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Toronto Unplugged

Archive for the ‘Music Lists’ Category

February 2nd, 2008

Toronto’s Top Concert Venues: Opera House

A good number of years ago I had read about this UK band that Mick Jones from the Clash had produced. They were a little known band called The Libertines and they had a little known lead singer named Pete Dougherty. The band was about to release their album in North America […]

By Mike -- 3 comments

January 31st, 2008

Toronto’s Top Concert Venues: Lee’s Palace

I’m hoping there is some debate on this one, because I’ve heard tons of good and bad rants on this next venue.
Lee’s Palace is Lee’s Palace, it’s that simple.
Lee’s is a legendary concert venue in Toronto. The place is dark, it sometimes smells, the acoustics can be a bit high on the treble and […]

By Mike -- 1 comment

January 16th, 2008

Top Sellers - Cowboy Junkies, Tegan and Sarah

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 […]

By Mike -- 1 comment

January 12th, 2008

Toronto’s Top Albums sales of the week: Radiohead & Anne Murray

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 […]

By Mike -- 2 comments

January 10th, 2008

Hypothetical resolutions I hope get broken…

If some of the bands that have been on the scene of late made resolutions…and if I somehow knew what they were…and if they were resolutions that I wish lacked longevity and were in fact broken…than these would be them.
Picture the Broken Social Scene town meeting just before New Years,
“This year folks, we are going […]

By Mike -- 3 comments

January 6th, 2008

The Week in Gigs: Kate Nash, Nada Surf, Recovery Child

 

By Mike -- 1 comment

January 1st, 2008

CBC Radio 3, The Bucky Awards, Feist

CBC Radio 3 handed out their Bucky Awards yesterday. Full stream of the Podcast can be found here. This is one of the Top streamed music programs on the Internet.
CBC Radio 3 has a broad understanding and grasp of the music scene in Canada. Their Indie reach and influence makes it a […]

By Mike -- 0 comments

December 31st, 2007

2007 Shapes the Music Industry plus Top Albums of the Year

Two Thousand and Seven was the spark to the tinder for the end of the music industry as we know it - 2007 was the meltdown.
Musicians, bands and management started realizing the full potential of the digital and Internet soundscape. They started realizing that the current model just doesn’t make sense […]

By Mike -- 7 comments

December 30th, 2007

Run with the Kittens up for ‘Song of the Year’ on Howard Stern 101

This just in…
I just got an email from Run with the Kittens manager Nick informing me of the
following…hilarious:
We’re in the top 20 for 2007’s “Song of the Year” on the Red Peters Comedy Music Hour, a real funny show on Howard Stern 101, on Sirius Satellite Radio. The Kittens tune “Let’s make F*^k” from our […]

By Mike -- 1 comment

December 17th, 2007

Top 10 Musicians/Bands to bring to your office holiday party

Office holiday parties can be pretty lame, but throw the following into the mix and you’re sure to create a killer shaker: a variety of alcoholic beverages, some incredibly talented musicians/bands, politically charged artists, half a dozen strong and weird personalities, a band no one likes, a few legends and a chainsaw. […]

By Mike -- 5 comments