Artist: The Tragically Hip

International Pop Overthrow is the debut and wonderful album from Chicago's power pop trio Material Issue . It was released in 1991, and it features songs named after women that anecdote love, heartache, and pop culture. Material Issue is among the league of bands who have had a select following, appearing in the Billboard Charts for a few songs, but never quite reaching the big leagues. Their story seems to line up with other bands who lacked some weird cool factor, but managed to speak to those who pay close attention to the scene. I say this because [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List , Music Appreciation PA The sea has long been a source of inspiration for poets and musicians. From Samuel Taylor Coleridge's lyrical ballad, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to Iron Maiden 's metal ballad "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," every musical genre and permutation of the art form has been entranced by the romance, the adventures and the misadventures that can happen when a [...]

Ottawa Bluesfest has revealed the lineup for its 2013 festival, which takes place July 4th - 14th at Lebreton Flats Park in Ottawa, Ontario. The lineup includes Skrillex, Wu-Tang Clan, Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Belle & Sebastian, Neko Case, Tegan & Sara, She & Him, Killer Mike, El-P, Weezer, Stars, Sharon Van Etten, Dawes, The Joy Formidable, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Fitz & the Tantrums, Amadou & Mariam, Justin Townes Earle, Diamond Rings, Atlas Genius, LP, Ra Ra Riot, and Camera Obscura. Also playing are Dixie Chicks, Rush, B.B. King, Zac Bown Band, fun., [...]

Last night at the Air Canada Centre , pink and red lights highlighted the spirit of Valentine's Day as fans, both single and taken, showed love for their mutual Valentines, The Tragically Hip . Promoting their 13th studio album Now for Plan A , The Hip played a set list that mixed with equal parts of classic and new, which made for a happy audience all-around. There's nothing like the energy that comes from a crowd of 16,000 screaming fans. I can't even imagine how it would feel to be the cause [...]

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Filed under: 47 Second Review Amazon Cuff the Duke have always suffered from a bit of a Rodney Dangerfield complex in the Canadian music hierarchy. They don't have enough hockey-related songs to be as populist as the Tragically Hip , frontman Wayne Petti can't match Joel Plaskett for aw-shucks hoser charm, and the CBC will never love them as much as the Weakerthans , no matter how much they romanticize Oshawa, Ontario. [...]

The Tragically Hip, Air Canada Centre, Feb 14 Now I don't endorse going to a rock show on Valentine's Day, however, if one were to be forced out, then seeing The Hip is probably a safe choice. Kishi Bashi, Great Hall, Feb 11 The multi-instrumentalist for the likes of Of Montreal, Bashi had the critics gushing all over his debut solo record last year.  See what all the fuss is about. ...also this week: Continue reading »

Incoming: Social Distortion, Graham Parker, John Cale, Atlas Genius, Chris Isaak, the Game, the Sword, Alt-J, the Tragically Hip, the Growlers, JMSN, Public Enemy, the Doobie Brothers, Jessie Ware, Cass McCombs, King Tuff, NOFX, Dead Sara, Vaud & the Villains, Agent Orange, The Weeknd, the Aquabats, DeVotchKa, Vanaprasta, Aloe Blacc, Harry Shearer and Judith Owen, Bleached, Stevie Wonder, Anthony Green, Ozomatli, Ty Segall, Mayer Hawthorne, People Under the Stairs, Dave Koz and Kenny Loggins Above: The Weeknd plays the Orpheum on Saturday in [...]

It’s nothing personal, Canada. But a friend and I used to drive around the Great Lakes without stopping—our low-rent version of Jack Kerouac and Neil Cassady’s transcontinental odysseys—and we would see nothing. Nothing. Grain silos, lots of absolutely pointless nature, and the occasional truck with a dead moose strapped across the hood. Or, conversely, the occasional truck with Bachman Turner Overdrive strapped across the hood. So it comes as a personal surprise to me that Kingston, Ontario’s The Tragically Hip are so great. Where have they been hiding, I wonder, behind one of those [...]

