July 4th, 2008
The Fringe is Toronto ’s largest theatre festival.
In 2008 Toronto’s Fringe Festival will host over 800 artists from Ontario, Canada and around the world, with over 135 unique productions in more than 25 venues.
Productions range from dramas to musical extravaganzas to improv and take place in local theatres as well as in unusual spots: playgrounds, […]
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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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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 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 21st, 2008
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 8th, 2008
Hello Operator is a breakthrough band. They were called a “newsmaker” in Macleans magazine, and listed as “one of 12 bands to watch out for” by Canoe.ca after their exciting Canadian Music Week performance. Their video for Chasing Satellites has been in regular rotation on Much Music and Much Loud since November 2007 and […]
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May 3rd, 2008
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 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 11th, 2008
The globally successful and popular Virgin Festival will rear it’s commercial head and try its hand in Calgary on the June 21 & 22 weekend.The lineup is quite strong: Stone Temple Pilots and The Tragically Hip will headline, but it is the supporting acts that are generating all the chatter.
Here is a snap shot […]
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