Toronto Unplugged

It’ll be a big night in Toronto tomorrow night…Radiohead is here…Radiohead is here.
For many, this is the concert event of the summer. Fresh off an innovative release of their most recent album – In Rainbows – Radiohead will marvel, confuse, dazzle and amaze tomorrow night at the Molson Amphitheatre.
Don’t have tickets? Unfortunately, tomorrow nights show is not a ‘pay what you want’ and tickets are sold out, so if you’re planning on getting scalper tickets, bring both of your wallets.
But one thing will be certain…this show will be worth every penny.
New York’s Grizzly Bear will open the show …read more

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Toronto’s Crystal Castles have already proven they can sell albums. Now they’re proving that they can sell albums…on vinyl.
In addition to this week’s CIMS album chart, there was a TOP 50 Vinyl chart – week ending July 20, 2008
Crystal Castles self titled album came in at a very impressive 34 – trailing the likes of Radiohead In Rainbows, My Morning Jacket Evil Urges, Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer and Coldplay Vida La Vida.
Here is the top 20…
TW LW Title Artist
1 D METALLICA MASTER OF PUPPETS
2 22 …read more

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Radiohead is at it again…doing things their own way.  This is what we love about them.
Radiohead are exploring a new way to make their next music video.  The band’s latest video, “House Of Cards,” is being done without the use of a camera.

Instead, the group is utilizing Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar to create the unique video.  I’m sure everyone knows what that means…
For the non-techies, the Geometric Informatics employes a structured light scanning system to capture an image (in this case Thom Yorke and others in the scene) in 3D at close proximity.
Yorke says, “I liked the idea of …read more

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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” video is being released globally across all platforms, and will potentially be seen in 560 million households worldwide.
The “All I Need” video was filmed in Australia by Oscar-winning Cinematographer, John Seale (The English Patient, Cold Mountain ), and award-winning director, Steve Rogers. It provides insight …read more

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Radiohead’s upcoming North American tour is starting to take shape. While no dates have been announced yet, band members are revealing which cities they’ll hit when the group arrives on our shores.
 
The cross-country trek is expected to make stops in the Northeast, including New York, Philadelphia, and Boston; while Southeastern cities include Washington, DC, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, and Tampa. The Midwest portion of the trek will include Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Two shows will be staged in Texas, in Dallas and Houston; with West Coast appearances anticipated in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Seattle.
 
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Believe it or not, people are still buying albums and thank you to those who are in that minority.  Record solid material, press it and people will still shell out money for it.
Elite company here…Radiohead and Anne Murray???

Here are the top 10 albums sales in Toronto for the week ending January 10th:

Radiohead – In Rainbows
Alicia Keys – As I Am
Feist – Reminder
Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Anne Murray – Duets, Friends & Legends

I can’t help but think back to that segment on Sesame Street called, “One of these things does not belong here…”
That’s right Rihanna, …read more

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Two Thousand and Seven was the spark to the tinder for the end of the music industry as we know it – 2007 was the meltdown.
Musicians, bands and management started realizing the full potential of the digital and Internet soundscape. They started realizing that the current model just doesn’t make sense anymore and began exploring options.
Stars, Prince and Radiohead wielded the biggest digital axe, but rising bands also took a toll by releasing, promoting and selling music on their own through a very simple formula – lots of hard work. Is there a valuable lesson …read more

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