Written By: Kristen Jones Canadian Rockers, The Lions, are back with their most recent album New Rise Of The Footsoldier. Released in March of this year, the album is a mix of Alternative, Rock and Psychedelic music. Currently calling Calgary home, The Lions, consisting of Chris Millar (lead vocals/guitar), Justin Luchinski (bass) and Liz Demenko (drums), [...]
Written by: Raelyn Ross (Strolling Sound) August 13, 2010 @ the Ironwood ~ Calgary, AB The Ben Rose Wedding Band recently held the release of their new CD Cowtown at well known Calgary folk music venue The Ironwood Stage and Grill. The venue (as the name would suggest) feels much like an auditorium that serves [...]
Written by: Thomas Zimmerman The opening song of The Fast Romantics new EP starts out with a piano track that reminds me of a 50′s sock-hop. It seems as if somebody got the “arpeggio” key stuck on the piano backing setup because it is almost always evident in this song. Don’t get me wrong, I [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones In 2010 we’ve seen an increasing number of bands with an ’80s inspired sound. With the release of their new album Kronic Rock on August 10th, Krome would be one of those bands. The bands singer Shawn Meehan says the band was inspired by fellow Canadian bands Sloan and The Trews, [...]
Written by: Andy Stewart One of the things I like about Arcade Fire is their ability to build up hype by seemingly doing nothing. They appear to be separate from the chaos that swirls around them by merely going about their business. This single minded focus typically results in works of art that at first [...]
Written by: Laura Melvin Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip has released an album that is as bland as the side project’s name – Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles. The Grand Bounce is mellow, country Canadiana that sounds far too close to works by The Tragically Hip to be considered new and exciting. [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones With much anticipation “D-Day” as Zakk Wylde has referred to the unveiling of the new Black Label Society (BLS) album Order of the Black has happened. On August 10th the band released its eighth studio album, this time through E1 Music. Wylde and his band currently made up of John “JD” [...]
So, OtD contributor Andy Stewart (aka ‘Show’) sent me a link to this video of Thom York performing live at the Big Chill 2010 this past weekend in Herefordshire. I love Thom and all things Radiohead but I can’t say I was all that impressed with the tune. I was more bewildered by the shaggy [...]
Re-posted with permission from GigJunkie.net; After thirteen years, six studio albums, 11 million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success Placebo are back in the UK for a special one off show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on 27 September to celebrate the release of the Battle For The Sun: [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones Kings of Leon have announced their much anticipated fifth studio album Come Around Sundown is to be released on October 18th. The album is the follow-up to the hugely successful Only By The Night, which sold over six million copies worldwide and won the band four Grammy Awards. During their current [...]
So there’s a little story running around the internets that former Fugees member and famed solo artist Wyclef Jean could make an announcement tomorrow (August 5th) that he’ll be running for the presidency of earthquake torn island nation Haiti. Jean, who was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (he later moved to New York as a small [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones As a music writer, I see a lot of material from aspiring local artists. I try to keep an open mind and listen to the music all the way through before coming to any conclusions. However, once in a while someone new grabs my attention during the first song. Jon Ferwerda [...]
Written by: Jesse Seberras Day 492. Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Planet Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy. So I was at the Bovine Sex Club. Never heard of it? Well it’s a bar in downtown Toronto that doesn’t want you to know who or what it is. The front of the building is covered in [...]
From: GigJunkie.net Fast on their way to becoming one of the world’s biggest bands, 30 Seconds To Mars’ status in the UK has already been proven with shows this year that include a sold-out arena tour as well as a headline slot on the second stage at Download Festival plus appearances at Oxegen and T [...]
From: GigJunkie.net ‘One of the most consistently brilliant British bands of the last 10 years’ NME ‘One of the most musically accomplished and influential bands around today’ The Independent Following their phenomenal return to the UK music scene with their critically acclaimed sixth studio album, ‘Butterfly House’, The Coral announce a UK tour in November, [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones This past Thursday, Drive Faster celebrated their new album titled Frame of Mind, with a CD release party at The Legendary Horeshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario. The band called it “…an evening to remember”, on their website and thanked everyone who came to the show. Drive Faster, with Lead Singer Angela Elizabeth (Saini), [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones Canadian Rockers, The Lions, are back with their most recent album New Rise Of The Footsoldier. Released in March of this year, the album is a mix of Alternative, Rock and Psychedelic music. Currently calling Calgary home, The Lions, consisting of Chris Millar (lead vocals/guitar), Justin Luchinski (bass) and Liz Demenko (drums), [...]
Written by: Raelyn Ross (Strolling Sound) August 13, 2010 @ the Ironwood ~ Calgary, AB The Ben Rose Wedding Band recently held the release of their new CD Cowtown at well known Calgary folk music venue The Ironwood Stage and Grill. The venue (as the name would suggest) feels much like an auditorium that serves [...]
Written by: Thomas Zimmerman The opening song of The Fast Romantics new EP starts out with a piano track that reminds me of a 50′s sock-hop. It seems as if somebody got the “arpeggio” key stuck on the piano backing setup because it is almost always evident in this song. Don’t get me wrong, I [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones In 2010 we’ve seen an increasing number of bands with an ’80s inspired sound. With the release of their new album Kronic Rock on August 10th, Krome would be one of those bands. The bands singer Shawn Meehan says the band was inspired by fellow Canadian bands Sloan and The Trews, [...]
Written by: Andy Stewart One of the things I like about Arcade Fire is their ability to build up hype by seemingly doing nothing. They appear to be separate from the chaos that swirls around them by merely going about their business. This single minded focus typically results in works of art that at first [...]
Written by: Laura Melvin Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip has released an album that is as bland as the side project’s name – Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles. The Grand Bounce is mellow, country Canadiana that sounds far too close to works by The Tragically Hip to be considered new and exciting. [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones With much anticipation “D-Day” as Zakk Wylde has referred to the unveiling of the new Black Label Society (BLS) album Order of the Black has happened. On August 10th the band released its eighth studio album, this time through E1 Music. Wylde and his band currently made up of John “JD” [...]
So, OtD contributor Andy Stewart (aka ‘Show’) sent me a link to this video of Thom York performing live at the Big Chill 2010 this past weekend in Herefordshire. I love Thom and all things Radiohead but I can’t say I was all that impressed with the tune. I was more bewildered by the shaggy [...]
Re-posted with permission from GigJunkie.net; After thirteen years, six studio albums, 11 million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success Placebo are back in the UK for a special one off show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on 27 September to celebrate the release of the Battle For The Sun: [...]
Written By: Kristen Jones Kings of Leon have announced their much anticipated fifth studio album Come Around Sundown is to be released on October 18th. The album is the follow-up to the hugely successful Only By The Night, which sold over six million copies worldwide and won the band four Grammy Awards. During their current [...]
