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Rogers Picnic Preview: Vampire Weekend | Listen Here

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:10:14 +0000

Drawing on diverse backgrounds, Vampire Weekend experiments and explores the intersections of the things they love: African guitar music, the Western classical canon, hazy memories of summers in Cape Cod, winters in Upper Manhattan, reggaeton and everything else that would become part of Vampire Weekend.

Vampire Weekend returns to Toronto – their last visit being a much hyped packed house at the Horseshoe Tavern. As part of the Rogers Picnic, Vampire Weekend will take the stage at 4pm – after Dizzee Rascal and just before Animal Collective.

Already featured on many lists of who to watch for in 2008, Vampire Weekend have caused quite a stir, garnering the cover of SPIN Magazine who declared them “The Year’s Best new Band”, features in Blender, Fader, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and noteworthy TV appearances on SNL, Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and famed Coachella festival.

As always…send in your reviews and comments on the show.

Here’s a great VW track…

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Rogers Picnic Preview: Tokyo Police Club | Listen Here

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:01:03 +0000

Newmarket Ontario’s Tokyo Police Club will hit the stage tomorrow at Rogers Picnic right before Cat Power and right after Vampire Weekend. It’s a solid line up.

About Tokyo Police Club…

Tokyo Police Club have taken all the good bits from Indie Rock in the past decade and put their own unique spin on things to create a sound that has catapulted them into the international spotlight. Since their formation in 2005, the band has played numerous festivals including key performances at Lollapalooza, Coachella, Glastonbury, and Reading and have recently been featured on the Tonight Show with David Letterman. Their debut LP “Elephant Shell” will be released on April 22, 2008.

My favorite Tokyo Police Club track…hasn’t left my iPod rotation since the track came out.

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Rogers Picnic Preview: The Carps

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:15:24 +0000

The first band to kick off Rogers Picnic on Sunday will be GTA’s own The Carps.

Here is a little about the funky, rockin’, R&B duo…

Scarborough-based The Carps thrive on ingenuity with an attractive blend of rock, funk, electronic and hip-hop. Wielding a disheveled bass, a wonky synthesizer, and hard-hitting drums, the duo steer raw emotion into a palatable and progressive direction while never leaving their mindless self-indulgent Punk Rock days far behind. The Carps recently released their sophomore EP titled “Waves and Shambles”.

Have a listen…

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Rogers Picnic Preview: City and Colour

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:41:49 +0000

Rogers Picnic is this Sunday at Toronto’s Historic Fort York.

Toronto Unplugged will randomly preview the line-up all week….we’re just starting with our favorite. And yes, they spell their name with a ‘U’…you’re goddamn right.

City and Colour is the solo project of Dallas Green, the dulcet voice of Platinum and Juno award winning Alexisonfire. Consistently selling out every venue across Canada and performing around the world (including legendary festivals such as Soundwave, Reading, Leeds, V-Fest) City and Colour’s debut album “Sometimes” achieved Platinum certification in 2006 and recent release “Bring Me Your Love” has already achieved Gold certification. City and Colour won the MuchMusic People’s Choice Favourite Canadian Artist award in 2006, and performed live on the 2007 JUNOS, (Canada’s Grammys), taking home the award for Alternative Album of The Year.

City and Colour will headline the show and will take the stage at 9:40pm

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