The American Juno awards (aka The Grammys) might have just passed, but now the real excitement begins (right?). This morning, the Juno Awards announced the nominees for the April 21st showcase in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Junos are the highest awards...
We recently told you about the Prism Prize, the new award created to celebrate Canadian music videos. The Prism Prize awards $5,000 to the Best Canadian Music Video for 2012, and will be announced on March 24. As you might...
Two pieces of new album news from two duos. Favourites at PHM, psychedelic and all around wacky music makers MGMT, are preparing their third album for release this June. It will be self-titled, which is disappointing given the ability for...
We touched on the volatile world of internet rumours earlier this morning. The Rolling Stones are playing Coachella. An insider source says they’re definitely not. Someone is right and someone is wrong, and a lot of media people are going...
Rapper Wale has a lot more in common with comedian Jerry Seinfeld than you may know. The obvious starting point is his 2008 album, The Mixtape About Nothing. This album uses audio samples from the legendary 90s show, Seinfeld, and...
Ticketmaster is a horrible monopoly in the eyes of many people. Spending your hard earned money on a $30 ticket, only to have close to $10 tacked on for ‘service and convenience fees’ makes you want to kick something (except...
There don’t seem to be any official Canadian Blog Awards. If you Google this phrase, you will land on two respectable websites that have been hosting them for the past several years. As you might know, we won the 2012...
Good news, Broken Social Scene fans. The band are playing their first show since their 2011 ‘break’, as part of a big Arts & Crafts festival call Field Trip. That’s Arts & Crafts as in the Toronto music label, not...
Back in 2006, the Polaris Prize was created. The Polaris Prize, modeled after the British/Irish Mercury Prize, honours the best Canadian album, and gives out a nice $30,000 cash prize. A brand new, almost complimentary, award has been created for...
Yesterday, we listed the PeteHatesMusic Top Songs of 2012, and we had a tough time narrowing it down to just 25. A slightly easier task is listing the top albums, as good songs far outnumber good, complete, top to bottom...
2012 is almost done, and I’m still debating my song list from 2011. There are 2 problems – one is that it’s time for this year’s top songs list, and the other problem is there were a lot of bloody...
The only times I seem to blog about Justin Bieber is when he’s getting made fun of, or there’s some ridiculous lawsuit that is comical. I didn’t think I’d be blogging about Justin Bieber because of a planned murder attempt...
Busy times for The xx. The band just announced their new Night + Day mini-festivals which will take place in “unique and beautiful locations.” I guess we can rule out Detroit as a stop. The band have “picked the artists...
A little while ago, Nine Inch Nails’ front man Trent Reznor said he was working on stuff with Beats by Dre and also another interesting project with Dr. Dre. That project is not music related but music streaming related. In...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic We posted the funky Atoms for Peace B-side What The Eyeballs Did last month. With the launch of the new Atoms for Peace website, you had to perhaps think that the crafty Thom Yorke might have some tricks...
