July 4th, 2008
This track from Brendan Canning ‘Hit The Wall‘ was the first single from Canning’s solo album titled Something For All Of Us. The album was released on May 5, 2008 and was available as a free download on the Arts & Crafts website.
The song is a smooth yet funky track with Canning’s power-pop trait […]
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July 1st, 2008
There have been words exchanged…it’s a healthy little battle.
The feud between Woodhands and Danko Jones began during Canadian Music Week back in March.  The so called spark was Jones saying (in a round about way) that Woodhands popularity is through a journalistic fad - with 12 piece bands and 2 piece electro acts being the […]
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June 28th, 2008
Rebel Emergency is an innovative band from Toronto whose sound is an eclectic mix of Rock, Reggae and Ska that is undeniable in both its energy and originality.
Check them out tonight at Black Betty - doors at 8pm
The show is free through the Inside Edge - click here for details
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June 18th, 2008
The Virgin Festival has added The Kooks, Silversun Pickups, The Fratellis, Against Me!, MGMT and more to their line up. Virgin Festival Toronto will shake out on September 6th and 7th at Toronto Island Park. Tickets for all these events are on sale now.
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June 14th, 2008
Part Two of Saturday Night happenings at NXNE tonight…
The Worst Pop Band Ever - With influences ranging from Radiohead to Miles Davis, Bjork to Brad Mehldau, TWPBE is a Toronto-based group that tries to amicably reconcile their love of improvisational music with pop.
Rex @ 12AM
Revival Dear - As a roots rock band from Toronto, Revival […]
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June 14th, 2008
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 12th, 2008
Some great pics from the Princess Superstar Show a little while ago at Circa. The photos are courtesy of our man Zach at Take More Photos.
Princess Superstar (born Concetta Kirschner, 1971) is an American emcee. Her musical style —a mixture of hip hop, rock and electronica— is flip-flop, as she describes it.
Princess is a world […]
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June 10th, 2008
One outstanding local talent that will be on showcase at NXNE will be local roots music purveyors Revival Dear. The band is slotted to play the Pearson Airport NXNE Showcase gig on June 13th.
The band is described as a duo who simply make good old music. CBC Radio 3 references sounds of The Band and […]
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June 4th, 2008
North by Northeast (or NXNE) is an annual four-day live music and film festival and music conference in Toronto, Ontario held the second weekend each June. This year’s Festival will run from June 12th - 16th.
It began in 1996 and was patterned on the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Each year, three-dozen […]
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May 31st, 2008
When I’ve been following a band for a while and they finally hit the airwaves on local radio - in this case the Edge - I always hit to emotions:Â a) I think, ‘nice, now more people will be exposed to this great band’ and b) I get immediately disappointed because I know that the […]
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