fresh album after long wait

I Like Movies a masterful debut from new Canadian director

Chandler Levack’s filmmaker-coming-of-age story better than Steven Spielberg’s

Powerful Cliff Cardinal solo show confronts the emptiness of land acknowledgments

Though it’s no longer a Shakespeare bait and switch, ‘The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It’ feels extra prescient at a Mirvish theatre

Metamorphoses 2023

Arts & Culture

‘Metamorphoses 2023’ gives Ovid the physical theatre treatment

Theatre Smith-Gilmour’s new Metamorphoses adaptation has smart staging but lacks a strong point of view

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Music

Fall Out Boy back with solid pop-rock love letter to fans

Fame, parenthood and being Fallout Boy all explored on new release

NXNE DESIIRE

Music

Second wave of artists announced for NXNE

Festival partners with Side Door, Slaight Music and Stingray Radio to support emerging musicians

Succession

TV & Movies

Final season of ‘Succession’ leaves us wanting more

Only sharks associated with this show are the financial kind — no jumping

The Shortlist

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No. 1

Ali Gatie Gets going

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No. 2

Wet and wild Avatar sequel surfaces

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No. 3

Blue Rodeo rides West for winter

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No. 4

Women Talking Needs to be seen

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No. 5

Fireworks light up New Year’s Eve

Album Reviews

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy back with solid pop-rock love letter to fans

Fame, parenthood and being Fallout Boy all explored on new release

By: Eva Zhu

Chiild

Chiiild pushes genre boundaries over ethereal beats

Chiiild takes bold new risks with his writing and continues experimenting [...]

By: Daniel Hartmann

30-Second Album Reviews

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Carly Rae Jepsen

The Loneliest Time

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The Beths

Expert in a Dying Field

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Zensoul

Nene

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Tegan and Sara

Crybaby

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Death Cab For Cutie

Asphalt Meadows

Joji

Joji

SMITHEREENS

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Skye Wallace

Terribly Good

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Saint Asonia

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TV & Movies

Tegan and Sara

High School

Letitia Wright as Shuri in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Women Talking

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The Playlist

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The Fabelmans

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My Policeman

Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

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Live Reviews

Samia

Samia Toronto debut feels like partying with a friend

Disco light shimmers over confessional night that also offers hope

Whitney

Whitney the feel-good solution to a slushy night

Chicago band the right tonic for stormy Toronto

Alvaays

Alvvays cap amazing year with blissful History show

Singalongs and shouts of “We love you, Molly” at triumphant Toronto show

The 1975

The 1975 show band’s two sides at triumphant Toronto show

Sean Mendes in Scotiabank Arena pit

What Else is NEXT

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Music The NEXT Playlist: Winter 2022

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Events The Shortlist Winter 2022

Drink

Food & Drink C’est Bon as bourbon turns up the heat

Style

Style Nightware wakes up

What to watch

TV & Movies What to Watch: Winter 2022 Movies & Streaming

I Like Movies

TV & Movies I Like Movies a masterful debut from new Canadian director