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Sorted! A Beginner’s Guide to Britpop

The songs, the moments, the performances, and the Gallagher quotes that made Britannia cool in the mid-90s.
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Often dealing with acceptance or family, the placement of Christmas movie scenes within films of any kind puts Christmas in the middle of July.
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From “Album of the Year” to “Flavour of the Month,” SMACK picks their favourite stories in a non-stop year.
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From Usher Bucks to Mom’s Spaghetti… we look at the most original pieces of artists merch this year.
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See where Drake and Kanye lined up against Larry David and Alan Dershowitz.
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Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want album statement presented ten perfect, disjointed songs and defined an era that had yet to understand streaming.
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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we look at the impact of 9/11 on millennials, Gen Zs and the pop culture we consume.
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Big Boi, André, the Coastal Feud, the ’96 Summer Olympics, Atlanta and Alienation set the backdrop for one of the most unique hip hop albums of all time.
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On the eve of its ninth birthday we talk about Frank Ocean mania in 2012 and collect the sea of media surrounding the instant classic.
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On its middle aged birthday, The Smiths' definitive work gets the SMACK Media shrine treatment - discussion, multimedia, and contemporary fare.
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The New Goddess of Reinvention receives the SMACK Media Treatment.
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We look at the music "The Artist" gave "the artists."
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Enjoy seven healthy, positive, loving, and selfish songs each dealing with masturbation in their own special way.
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To celebrate the anniversary of the film we decided to curate our own “desert island top five most memorable break-up albums.”
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from “Album of the Year” to “Flavour of the Month.”
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Toronto-based Latin artist Lido Pimienta is turning heads for her outspoken political views, but retaining focus for her incredible music.
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The people at SMACK MEDIA have compiled a list for music lovers who are running out of content to binge in the middle of self-isolation.
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One of Africa’s modern musical giants is bursting into the Canadian mainstream.
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While COVID-19 presents the largest challenge of our lifetime, it’s also revealing the monkeys amongst us. Here’s chimpan-A to chimpan-Zee.
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Montreal's Lou Phelps is making waves for his dance bangers and skills on the mic.
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How indie band Phosphenes are making it in and out of Nepal.
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Ahead of their show in Toronto in 10 days, we at Smack have done our best to capture the EARTHGANG story thus far.
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Experimental noise rock group black midi are one of the best bands in the game.
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The first in our "What About" breakthrough artist profile series.
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In a conceited effort to commemorate an all time era for pop music, we at SMACK Media count down the 40 best of the past ten years.
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The team at SMACK pick 40 genre spanning albums from the last decade.
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