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The Junos – Are You Freaking Kidding Me

February 8, 2012

Seeing as how I’m a Canadian music blogger, a lot of you may be expecting a full rundown of the 2012 Junos. You’re not going to get it, but you know what does amuse me? A few days ago a writer for the Edmonton Sun wrote how the Junos were “on the road to revelance” [...]

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Fried Errata

January 20, 2012

So yesterday morning Heather’s alarm goes off at 6AM while she’s already mulling about the house. If you know anything about me, you’ll know I’m so NOT a morning person. Heather bounds into the room apologizing, and as she turns the alarm off I say “into our lives a little Kylie Minogue must always fall”. [...]

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CRTC Approves Golden West App For Radio In Fort Sask – But With A Twist #yegradio

January 10, 2012

Late last July I submitted an intervention to the CRTC concerning a new radio station in Fort Saskatchewan that Golden West was trying to get approved. My main opposition was the format they were choosing – classic rock – which is a completely inundated and over-populated genre for radio in our not-so-snowy-as-usual metropolis. I also [...]

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The Life Of A Music Blogger Part 76

January 8, 2012

One of the most interesting changes in my life since I started a music blog – besides listening to and discovering a lot more music, both from my own searches as well as the plethora that’s sent to me on a daily basis – has been the reaction of friends, particularly when I’m going over [...]

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Pepper Rabbit Calls It A Day

January 4, 2012

I’ve talked about California’s Pepper Rabbit a few times, dating back to when I saw them open for Rural Alberta Advantage back in October 2010. Yesterday it came to light that they’re calling it a day – well, more to the point, leader Xander Singh let everyone know yesterday that the band was done. He [...]

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The Shins – Fourth Album “Port Of Morrow” To Drop March 2012

December 15, 2011

Also releasing a new album in 2012 is James Mercer’s The Shins; “Port Of Morrow”, recorded in Portland and Los Angeles, will drop sometime in March on Mercer’s own Aural Apothecary and Columbia Records. We don’t have a single yet, or tour information, but you can expect those early in the new year I would [...]

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Live Bands Seen In 2011: 169

December 15, 2011

With the Prince show Tuesday night, it looks like my live music calendar is done for the year, making the grand total of bands see equal to 169. Of those, I saw 15 twice, so the total sets I saw for the year was 184. A lot of people think that’s an obscene number, but [...]

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NMM Top Songs of 2011 (With Streams For Eight)

December 14, 2011

My “best of” lists for 2011 concludes today with my top ten songs of the year. I always find this a bit of a challenge as well, because not only do I end up with favorite songs off my favorite albums, but I tend to like deeper tracks as well, on both those albums, as [...]