Toronto Unplugged

CBC Radio 3 is always on top on what is breaking in Canadian Music.  This week’s NMC features local Toronto band Five Star Trailer Park.
Five Star Trailer Park are an emerging band from Toronto’s vibrant independent music scene.  Drawing comparison’s to bands as varied as the Foo Fighters and Ryan Adams, this sextet is reputed for songs crafted with beauty and tension.
The band is taking up residency at legendary brew pub C’est What on Tuesday nights for the month of March.
Standout Track:  On the Drive Home

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Plants and Animals are breaking out.  The Montreal trio are less than a week away from launching their highly anticipated release Parc Avenue.   The band has been at it a while – they have been playing as a band since 2000 and have been in the process of this albumfor over two years.
“It’s like an aged whisky or something,” laughs Spicer. “It’s been percolating and developing for a long time to get to the point where now it’s just simple and delicious,”
says band member Warren C Spicer to Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star.
The band has been getting hype for …read more

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Do you follow Hype Machine? If you’re in to music, I suggest you do.
Easy and cool way to find (and listen to) bands generating hype. Everywhere.
The Hype Machine follows music blog discussions.  Every day, thousands of people around the world write about music they love — and it all ends up there.
The Hype Machine sidebar will constantly update every time the page is refreshed – making it easy to listen to what is getting hype in the world of music.
This minute’s list features Feist and a New York band who is getting huge hype and playing a sold …read more

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