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Lovingly Written By: Andy Stewart Fuck you, Black Keys. Fuck. You. Fuck you for making 99% of my music collection obsolete with the release of El Camino. Fuck you for making me have to sit through 37 minutes and 42 seconds of you guys reminding me that you’re better than everyone else. Fuck you for [...]
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Re-published from Auteur Research Quick Cuts Christine Leakey: http://christineleakey.bandcamp.com/ Dave King: http://www.theheavydream.com/ Infinite I: http://theinfinite-i.com/ Christine Leakey Who: It took fourteen years for Christine Leakey’s album Tapping Trees In A Trinket Box Of Treasure to come to fruition. After struggling with an injury that left her unable to play any instruments she slowly worked her way back to performing and finishing [...]
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Written By: Kristen Jones Canadian alternative pop rock band Hedley is back with their fourth album Storms. Produced by Brian Howes, the new album was released on November 8th. Formed in British Columbia in 2004, the group consists of frontman Jacob Hoggard, guitarist Dave Rosin, bassist Tommy Mac and drummer Chris Crippin. The band has accomplished [...]
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Matthew Good is in town for a two-night stint at the Jack Singer Concert Hall, smack-dab in the middle of his cross-Canada tour in support his latest album, Lights of Endangered Species. Reviews have been very good so far (save for Matt apparently getting a little upset at an unsavoury fan in Ottawa last week) [...]
Audio, News
I’m sure by now you’ve heard of the latest internet meme, “First World Problems”. If not, it’s basically a collection of trivial complaints like “My parking spot is too far from the door” or “I’m bored of all the food from the restaurants close to my work” or “My smartphone changes “lol” to “LOL” making [...]
Podcasts
Another month, another new podcast! We return with tracks from three Calgary bands, two from Vancouver, one each from Montreal and Toronto, two New York City groups and a classic San Francisco group. Try and match them up and make sure to click the links for more info and get your hands on more of [...]
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Re-published from Auteur Research Quick Cuts The Rest:http://therest.bandcamp.com/ Drew Smith:http://drewsmith.ca/ Greg Preston and The Great Machine:http://gregprestonandthegreatmachine.bandcamp.com/ The Rest Who: Known by many as one of the best bands few have heard about, even so The Rest have been able to achieve praise and notice from NPR, La Blogotheque’s Take Away Show, Stereogum, Pitchfork, [...]
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Written By: Kristen Jones American punk rock band the Misfits, have released their new studio album titled The Devil’s Rain, on October 4th. Produced by Ed Stasium, the album is the bands first full-length record since 2003′s Project 1950 and the first collection of all-new material by the group since 1999′s Famous Monsters. Founded in [...]
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Written by: Andy Stewart If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Words that We Were Promised Jetpacks apparently heeded prior to recording their second album In The Pit of the Stomach, which picks up right where These Four Walls left off. The band from Edinburgh, Scotland comprised of schoolmates Adam Thompson, Michael Palmer, Sean Smith [...]
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Written by: Andy Stewart Never one to rush things, DJ Shadow (aka Josh Davis) has never delivered an album in less than 4 years. That said, it should come as no surprise that his latest offering, The Less You Know, The Better, arrived 5 years after his last album. The extended breaks between albums isn’t [...]