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SXSW

SXSW 2012: First Round Of Band Announcements

November 2, 2011

I’m not quite as excited as last year about the SXSW artist announcements, as I don’t think I’ll be heading down for the 2012 version … but if any of you haven’t been to a South by Southwest yet, and you have the opportunity to do so, it’s an amazing experience, and I highly recommend [...]

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On Tour: Oh Land

October 12, 2011

Danish-born Nanna Oland Fabricius didn’t get off the road that long ago, but Brooklyn’s Oh Land is back at it again, announcing some December dates. Earlier in the year (around the time I saw her at SXSW) she released her sophomore (and eponymous) album. Her debut full-length came out in 2008. Here’s the itinerary. No [...]

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The End of the Festival Season

September 9, 2011

With Sonic Boom 2011 over, the music festival season has officially concluded, at least for me and other prairie Canadians (there’s still a few festivals to occur, but all of them are in the far reaches of the United States or Eastern Canada). So I thought it might prove interesting to review all the festivals [...]

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On Tour: Besnard Lakes / Malajube

July 1, 2011

I’m still raving about Malajube’s SXSW sets whenever I get the chance, and now it looks like Edmonton’s going to get their chance to see Malajube, as they join Besnard Lakes on a western Canada (and eastern US) tour starting in late September. Here’s the full itinerary. Sep 23 – Victoria BC at Metro Theatre [...]

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81 and Counting

May 25, 2011

I’m here inWynyard, Saskatchewan, on a Tuesday night, traveling for my day job, and unsurprisingly, there’s nothing to do (no,seriously – NOTHING – look it up on a map). So I’m watching the hockey game (Vancouver just scored to go up 1-0), and updating my list of bands I’ve seen this year, what with Wyrd III [...]

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Yuck – Milkshake / July Tour Dates

May 13, 2011

I may be moderately lactose-intolerant, but I still love a good milkshake … and apparently, the new single by Yuck as well, which is called “Milkshake” (it will also be part of a June 27th release, along with the track “Shook Down”). I named Yuck one of my bands of the day while I was [...]

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Hollerado – “Got To Lose” Video

April 29, 2011

Regulars to New Music Michael will know I’m a pretty big fan of Hollerado. In fact, I’ve seen them twice in the last six months or so, once in mid-November here in Edmonton; and then again at South by Southwest at the Hollerado Nacho Party (I love nachos, but they had tonnes of awesome music [...]

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Lessons From My First (and hopefully not last) SXSW

March 25, 2011

Lest you think I’m missing after South by Southwest, I did make it home. And then promptly got extremely sick, reaching a temperature of 39.4 Celsius (102.9 Fahrenheit) by Tuesday night – and remained horizontal on the downstairs pull-out sofa Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I don’t know about you, but at those temperatures I get [...]