April 26th, 2008
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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April 14th, 2008
There is a group of us in this Music Channel who decided to track the songs we listened to on a random day and present it as our ‘Soundtrack of the Day‘.
My day was yesterday. Other than watching Toronto FC pull out a big win in Los Angeles over the Galaxy yesterday, I was […]
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April 12th, 2008
It took a blogger in Austin Texas during SXSW to introduce me to The Cliks. Finding out I was from Toronto, the lead blogger for Austin Sound Check indicated that one of her favorite bands was from our humble abode - a band called The Cliks who ’sound a bit like early Pretenders.’
The Cliks are […]
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April 9th, 2008
Toronto’s Sunparlour Players are playing a big show at the Horseshoe tavern on Thursday night. Whistles, organs, clarinets, Canadian folk rock n roll and spring in th air…this will be a great show. That is a prediction I am ready to stand by.
The band has won over fans all […]
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April 6th, 2008
The first Sunday of the year. Well, the first Sunday where the sun is out and for the first time in a long time I’m actually looking forward to going outside and doing something.
And for this special occasion, I feel I need to add a touch of spring to my iPod.
Here is what’s on […]
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April 3rd, 2008
Rock Plaza Central quickly emerged from a local Indie favorite to a major Indie draw.
The band is playing a few Ontario gigs - including Toronto @ Sneaky Dee’s on April 10th - before heading to Montreal and then Vermont.
Their 2007 album Are We Not Horses received impressive reviews from major credentials like Rolling Stone “Stars […]
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April 1st, 2008
Liam Finn seems to be one of those people who genuinely wants to meet you. He wants to entertains you with his music and he is using music to propel his journey to all of the nooks and crannies of the gigging world.
Liam just sent an update of where he’s at on […]
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March 30th, 2008
After a short hiatus, The Assistants are back performing live again with new drummer Evan Bender. The band has a show booked for Friday April 18th @ Rancho Relaxo. The show comes by way of the ongoing ‘Two way monologues’ music series.
The show starts at 9pm and the cost at the door is $7
The […]
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March 29th, 2008
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Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton will be headlining the Mobile Jam Fest benefit […]
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March 28th, 2008
I’ve always been a big fan of NOW Magazine. For the most part their music coverage of what’s going on in the city and beyond is solid. However, it’s their interviews that I especially enjoy. Interviewers don’t ask questions that are of interest to me, but the folks employed at NOW often […]
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