May 20th, 2008
Virgin Festival Toronto has unleashed an outstanding line-up. This blog will continue to examine the solid bill, but one act that has generated huge buzz is Bloc Party.
Bloc Party are an English indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke on vocals and rhythm guitar, Russell Lissack on lead guitar, Gordon Moakes on bass guitar […]
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May 17th, 2008
Named after the song on David Bowie’s Hunky Dory, the Kooks met while attending Brighton Music College in the mid-2000s. Each shared a liking for the Police, the Strokes, the Everly Brothers, and Funkadelic, and the bandmates began funneling such influences into their own sweet and precocious sound in 2005. The Kooks’ debut […]
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May 15th, 2008
Coldplay never intended to become England’s favorite band when their signature rock melodies ruled the charts throughout 2000. The Brit rock quartet — composed of Chris Martin (vocals/piano), Jon Buckland (guitar), Will Champion (drums), and Guy Berryman (bass) — yearned to mess around a bit, plucking their own acoustics for fun while attending the University College […]
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May 14th, 2008
Big concert announcement - The Raconteurs will be supported by The Sadies when they come to Toronto to play The Ricoh Coliseum on June 5th.
A self-described “new band made up of old friends,” the Raconteurs feature the White Stripes’ Jack White and power pop maestro Brendan Benson on vocals, keyboards, and guitars, and the Greenhornes’ […]
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May 12th, 2008
It’s Monday…add a little crooner culture into your life.
All about the style, swagger, and sexy hip of the smooth-voiced singers from the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s era of music and life.Crooner Culture is all about the style, swagger, and sexy hip of the smooth-voiced singers from the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s era of music […]
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May 11th, 2008
We got a few shots at The Verve concert at the Ricoh last week. While some are typical concert shots, this is from the ‘whoa trippy’ collection.
We will continue posting Verve Toronto pics as they come in.
The trippier the better…
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May 11th, 2008
Big concert tomorrow night in the city - The Mars Volta will be playing the Sound Academy. The Mars Volta are a very cool band with a rockin’ smooth vibe.
The Mars Volta is an American Progressive rock group founded by Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López in 2001. They are generally considered progressive rock, with […]
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May 8th, 2008
Hello Operator is a breakthrough band. They were called a “newsmaker” in Macleans magazine, and listed as “one of 12 bands to watch out for” by Canoe.ca after their exciting Canadian Music Week performance. Their video for Chasing Satellites has been in regular rotation on Much Music and Much Loud since November 2007 and […]
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May 6th, 2008
This week we’re still pulling some key tracks from other blogs in the channel. We are diversifying our portfolio so to speak. Start out your day with some quality Jazz. Some people don’t ‘get’ jazz. Appreciation can be simple for jazz and any other genre - listen to it and pick out why it’s different […]
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May 6th, 2008
We’re huge fans of British music. Both Toronto Unplugged and I think Toronto (and most of Canada’s metropolitan areas) as a whole. There is a shared vibe. We dig their sound and they seem to catch on to Canadian artists and bands before anywhere else.
Brother blogger Dave at Brit Music Scene has just posted two […]
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