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Archive for the ‘Toronto Bands’ Category

June 14th, 2008

NXNE Saturday Preview: Part One | Said The Whale | The Two Koreas | More

Said The Whale is as much a product of Vancouver’s tremendous natural beauty as it is of the city’s budding independent music scene. Electronic indie rock that captures the essence of what it means to be young, free and heartbroken.
Rivoli @ 11PM
Run With The Kittens - Ripping some musical styles from the past, some from […]

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June 13th, 2008

NXNE Venue Profile: El Mocambo | Friday the 13th | Bedouin Soundclash

The El Mocambo Tavern (462-464, Spadina Ave., Toronto ON M5T 2G8) (aka “The El Mo”) is a live music Toronto institution. Located on Spadina Avenue, just south of College Street, the bar played an important role in the development of popular music in Toronto since the 1940s. It is perhaps best known for hosting two […]

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May 28th, 2008

Matthew Good Brings His Electric Guitar Back to Toronto

Matthew Good is used to touring with his acoustic guitar.  It is a little easier on the body…perhaps because it is more about the music and lyrics and less about the ‘rock’.  This tour, to the delight of fans, Good has decided to crack out his electric again, but admits it’s taking a toll on […]

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May 24th, 2008

Artist Profile: The Salingers

Here is a great Toronto Rock and Roll band….
The Salingers are four friends who share an ideal, a romantic notion of sorts: That rock music can make the small and mundane feel epic and vital, and provide a hopeful soundtrack to the inevitable negativity that surrounds. Or perhaps most importantly, that it can make you […]

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May 21st, 2008

S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival Line-up Announced

Silverstein, illScarlett, Cancer Bats, Teenage Head and the Black Lungs are set to rock the 13th annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival on Sunday, June 29th 2008. The renowned all-ages, one-day music festival will feature 151 performers at 13 venues and 16 stages across downtown St. Catharines.
S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival (St. Catharines Event for New Music […]

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May 20th, 2008

Burma Relief Concert Tonight at Lula Lounge | Jason Collett

A handful of musicians including Jason Collett will be playing at Lula Lounge tonight to raise money for the Burma Cyclone Relief Effort.
Recent UN estimates put the cyclone’s death toll at over 200 000. Relief workers are describing the situation as “apocalyptic”, and warning that this may well turn out to be worse than the […]

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May 5th, 2008

iPod Must Have’s | Have a listen | Happy Monday

Start off your week with music. Here are two random Monday tracks that we think they are worthy of any iPod. Cheers.
This is a great track from Sam Robert’s Chemical City album. The band is scheduled to release Love at the End of the World…shortly. This is sure to be […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Royal Wood Makes Big Debut | Sarah Slean

Toronto multi-instrumentalist Royal Wood has made a name for himself close to home, with knee-weakening voice, olde-English poetics and crafty piano chops.
His most recent release, A Good Enough Day, is an ancient sonnet spun into twelve reasons as to why you should become a romantic, blending modern elements, forthright lyrics and haunting strings with love, […]

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April 27th, 2008

Add Tokyo Police Club to your iPod | Elephant Shells

The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a group of some of the best independent music stores in America. CIMS maintains an ongoing list of the top album sales from these record stores in America.. This CIMS Chart is always an interesting reflection of what is selling in the great record stores […]

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April 26th, 2008

Ron Sexsmith’s Exit Strategy of the Soul, out July 8th

Produced by Martin Terefe, who also produced 2005’s Retriever and 2002’s Cobblestone Runway, Exit Strategy of the Soul was recorded in varied locations including studios in London, England and Havana, Cuba. Its ambitious arrangements, backed by a punctuating and swelling horn section on nearly every song, complete an album that is one of Sexsmith’s most […]

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