School is back in, people are back to work, so I guess that means I gotta blog again, right? Instead of “working” this summer, I was cheering England onto the World Cup semi finals, and singing about Football Coming Home...
We have a double dose of Death Cab for Cutie for you on St. Patrick’s Day. The band are all set to GET HAMMERED TODAY release Kintsugi on March 31. Why make us wait until then when we have the...
Majical Cloudz’s singer Devon Welsh’s dad might’ve starred in Twin Peaks, but there is no connection to the band Twin Peaks. Then why lead off with such a useless sentence? The Chicago band are gearing up for album numero 2...
Cut Copy are back from down under and have a new album out Nov 1 (AUS) /4 (EU) /5 (NA). The Free Your Mind title track has dropped and now we have a video as well. If you like True...
Bye Bye Death Grips – Label Drops Them I guess releasing music for free online and pissing off your record company is not the way to establish a career-long partnership. Epic Record have dropped Death Grips, noting “Epic Records is...
Ben Gibbard Tells People Not to Hold Their Breath….for Another Postal Service Album Death Cab for Cutie frontman, Ben Gibbard, just came out with a solo album. But what about his other other project, the lovely Postal Service, with producer...
Full Flex Express Tour to Return in 2013 Skrillex launched his Full Flex Express train tour this year – PeteHatesMusic caught the Ottawa stop for the tour, and it was g-o-o-d. Great news for Skrillex fans and train enthusiasts –...
Score one for awkward song titles. Death Cab for Cutie frontman, Benjamin Gibbard is about to release a solo record, Former Lives. Apparently he goes by Benjamin and not Ben now. He also likes interesting song titles, such as this...
When he’s not writing tributes to baseball players, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard is prepping his latest solo record. The album is called Former Lives, is out October 15/16, and is not entire about ex-wife, Zooey Deschanel, right?...
Amy Winehouse Album Sales, One Year After Her Death Yesterday marked one year since Amy Winehouse suddenly passed away. A look at the charts shows she had a great year for record sales but not a great year for living...
Juno Awards Recap Apologizes for the terrible (or brilliant?) pun in the headline – my tea is still brewing. Last night, the Juno Awards were held in Ottawa. Canadian music has done extremely well worldwide over the past few years,...
Kingston rockers, The Tragically Hip, who recently had a street named after them, have announced a pair of shows on June 30 and July 1. They will play on June 30 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and then Canada Day – July 1...
Ben Gibbard is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie. He was married to everyone’s favourite girl next door, She & Him singer / actress / objection of my affection Zooey Deschanel. Unfortunately, they have since recently separated. Ben...
The latest video from Death Cab for Cutie’s 2011 album, Codes and Keys, is for Underneath the Sycamore. The video has a cool vibe, evoking feelings of Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets Dick Tracy meets Sin City – basically a...
One of the stages collapsed last night at the Ottawa Bluesfest. The Toronto Sun reports that due to high winds and a God that dislikes Death Cab for Cutie, the main stage got blown backwards and collapsed while Cheap Trick...
