Toronto Unplugged

Singer/songwriter Beck and overall funky dude BECK will be headlining a pretty funky October Toronto show. Beck will be supported by New York’s MGMT – who themselves are creating huge buzz and a loyal following, especially here in Toronto. The show will go down on October 5th at the Sound Academy.
Beck is touring in support of his new album, the critically acclaimed Modern Guilt. The album contains 10 new songs, and with the exception of last year’s Grammy-nominated, digital-only single “Timebomb”, Modern Guilt is the first new material Beck has written since the prolific stretch that produced 2005’s …read more

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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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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 Edge will play the song every hour and I’ll be sick of it in two days or less.
In any case, MGMT’s single Time to Pretend has made it’s way on the Edge.  Get ready to fall in love with the song and then get sick …read more

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Couple solid shows that have just been announced…
If you’ve missed MGMT on their previous Toronto jaunts, this upcoming MOD CLUB show will be a good chance to catch them as they hit the tipping point. MGMT will be at the MOD CLUB on Tuesday April 15th – Tickets are only 11 beans.

As we’ve mentioned before, The Opera House is a fantastic spot to catch an energetic show and Tokyo Police Club always lives up to that bill. TPC will rock the Opera House on Friday May 2nd – Tickets are 16 bucks
Great spring shows…check em out.

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One of the great aspects of b5media’s Music Channel is the diversity. 25 different bloggers with an extremely wide variety of musical taste and preference.
This week, we decided to list off the 76 Songs That Have Our Ear.
Why 76? Because Rock and Roll is unpredictable…
Various bloggers throughout the channel have listed off the songs that have been residing in their ear buds. Some are old classics, others are so new we’re not sure they exist and some are undiscovered gems. Click through the links below and discover music. Enjoy.
Our Digital Music let’s us in on a great collection of songs …read more

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Eastern America’s MGMT (pronounced ‘Management’) will be performing with Yeasayer in Toronto on February 9th at the El Mocambo.
MGMT has been featured in virtually every publication, listing them as a band to watch.  Feb 9th at the El Mocambo will be your chance to see a cool band in a cool venue that could be an impact band in the future.  At the very least, it’ll be a trippy night.
Here’s the skinny on MGMT…
While studying music at Wesleyan University in Middleton, Connecticut, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser formed the electronic-rock group MGMT and played at the college’s notorious “clothing optional” …read more

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