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Toronto Unplugged

Archive for the ‘Music on the web’ Category

May 31st, 2008

MGMT Makes Edge Rotation

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:  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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May 27th, 2008

Podcast Preview: The Anti Hit List

Getting big into podcasts lately.  Not just me…but a lot of people I know.  There are some very insightful minds on virtually every subject and more and more of them are developing podcasts.
One podcast I was recently introduced to by my man Jim, is John Sakamoto’s Anti-Hit List.  There are a few things I like […]

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May 14th, 2008

Raconteurs and The Sadies

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

Add a Little Crooner Culture to your Life

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

Mars Volta at Sound Academy

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 6th, 2008

Tracks of the Day | Jazz, Blues and Hippie Sounds

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

Two Tracks from the Brit Music Scene | The Feeling | Duffy

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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May 5th, 2008

New Radiohead Video

Always pushing the envelope…

In an unprecedented and exclusive collaboration, MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Campaign and Radiohead have partnered to produce a music video for Radiohead’s track “All I Need” off the album In Rainbows.
The collaboration represents an innovative and creative example of fusing musical content with MTV’s pro-social messaging. The “All I Need” […]

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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

New album from Paul Weller due out July 22

After a three year recording hiatus - during which he played two historic concert series in NYC and LA devoting one evening each to his Jam, Style Council, and solo catalogs, and earned Lifetime Achievement honors at the 2007 Brit Awards, among other highlights - Paul Weller returns on July 22 with 22 Dreams, […]

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