LIsten! Stars – The Light
Stars are about to embark on a fall tour. In celebration of this grinding process, the band are releasing a new 7″ (or 17.8 cm for those metric lovers). The vinyl features Wishful as an A-Side, and The Light as...
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Morning Music Notes – Everyone is Faking It
Portugal. The Man turned to “the man” aka Danger Mouse to produce their most recent record. Tracks like Purple Yellow Red and Blue and Atomic Man have been quite strong, showing that Danger Mouse often brings out the best in...
Osheaga 2013 – Day 2 Executive Summary (Saturday)
Day 2: Canadian indie pop, 90s legends, and an instrumental rock band highlight day 2 at Osheaga. Follow us on Twitter for Osheaga thoughts, and check out our Day 1 coverage here. Stars: The first act I caught today were...
Osheaga Festival Preview and Band Recommendations (Montreal, August 2 to 4)
Despite living a (mere) 5 hour drive away from Montreal, I have never been to the August weekend long festival that is Osheaga. Part of this is because I’ve been to Lollapalooza 4 times over the past several years, and...
RBC Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 9 executive summary
Day 9 – Bjork day. Austra: A band we’ve seen and loved before – they didn’t disappoint on a hot Saturday afternoon. Equal parts Vangelis and Florence Welch, Austra is haunting, yet catchy as hell. This wasn’t the tightest set...
Watch! Stars – Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It
Stars have released a mouthful of a new song – Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It. When I interview Torquil Campbell, we spoke about the song title and a similar Beatles reference, so...
Listen to Two More Collaborations from the Arts & Crafts Album (Amy Millan x Dan Mangan, The Darcys x Ra Ra Riot)
A double dose of tracks from the Arts & Crafts collaborative compilation album, Arts & Crafts X. We’ve hit you with 3 songs already. Now we have Stars singer Amy Millan x Dan Mangan with Chances Are, and The Darcys...
Arts & Crafts Trailer for Arts & Crafts: X (Collaboration Album)
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...
Osheaga Adds Beck, Stars, Frank Ocean, Tricky, and more
Osheaga is the same weekend as Lollapalooza, which is both a gift and a curse (like my superior intelligence over you dumb readers. Wait, come back!). They managed to etch out a pretty good initial line up. But wait –...
PeteHatesMusic Goes to The Indies: A Preview of the Canadian Music Week Awards Show
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...
Check Out the Line Up for the 2013 RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest
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,...
He Said, She Said: The Best Interview Lines on PeteHatesMusic in 2012
PeteHatesMusic had many interesting interviews this year – most of them were with myself when I was drunk, however. These solo interview aside, below are some of the best lines from our interviews in 2012, from bands such as Stars,...
PeteHatesMusic’s Top Songs of 2012
2012 is almost done, and I’m still debating my song list from 2011. There are 2 problems – one is that it’s time for this year’s top songs list, and the other problem is there were a lot of bloody...
Our Big Contest Giveaway is Over! See If You Won Prizes
As you might know, we were celebrating winning the Best Music Blog in the Canadian Blog Awards by giving a way a whack of CDs. We were giving away 2 copies of Stars, Two Door Cinema Club, and The Weeknd’s...
PeteHatesMusic Voted Best Music Blog in Canadian Blog Awards – Let Us Give You Prizes in Return
As you might have read on this site or various social media announcements and seen on airplane banners flying worldwide, PeteHatesMusic has been named the Best Music Blog in the Canadian Blog Awards. This calls for a celebration, bitches! Since...
