Issue: May 2021 ≥ NEXT Magazine

Manila Grey

Vancouver hip-hop duo work their asses off to become the musical role models they never had.

Audrey Nuna is Making Waves

Constantly innovating and poised for her big break, the fresh-faced multi-hyphenate is making waves everywhere she goes.

Shawnee Kish’s Star is Rising

Singer-songwriter Shawnee Kish is a two-spirit Indigenous performer who has already had at least two careers in her relatively short time as an artist.

St. Vincent Proves She’s the Daddy

The version of St. Vincent on Daddy’s Home has emerged in tinted shades, bell-bottomed power suits and a curled bob in a collection of 70s ensembles taken [...]

All Buzz, No Booze

Sunny spring weather means socially distanced hangs with friends. Make those daydreams of park life an even better reality with cannabis-infused sips that [...]

Little Bird Dim Sum food spread

Food & Drink

Gimme Sum!

Dim sum: the Chinese way to brunch is delicious anytime.

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Music

Cadence Weapon’s Social Commentary Cuts Deep in New Album Parallel World

Edmonton-born rapper, Cadence Weapon (aka Roland “Rollie” Pemberton) has released Parallel Worlds his most raw and politically charged album yet, taking inspiration from sonically menacing U.K. drill with biting kicks and sliding 808s, he turns news headlines into tight rhymes designed to stop listeners in their tracks.

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Music

JUNOS Viewer’s Guide

Canadian Music's Big Night. 12 artists to watch on Sunday, June 6.

Music

Renforshort

At 18, Toronto-born up-and-comer Renforshort is already breaking the mould.

The Shortlist

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No.1

Livestream Spotlights Indigenous Canadian Music Talent

Screenshot from The Great Escape Online

No.2

Time For A Great Escape

Aga Khan Gohar Dashti - Untitled 4 from the series Lands

No.3

Contact Photography Festival

MsShellz

No.4

International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards

Aquakultre

No.5

Spotlight on Searchlight

Coldplay posing

No.6

A Very Worthy Event

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Album Reviews

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Cadence Weapon’s Social Commentary Cuts Deep in New Album Parallel World

Edmonton-born rapper, Cadence Weapon (aka Roland “Rollie” Pemberton) has [...]

By: Laura Robinson

St. Vincent posing

St. Vincent Proves She’s the Daddy

The version of St. Vincent on Daddy’s Home has emerged in tinted shades, [...]

By: Laura Robinson

30-Second Reviews

Jubilee album cover

Japanese Breakfast

Jubilee

SKA DREAM album cover

Jeff Rosenstock

SKA DREAM

Girl in Red album cover

Girl in Red

If I Could Make It Go Quiet

This is Where We Fall album cover

Mitski

This Is Where We Fall

The Battle at Garden’s Gate album cover

Greta Van Fleet

The Battle at Garden’s Gate

Revelations album cover

Sufjan Stevens

Revelations

Scaled and Icy album cover

Twenty One Pilots

Scaled and Icy

Share the Love album cover

Greg Keelor

Share the Love

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TV & Movies

Screenshot from The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Screenshot of Selena singing on stage

Selena: The Series

Screenshot from Two Distant Strangers of police officer confronting black man

Two Distant Strangers

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Tiny Time: King for a Day

Screenshot from Beast Beast

Beast Beast

Screenshot of astronaut from For All Mankind

For All Mankind

Screenshot of woman holding cocktail from French Exit

French Exit

Screenshot of stressed out character from Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland

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May 2021

Cover of NEXT Magazine May 2021

What Else is NEXT

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Shortlist The Shortlist

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Food & Drink Carbon Nation

Depop app and clothing

Style Feeling the Pre-Loved

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Food & Drink All Buzz, No Booze

Videogame warewolf howling in the night

Gaming Games at a Glance: May

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Gaming The Village of The Damned