Osheaga 2014 Day 1: Hot hot heat, and not the Canadian band Osheaga 2014 had 6 stages, and 3 big headliners throughout the weekend. Like the 2013 edition, this edition was also a sell out. Again like last year, the...
More stuff from Pillar Point, who we first featured with his track Echoes. Now Pillar Point (Scott Reitherman) has a new track called Dreamin’. The video features some dreamin’ dancing going down in New York City. Not quite sure how...
Last year at the Osheaga festival was a blast – check out our Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 reviews if you don’t believe me. I think the organizers have topped it this year. Check out the poster below...
Angel Haze, when not feuding with Azealia Banks, is capable of dishing out some good tracks. The track is produced by Polaris Prize nominated Ottawa group, A Tribe Called Red, and the track is actually called A Tribe Called Red....
More stuff from the youngin’ from the UK known as King Krule. You’ve seen videos from the 19 year old, such as Easy Easy, Octopus, and Rock Bottom. His latest cut from 6 Feet Beneath the Moon is A Lizard...
Etnik is from Hamburg, Germany and he has been releasing electro monsters on Skrillex’s Owsla label all year. This is a track called Vault from a new, excellent EP Neon Daze that was just released this week. Turn this up...
Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dies This funny and happy blog has turned into the depressing 6 o’clock news it seems. Yesterday we told you news of Mac Daddy from Kris Kross dying. Today, we have news about metal band Slayer...
Eminem Readies New Album Eminem, who told the world using the ‘baseball hat’ method of release dates, is close to finishing his album, according to Dr. Dre (via NME). The yet untitled album will be Eminem’s 8th album, and will...
A big thanks to Rich for keeping you sexy readers engaged in music news in the mornings. Time for me to put some pants on and give you some other tidbits that I let slip through the crack while I...
Last year, PeteHatesMusic took in many, many days of the always excellent Ottawa Bluesfest (final thoughts here). Today, the line up was announced for this July’s edition of the RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest. Before some readers are turned off,...
U2 Possibly Name Album, Phoenix Does Name New Album Bands U2 and Phoenix are from Ireland and France, which Google Maps tells me are very far away. U2 have been messing about in the studio, scrapping and re-recording new music...
Skrillex has been a busy boy. He has a new video with his (ex?) girlfriend Ellie Goulding (which I neglected to feature), as well as randomly dropping a brand spanking new EP called Leaving. I gave the 13 minute EP...
Beastie Boys State the Obvious, Want Lawsuit Against Them Dropped The Beastie Boys are being sued for sampling – I never thought I’d see the day. A band called Trouble Funk have alleged that the Beastie Boys illegally used two...
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 –...
In the UK, music festivals have seen poor attendance and the “economy” cancel a few fan favourites. In the USA, lucky fans not only get Virgin Festival, but they get free admission once again (via Consequence of Sound). And this...
