Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Video of the Day: Deftones ~ “Rocket Skates”

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Yeah, we love Deftones and apparently they love their fans. Today, the group released the video for “Rocket Skates”, the lead single to their new album Diamond Eyes. This just a couple of weeks after they released a free copy of the MP3 (which is no longer available for free, but available to purchase at [...]

STP the Presses

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Written by: Nic Gouveia (NIGCO.CA)
Let’s try a little exercise. Take New York City, a nightclub packed with booze and Scott Weiland and what do you get? Usually, a combo made for ‘TMZ’ but on February 23rd it meant much more, it may have been the night where the rebirth of the Stone [...]

Live Photos: Kestresl & Guests @ Gus’ Pub

Posted under News, Photos

Photos by: Tiffany Naugler (Of Noisography.com)
March 5, 2010 ~ Gus’ Pub, Halifax, NS
Our Halifax photo-contributor has recently launched a new web site called Noisography but she’s still taking some amazing photos of the local scene down on the East Coast. This time around the show featured Kestrels with guests Ocean Towers, the Baketones and the [...]

Now Taking the Stage, Rock Band Network!

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From the pages of NICGO.CA, Nic Gouveia brings us some interesting news on the latest Rock Band offering;
Rock Band fans rejoice, your song library is about to get much… much bigger. The folks at Microsoft and Harmonix have just launched the Rock Band Network which stands to change Rock Band from a mere video game [...]

Wanted: New Tool

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Written by: Nic Gouveia (NICGO.CA)
Bad news everyone…
Maynard James Keenan has been busy with different projects lately, so much so he’s revealed to noisecreep.com that he has no plans on working on a new Tool album. “… I don’t know if I can (record with Tool) right now. I am on the operating table and I’m breaching, [...]

Thirty Years of Religion

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Written by: Nic Gouveia (NICGO.CA)
For thirty years, veteran punk band Bad Religion have been fighting the good fight and cranking out album after album of crunchy, angry goodness for their slightly jaded, loyal fans. To reward said loyalty Bad Religion will be releasing a free, that’s right free, live album available May 18th for download through [...]

New Album from the Roots Due June 8th

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Once again, we receive a cool tip from the mouth of NICGO.CA about a new Roots album en route. From contributing writer Nic Gouveia;
Good news everyone…
Word dropped today (March 5th, 2010) that one of New York’s finest hip-hop acts, The Roots, are releasing their newest album June 8th. Confirmed by Roots drummer ?uestlove via Twitter post, [...]

Linkin Park demos album fails to deliver

Posted under Audio, News, Reviews

Written by: Rob Latham
Linkin Park’s trademark sound of heavily distorted guitars fused with rap and screaming vocals is in abundance in their disappointing latest offering Underground v9.0 – Demos.
As the title suggests the album is a collection of nine demo tracks, predominantly a collection of remixes of some of their biggest anthems.
The album opens up [...]

Video of the Day: Gorillaz ~ “Stylo”

Posted under News, Video

I’m sure plenty of people have been going ape-shite over the new Gorillaz being streamed over at the Guardian this week (as previously reported here). With some more tastiness to whet your appetite, here’s the video for the lead single, “Stylo” featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack, plus an appearance from Bruce Willis in the [...]

Song of the Day: Quasi ~ “Repulsion”

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Today’s Song of the Day comes once again, courtesy of RCRDLBL.com. The track is called “Repulsion” from Portland, Oregon’s Quasi and their new album American Gong.
Quasi are from a new group. They’ve been around since 1993, formed by ex-husband/wife Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss. It wasn’t until 2006 that they added a third member, bassist [...]

Stream from the Beach

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Our contributing writer, Nic Gouveia, over at NICGO.CA broke this news earlier this week so naturally, we bring it to you!
The internets provides once more my friends. If you don’t want to wait a week to get your grubby little hands on Gorillaz new album Plastic Beach wait no longer. The Guardian, out in merry ol’ England, [...]

Off the Dial Podcast 2010.P22 ~ “The duchess of the dark is waiting”

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No more ten month wait for the next episode of the podcast, we return for a double-shot of music greatness for the month of February with great music from Calgary’s the Shagbots, Arts and Crafts groups Apostle of Hustle and brand spankin’ new Broken Social Scene (download a free copy of the track here!), brand [...]