South Jersey-bred rocker, producer and XPN host Ben Vaughn takes to the stage of The Tin Angel tonight. The venue is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, and XPN Welcomes Ben and his quintet to rattle the walls a bit with some timeless garage rock tunes. The 21+ show begins at 8 p.m., tickets and ... Continue reading �

First of all, there’s that band name. These guys are from Ontario. I suggest the Tragically Frigid. Then there’s Gord Downie, perhaps the finest lyricist Canada has produced since Gordon Lightfoot. Put him together with some crack musicians, and you have the Tragically Hip, the long-running Canadian—they’ve been at it since 1983—arena rockers, who are coming to the 9:30 Club on Monday, November 12th to regale us with stories of the Great North. This is a must-see show for all you [...]

The Tragically Hip's video for "The Lookahead" looks like an afternoon telenovela scene straight from Univision as an old woman with tarot cards changes the dynamics of a restaurant and mariachi band members serenade diners. "The Lookahead" comes from The Hip's latest album, Now For Plan A, which was released in October. The band is offering ... Continue reading �

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It was a glacial week for concerts announcements. But we did get a trickle: Paper Diamond , Wrongbar, Nov 16 Death Grips , Wrongbar, Nov 18 Alex Clare , Opera House, Dec 3 R5 , Mod Club, Dec 16 All Time Low , Sound Academy, Jan 17 Tragically Hip w. The Arkells , Air Canada Centre, Feb 14

The Tragically Hip Now For Plan A Zoe/Rounder Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The Tragically Hip’s Now For Plan A will appeal to both longtime fans and newcomers to their music. Album Review: Full confession time…I had never knowingly heard a note of The Tragically Hip’s music until last week. I heard someone talking about them years ago, and I heard they were Canadian, [...]

Storm riep het al: schrijven over je favoriete band kan een linke bedoening wezen. Het schrijven over plaatjes is dat überhaupt, want hoe objectief is een recensent nu eenmaal. Maar daarover gaan we het een ander keertje hebben. Deze favoriete...

happy sunday morning! one of my favortist bands on the planet, the tragically hip, have a new record coming out shortly entitled now for plan a . been listening to it quite a bit lately, and its probably my favorite hip record since in between evolution which was released in 04, i believe. anyway, i figured id throw up a few videos up as an introduction of sorts. i dig all their records, and they're all quite different, but if i were to recommend two to begin with, i would go with phantom power and [...]

Few bands have had a shelf-life in Canadian rock as long as that of The Tragically Hip .  The group returned this week with Now For Plan A , their thirteenth studio record. The arrival of a new Hip album always sparks in me hopes for a band renewal.  Unfortunately, time and time again those hopes have proven to be misguided. The lead single and album opener "At Transformation" is typical of the band's recent work.  It's hard, dissonant, hookless, and ultimately unremarkable.  It, and songs like the blah "Streets Ahead" are [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , New Music , Music Appreciation , New Releases Universal Music Canada There's something surreal about seeing one of the country's biggest and most iconic bands play in a small club in Toronto's perennially underground Kensington Market. The crowd packed into the back room of Supermarket -- renamed "Now For Plan A" Headquarters for the duration of The Tragically Hip 's [...]

It's a glorious week for new music once again.  Let me take a deep breath and run it down for you. (*inhale*) Go: Tori Amos John Cale Cuff The Duke Amelia Curran Dark Dark Dark Mark Eitzel Flowers of Hell Flying Lotus Lily Frost- Review Hannah Georgas- Review Emm Gryner Continue reading »

"You can stick around for a bit but this show is really just for the fans, man," Tyson Parker tells a videographer outside of Augusta Avenue's Supermarket. A crowd of nearly 100 has gathered around the popular Kensington Market restaurant early Sunday afternoon as Parker, the VP of National Media & Artist Relations and Corporate Communications of Universal Canada, is overseeing that families with small children are given priority, placed in front row spots by the makeshift stage that faces the street. Some pedestrians stroll by, stopping to briefly observe the commotion, while others have arrived to follow up on [...]

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