From the monthly archives:

September 2010

LIVE! Rah Rah, Suuns, Land of Talk

September 30, 2010

Land of Talk while in Toronto ( photo : Tom Purves / flickr ) Have you seen our new contest yet? Enter here for your chance to win a three-pack of awesome compact discs delivered straight to your door. I remember it as The Rev, where I’ve seen many a band play over the years [...]

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It’s My Birthday! Here’s The Contest!

September 29, 2010

I’m the eldest of two brothers. Growing up I got used to my brother also getting presents on my birthday, and I think ever since then I feel a little guilty if I’m the only one getting presents. So, I’ve done various things in the past – gifts for my wife; donations to a worthwhile [...]

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YEG Radio Deathmatch: Sonic v The Sound

September 28, 2010

Sonic 102.9, referring to their sound as “modern rock”, began broadcasting in 2005 as a small independent station. Broadcasting out of a trailer next to their transmitter south of Edmonton earned them a reputation as being a bit of a rebel, and it worked very well with the music they were playing – loud and [...]

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Hall of Fame Nominees

September 28, 2010

Beastie Boys ( Photo: Michael Morel / flickr ) Fifteen artists have been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. The most notable among nominees for the first time are: Beastie Boys – a band that broke a lot of ground for a lot of genres; their song “Sabotage” [...]

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Album Drops: September 28

September 28, 2010

So, in looking at the albums dropping this week, there isn’t any real standout in my opinion. Certainly nothing I’ve been aching to get. So I’m not doing a new release of the week today. That being said, I have heard good things about Deerhunter (from 4AD); and Women (which is on the Jagjaguwar label, [...]

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Parting Gifts

September 28, 2010

Coco Hames (photo: Cessemi / flickr) I was totally psyched when I read this announcement from my friends at Force Field PR. What started as a one-off partnership by Greg Cartwright (The Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Reigning Sound) and Coco Hames (The Ettes, Coco Motino) has evolved into a formal partnership, with the resulting band to [...]

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No Pandora For Canada

September 27, 2010

Alan Cross at Explore Music posted an excellent article this morning about why Canada doesn’t get Pandora, which further points readers to a Globe & Mail article. RE:sound, “the agency that collects music royalties in Canada on behalf of record companies and performing artists”, has asked for the greater of either (1) 45% of a [...]

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Courage My Love

September 27, 2010

Like most music bloggers, I have my favorite other bloggers – a lot of those are part of finding new music to share, but some are to help me think about the blog overall, others are for writing, and still others, like Bob Segarini over at fyimusic.ca, are because the writer is an incredibly intelligent [...]