SERIOUSLY looking forward to seeing Diplo tomorrow afternoon in the hot sun at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. Here’s a new one from the Philly producer, and it’s pure New Orleans Bounce. Started in New Orleans (durr…) ‘Bounce’ features lots of call-and-response,...
Privacy Concerns on Facebook? What’s next – Pete Doherty Going to Rehab? If you use Facebook to discuss or brag about criminal activity (namely pedophilia), be warned: Facebook scans the chats and comments for illegal activity (via Digital Trends). While...
Main Stage Headliner: John Cougar Mellencamp. The guitar RULED today. Party Factor: 7. John Mellencamp definitely brought out an older crowd tonight – hopefully they got to see lots of new excellent guitar-rock. Not one synthesizer on the festival grounds...
Main Stage Headliner: Bad Religion (how cool is that?) Party Factor: 5… hey, it’s Wednesday night. Still a big crowd – respect. Band 1: The first band we saw tonight was Montreal’s Grimes. Accompanied by Blood Diamonds on beats, Grimes...
Main Stage Headliner: Snoop Dogg – Hip Hop day! Party Factor: A sloppy 8. Considering it is Tuesday, 9. Number of songs performed tonight about smoking weed: at least 5. Between A$AP Rocky and Snoop Dogg exclusively. Band 1: The...
We heard Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires this past week as part of our ongoing coverage of RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest in Ottawa – and we were blown away. Not only is this guy a more gruff version of The...
Tonight’s Main Stage Headliner: Iron Maiden Band 1: The first band we saw today was an up-and-comer called ‘Alice Cooper‘. I think this guy is going to be pretty successful! Although his stage and light show would probably look a...
Something pretty cool landed in the inboxes of PeteHatesMusic this week from the offices of Mr. Toddla T – DJ, Producer, and purveyor of all things bass-heavy. Part of a remix/shoe-selling project called #ORIGINALSREMIXED; this is Toddla T’s re-work of Trojan...
Tonight’s Main Stage Headliner: LMFAO Party factor: 7. Lots of people there to party. Lots of them under 15 years of age. Band 1 was: Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, and they are a new favourite of ours. This guy has been...
Tonight’s Main Stage Headliner: Tiësto Party factor: 6. An excellent warm-up, but not into legendary status. Band 1 was: Ottawa’s own Loon Choir. They are definitely Arcade Fire fans – and it shows (that is a compliment). Big sound and last-day-on-earth...
Coachella in tax battle – may relocate Certainly some heavy politics in play here – but Goldenvoice is threatening to move the Coachella Festival outside of Indio CA if a proposed tax is put onto the local ballot in 2013....
So, we’re kindof cranked to be covering one of our favourite festivals on the calendar – Ottawa’s Bluesfest. As is the case every year, Bluesfest’s greatest strength is variety. 12 days of music ranging from Norah Jones to Skrillex; Mustard...
You’ve probably heard One eskimO before – as their music has been purchased by the likes of Discovery Channel & Toyota over the past 2 years. This is a new one – called Sunny Day – and you’ll likely here it...
Yes – their name does sound a bit like a tattoo parlour. And YES, this IS quite good! Infinity Ink are a collective of 2 dudes from London – Ali Love and Luca C. They have been releasing music as...
Being a 3-man news organization has its moments of hand-to-the-forehead idiocy at some of the stuff you miss while asleep. Today, some music notes that we totally missed in the past 2-3 weeks… sorry. Green Day announces new material Yup....
