It’s true – at midnight April 20th, the first track from Random Access Memories will be released. Get Lucky is a collaboration b/w Daft Punk, pop super-producer Pharrell Williams, and pop super-producer/guitar legend Nile Rodgers. There are only a handful...
As our preview yesterday indicated, the SiriusXM Indies were one jam packed evening of awards and performances. Rather than break down the smaller, 10 minute performers into the typical CMW Critical Conclusions reviews we have been doing, I thought I’d...
It’s Canadian Music Week in Toronto which means there’s six days of music-related events, booze-filled events, and expos “dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries” (via indies.ca). One of those events is the...
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...
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...
Lots of new albums coming out and lots of release news, so don’t mind us as we power through them all. Oh, and some Coachella Festival announced it’s line up. Coachella Announces 2013 Line Up The famous festival in the...
The Roots and Elvis Costello? Yeah, That Might Work Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night house band is making an album with Diana Krall’s husband. Translation: The Roots are collaborating with Elvis Costello (via Billboard). While they originally planned for just a...
Trent Reznor Named Chief Creative Officer of Daisy, Which is Not a Dog OR a Flower Remember when we told you about Trent Reznor teaming up with Dr. Dre / Beats by Dre for a new music streaming service called...
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...
Spelling never was the focus of Majical Cloudz. Fortunately this is a music blog and not a spelling blog – the market for a spelling blog is too tough these dayz anyway. Majical Cloudz worked with Grimes and is also...
Crystal Castles Don’t Care Much for Katy Perry Hopefully you heard the new Crystal Castles song, Affection, yesterday. They band are back in the news, after slamming Katy Perry and her sexualization of young children. Singer Alice Glass said, “I...
Hurricane Sandy is No Damn Fun Hurricane Sandy has descended on the east coast of America, causing rain and wind through northeastern USA and parts of Canada. Due to the crazy winds and because it’s rainin’ sideways, several shows have...
Beyonce to Headline the Super Bowl. LET’S START THE JAY-Z GUEST SPOT RUMOURS! Beyonce has finished making Illuminati babies for the time being and is ready to re-focus on her music career. First up was the inevitable guest appearance at...
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...
One of the standout albums of 2012 is Visions by Grimes. The Montreal artist has a self-directed video for her song, Genesis. And Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) appears to have some talent as a director, too. Everyone loves swords, snakes,...
