Another Member Quits Nine Inch Nails First it was Eric Avery, and now Adrian Belew of Crimson has quit Nine Inch Nails, just 24 hours after NIN announced a world tour (via Consequence of Sound). Well that just belews (see...
In case you missed it last week, Toronto indie label Arts & Crafts have released the tracklist for their 10th anniversary compilation album, Arts & Crafts: X. Check it out below. 1 Broken Social Scene x Years: “Day of the...
Valentine’s Day is this week – hooray? Not if you’re single, in a shitty relationship, or recently had Zooey Deschanel get a restraining order against you (I know that she secretly loves me though). Last year, we ran an extremely...
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...
Feist has a new video from a song from the Polaris Prize-winning album, Metals. The song is called Graveyard. Yesterday was Halloween. Graveyard. Halloween. Graveyard. Halloween. However, the video got released post-Halloween – let’s hope Feist doesn’t drop a Christmas...
Feist Wins 2012 Polaris Prize Last night, Toronto played host to the 2012 Polaris Prize, which recognizes the best Canadian album based on “artistic merit without regard to genre, sales history or label affiliation.” Oh, so this is why Justin...
It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m several beers to the wind. Since that isn’t actually an expression, that’s further proof if you needed it. But before I get so incoherent that I’m yelling at my plants, I thought I’d bring you...
Jay-Z Adds Big Names to Made in America Festival, Becomes Executive Producer of NBA 2K13 Jay-Z’s new Made in America festival already boasted a pretty good line up. Joining Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit and others at the September 1/2...
S.S. Coachella – Cash Cow or More Fun for Everyone? Coachella famously expanded from one weekend festival to two in Indio, California this past year. Now they are moving from the desert to the sea – promoters Golden Voice have...
Drummer from The Band, Levon Helm, Dies at Age of 71 First Dick Clark, now Levon Helm – the 71 year old drummer from The Band passed away yesterday. To youngsters who don’t know them – yes, they were actually...
Bittersweet Melodies might be the name of the new Feist video, or it might be the sound of the music playing while your landlords throws your stereo out the window because you didn’t pay the rent. Sorry sir, I thought...
Yup, I stole the G.O.O.D. Friday pun from Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music Fridays, but today is actually Good Friday, so I’m forgiven, right? Wrong. Listen to new Kanye West track, Mercy, featuring Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz Kanye...
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,...
Osheaga 2012 Line Up Announced for Montreal Festival Osheaga, also known as “The festival with the exact same dates as Chicago’s Lollapalooza”, has announced their line up for this August 3-5. Taking place in Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, the line...
With all of this talk about the Grammys and people shunning and ignoring the Grammys, us Canadians can turn our focus to something equally cool (or perhaps cooler) – the 2012 Juno Awards. The Juno Awards will take place on...