Song of the Day: Frog Eyes ~ “A Flower in a Glove”

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Since things have been rather dormant around here lately, I’ve decided to launch a new feature called Song of the Day. Much like Video of the Day, we won’t necessarily feature it every single day but you’ll find tracks often.
The first “official” Song of the Day actually comes from the RCRDLBL web site (and we’ll [...]

Video of the Day: COC ~ FFITPL

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This is absolutely FANTASTIC!

Vancouver musicians to shine in arts festival

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Written by: Rob Latham
Vancouver’s best musicians and artists will be performing for free as part of the 15-day Made In Vancouver performance arts festival.
The event, held in the Yaletown area of the city, showcases local musicians, dancers, buskers and performance artists from Friday (February 13) with each day celebrating a different artistic theme.
Exciting musical offerings include recent talent [...]

New Releases for Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Check out details on new releases from Massive Attack, Fear Factory, Hollerado, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, HIM, the Cottars, Galactic and more on Tuesday Guide!

News, Video

Video of the Day: Deftones ~ “Rocket Skates”

Yeah, we love Deftones and apparently they love their fans. Today, the group released the video for “Rocket Skates”, the lead single to their new album Diamond Eyes. This just a couple of weeks after they released a free copy of the MP3 (which is no longer available for free, but available to purchase at [...]

News

STP the Presses

Written by: Nic Gouveia (NIGCO.CA)
Let’s try a little exercise. Take New York City, a nightclub packed with booze and Scott Weiland and what do you get? Usually, a combo made for ‘TMZ’ but on February 23rd it meant much more, it may have been the night where the rebirth of the Stone [...]

News, Photos

Live Photos: Kestresl & Guests @ Gus’ Pub

Photos by: Tiffany Naugler (Of Noisography.com)
March 5, 2010 ~ Gus’ Pub, Halifax, NS
Our Halifax photo-contributor has recently launched a new web site called Noisography but she’s still taking some amazing photos of the local scene down on the East Coast. This time around the show featured Kestrels with guests Ocean Towers, the Baketones and the [...]

News

Now Taking the Stage, Rock Band Network!

From the pages of NICGO.CA, Nic Gouveia brings us some interesting news on the latest Rock Band offering;
Rock Band fans rejoice, your song library is about to get much… much bigger. The folks at Microsoft and Harmonix have just launched the Rock Band Network which stands to change Rock Band from a mere video game [...]

News

Wanted: New Tool

Written by: Nic Gouveia (NICGO.CA)
Bad news everyone…
Maynard James Keenan has been busy with different projects lately, so much so he’s revealed to noisecreep.com that he has no plans on working on a new Tool album. “… I don’t know if I can (record with Tool) right now. I am on the operating table and I’m breaching, [...]

News

Thirty Years of Religion

Written by: Nic Gouveia (NICGO.CA)
For thirty years, veteran punk band Bad Religion have been fighting the good fight and cranking out album after album of crunchy, angry goodness for their slightly jaded, loyal fans. To reward said loyalty Bad Religion will be releasing a free, that’s right free, live album available May 18th for download through [...]

News

New Album from the Roots Due June 8th

Once again, we receive a cool tip from the mouth of NICGO.CA about a new Roots album en route. From contributing writer Nic Gouveia;
Good news everyone…
Word dropped today (March 5th, 2010) that one of New York’s finest hip-hop acts, The Roots, are releasing their newest album June 8th. Confirmed by Roots drummer ?uestlove via Twitter post, [...]

Audio, News, Reviews

Linkin Park demos album fails to deliver

Written by: Rob Latham
Linkin Park’s trademark sound of heavily distorted guitars fused with rap and screaming vocals is in abundance in their disappointing latest offering Underground v9.0 – Demos.
As the title suggests the album is a collection of nine demo tracks, predominantly a collection of remixes of some of their biggest anthems.
The album opens up [...]

News, Video

Video of the Day: Gorillaz ~ “Stylo”

I’m sure plenty of people have been going ape-shite over the new Gorillaz being streamed over at the Guardian this week (as previously reported here). With some more tastiness to whet your appetite, here’s the video for the lead single, “Stylo” featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack, plus an appearance from Bruce Willis in the [...]

Audio, News

Song of the Day: Quasi ~ “Repulsion”

Today’s Song of the Day comes once again, courtesy of RCRDLBL.com. The track is called “Repulsion” from Portland, Oregon’s Quasi and their new album American Gong.
Quasi are from a new group. They’ve been around since 1993, formed by ex-husband/wife Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss. It wasn’t until 2006 that they added a third member, bassist [...]

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