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April 7th, 2008

Countdown to The Verve

The Verve, Rolling Stone no. 784, April 1998
This is merely a friendly reminder…
We are down to less than a month before The Verve play a highly anticipated show at The Ricoh Coliseum on Thursday May 1st. The show has been sold out for a while, but like any gig, there are ways to get […]

By Mike -- 4 comments

April 5th, 2008

The Juno Cup Trash Talk

In the true spirit of Canada, the Juno Awards weekend features the Juno Cup. The Juno Cup is a hockey game featuring Canadian musicians and some top hockey legends.
Word is, that in the past, there has been some friendly trash talking between the musicians and the players prior to the game. Hockey (and […]

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April 5th, 2008

b5media at the Juno Awards

(Image Credit:  Juno Awards)
b5media will be attending and covering the 2008 Juno Awards being held this weekend in Calgary, Alberta. The awards celebrate Canadian Music, and the weekend consist of  events, concerts and in true Canadian fashion, the Juno Cup - a hockey game between Canadian musicians and hockey legends.
The b5media representatives at the Juno […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Luke Doucet to Showcase at JunoFest

(Image Source: JunoFest)There will be a Six Shooter Records showcase as part of JunoFest.
Luke Doucet & Justin Rutledge will play The Palomino Club in Calgary on Friday Night (April 4th) Rutledge will hit the stage at Midnight and Doucet will follow at 1am.
Tickets for the show are $10 or you can get a […]

By Mike -- 0 comments

March 13th, 2008

CBC Radio 3 Feed from SXSW | The Constantines | Astronauts

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Working away today listening to CBC Radio 3 and caught their live feed from SXSW.
Grant Lawrence was on site (or was he…) at the outdoor stage at Emo’s.
Radio 3 shot the feed through all the snow to us Canadians. The line-up was […]

By Mike -- 1 comment

March 4th, 2008

76 Songs That Have Our Ear | Discover Music | Listen Here

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 […]

By Mike -- 1 comment

February 25th, 2008

Songs tough to shake…from your mind

I remember the Ongoing History of New Music with Alan Cross addressing this issue once. Why do certain songs get stuck in your head? Is it the vibe, the personal connection, or a specific mix of melody and hook? Regardless of the formula or tags given, they take over the mind and […]

By Mike -- 4 comments

February 12th, 2008

Live Review: Xavier Rudd | Mishka - Danforth Music Hall

Trying to explain Australian Xavier Rudd to people can be a tough task. He plays a bunch of instruments (including a selections of didgeridoos), he has a soft acoustic vibe, his shows offer incredible and unique lengthy jams and he never wears shoes - a full-time barefooter, claiming not to own or […]

By Mike -- 4 comments

February 8th, 2008

Songs of the Week (listen here) | Joel Plaskett | Vampire Weekend | Black Kids

Another edition of the songs that paddled (or re-paddled) upstream and made their way into the top rotation.
This week, the songs seem to have a spring or summer vibe. As I add them to this post I’m listening to them and picturing summery stuff. When I listen to this acoustic version of Joel […]

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February 7th, 2008

Undesirable Artists to Swap Places With | Top few

A fellow friend and blogger Arjun at The Good Musician proposed the questions to a number of us bloggers, “what artists would you not want to trade places/lives with?”
A great question. I had to base my answers on a few criteria: I couldn’t immediately name the members of Nickelback one after another (it […]

By Mike -- 4 comments