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Drake's OVO Sound label partners with Santa Anna and more Canada music industry news, including the breakup of Tokyo Police Club.

Tokyo Police Club have announced that they are to break up this year, announcing details of a final hometown farewell gig.

To end out the week, we ask Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club some questions about endings and death. Wright talks about how he'd like to die, what song he'd like performed at his funeral, his favorite endings to books and movies, his concepts of heaven

Indie rock band Tokyo Police Club was founded in 2005 with members from Canada that include Dave Monks on vocals, guitarist Josh Hook, Graham Wright on keyboards and drummer Greg Alsop. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of their album Champ, the group hit the road to play the classic record in its entirety each night. Alsop sat down at Lincoln Hall to talk about it before the show. Jerry Nunn: (Jerry Nunn) Wow, the last time I interviewed you was in 2013. The band plays here often. Greg Als...

After a hotly buzzed EP in 2006s A Lesson in Crime and a momentum-carrying debut album in 2008s Elephant Shell, the Ontario band were poised to conquer the mainstream. They had producer Rob Schnapf on board, whose credits included Beck and Foo Fighters, and they had a high-powered American label in Mom + Pop Music. And, most importantly, they had a streamlined sound that highlighted sparking pop-rock hooks over the fidgety post-punk adrenaline of old. And so they called it Champ and put conf...