Toronto Unplugged

The first-ever live-action digital 3-D film, U2 3D is a unique cinematic experience that places viewers within the pulsing energy of a stadium concert given by the world’s most popular band.
U2’s The Edge joked about seeing himself on stage in this massive 3D format.
“It’s kind of horrific,” to see himself on stage in 3-D, said Bono. “It’s bad enough on a small screen. Now you get to see the lard arse 40-foot tall.”
Marrying innovative digital 3-D imagery and multi-channel surround sound with the excitement of a live U2 concert — shot in South America during the final leg …read more

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(Editors)
 
There is a heaping handful of great gigs in Toronto (GTA) that will round out January…
 
JAN 19 – THE SPOONS @ ROSE THEATRE (BRAMPTON)
JAN 21 – MARS VOLTA @ PHOENIX
JAN 22 – PETER, BJORN & JOHN @ PHOENIX
JAN 22 – THE EDITORS / HOT HOT HEAT KOOL @ HAUS (our pick)
JAN 25 – ALEXISONFIRE @ DOCKS
JAN 26 – TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE (free)
JAN 27 -  THE TEENAGERS @ THE SOCIAL
JAN 29 -  DJ SHADOW & CUT CHEMIST @ PHOENIX
JAN 31 – WINTERSLEEP @ PHOENIX
JAN 31 – XAVIER RUDD @ DANFORTH MUSIC HALL (our pick)
 
 
(Xavier Rudd)

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On a random night last night, a few of us from the brewery decided to stop into the Cameron House to check out some sets.  As part of the Toronto City Roots Series, we were lucky enough to catch John Wort Hannam.
John played the back room at the Cameron House for an intimate and captivated crowd.  Listening to John play songs such as Wrecking Ball, Infantryman, and Sweet Sweet Rose it is no wonder he is one of Canada’s most promising folk musicians.
John Hannam captures attention through his traditional and clean guitar playing, but he  holds your attention with well …read more

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Corin Raymond is taking the stage at the Cameron House tonight at 6pm..
Here’s a bit on Corin…
Corin Raymond is a young man writing old songs- not songs written deliberately in an old style, but songs that sound like they’ve been around a lot longer than Corin himself.
He didn’t grow up playing music or writing songs, but he grew up around words.
Edna St. Vincent Millay. Robert Frost.
Poetry. Words.
Corin’s songs are stories. They’re also bittersweet tunes sung with unadulterated joy. Equal parts heartache and hope. Tom Waits does that. John Prine does that. They don’t take themselves too seriously but they break …read more

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Here are MapleMusic’s Top 10 Sellers for the week…

(Cowboy Junkies)

Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Revisited CD/DVD
Hayden – In Field & Town CD
Tegan and Sarah – Under Feet Like Ours CD
Sproll – Turn On Your Radio CD
Halflife Records – Tunnels & Pathways CD
Loreena McKennitt – Nights From The Alhambra CD/DVD
Sloan – Keeping The Tour Alive DVD
Luke Doucet – Blood’s Too Rich CD
Sultans Of String – Luna CD
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Ashtray Rock CD

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According to Nielsen, Canadian sales of digital tracks in Canada increased 73%, well ahead of the 45% growth rate posted in the US. Digital album sales are up 93% in Canada while in the US they are up only 53%.

“This is great news,” said Canadian Music Creators Coalition spokesman Steven Page. “In fact, it is exactly the kind of news that we hope the government will consider when they work to rewrite Canada’s copyright legislation later this year.”
Major label representatives have consistently said that the only way the industry can survive is by making it easier to sue music downloaders …read more

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Radiohead’s upcoming North American tour is starting to take shape. While no dates have been announced yet, band members are revealing which cities they’ll hit when the group arrives on our shores.
 
The cross-country trek is expected to make stops in the Northeast, including New York, Philadelphia, and Boston; while Southeastern cities include Washington, DC, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, and Tampa. The Midwest portion of the trek will include Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Two shows will be staged in Texas, in Dallas and Houston; with West Coast appearances anticipated in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Seattle.
 
In …read more

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The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal recently quashed a proposed levy on digital music players. The proposed levies weren’t cheap – $5 on each Memory Stick or SD card between 1GB and 4GB of memory, and digital audio recorder levies which top out at $75 for players with 30GB+ of space.
The Copyright Board of Canada argues that the extra tax is designed to compensate artists. The so-called “iPod Tax” would come in addition to existing levies on recordable media enforced in Canada, which are also meant to help compensate artists.
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The Hives are coming back to Toronto.   The band will be joined by opening act The Donnas at the Kool Haus on March 3rd.
Tickets have just went on sale here at Ticket Master.
The Hives are a rock band from Fagersta, Sweden that first rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a leading group of the garage rock revival. Their breakthrough came with the release of the “best-of” compilation Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most commercially successful song “Hate to Say I Told You So“. The band produces punk-influenced garage rock songs and wear matching black and white …read more

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Believe it or not, people are still buying albums and thank you to those who are in that minority.  Record solid material, press it and people will still shell out money for it.
Elite company here…Radiohead and Anne Murray???

Here are the top 10 albums sales in Toronto for the week ending January 10th:

Radiohead – In Rainbows
Alicia Keys – As I Am
Feist – Reminder
Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Anne Murray – Duets, Friends & Legends

I can’t help but think back to that segment on Sesame Street called, “One of these things does not belong here…”
That’s right Rihanna, …read more

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