Since the CBC made the colossal boner of letting the iconic Hockey Night In Canada theme song slip away from them a few years back, the Mother Corp has been trying to fill the void. This year they've enlisted Colin MacDonald, singer for The Trews , to perform the replacement tune "Hockey Tonight". He does an admirable job. Have a listen here:

"One by one, every heart is a loaded gun" goes the hook of this catchy song. The Trews ' song "One by One" is somewhere along the lines of poppy folk/rock music, but the rest of their music has a much stronger rock vibe. The Trews, a Toronto based band, are as polished and cohesive as bands come band. They've been around since the early 2000s and it's high time you hear their music in case you haven't already. Enjoy. The Trews - One By One [...]
Canada’s THE TREWS completed their US RESIDENCY TOUR in the tail end of 2011 as they continue touring behind Hope & Ruin, their fourth full-length studio album. Feedback was amazing and the quartet doubled the crowd every week in each room they played. Now they're coming back Stateside in January to hit the markets they [...]
Canada’s THE TREWS are serious road warriors. In addition to two gold records, and eleven top-10 singles, the Toronto-based rock band has logged close to 1,000 concerts. They’re currently on their third tour of Australia this year and have two weeks in the UK in October, but U.S. shows have been selective around the release of Hope & Ruin , their fourth full-length studio album. That all changes in November as the The Trews [...]
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Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Brown Shoe : "Colt Rider" [mp3] from The Gift Horse (out October 18th) search for more Brown Shoe posts at Largehearted Boy The Duke & the King : "Shine [...]

As this summer comes to a near close and stages are getting blown down by the mighty winds killing concert goers and Cheap Trick is getting their set shortened to 7 songs in Cooney Island due to crazy lighting; I'd say things are looking pretty grim for music. Natural disasters aside it's mostly because somebody was hitting the super suck button with music submissions in my inbox. Well until this past week. I was hoping the fall submissions were going to shape-up. I honestly do try and listen to everything that comes over and I try to be fair so [...]

Each week in 2011, the "Year of the Edit," Dollar Bin Jams and Young Robots Records will be debuting one exclusive edit for your enjoyment! Chicago has been pretty kind to us here at Year of the Edit, we've got another production by DJ Trew and After Disco Chicago. Big slow burn on this one!! Make sure you check out their soundcloud for lots of nice boogie jams. Tony Cook - On The Floor (TREWs Slow Burn Dub) [...]
It has been a while but we are back with the Recommendations from the Celebrity Mind. A weekly blog post with a somewhat prominent indie artist making some indie recommendations for you. This week we bring you some recommendations from Canada's The Trews. Specifically, Colin MacDonald. Without further adieu, here are Colin's indie recommendations: Poor Young Things are a great rootsy rock band from Thunder Bay Ontario for a bunch of young guys they got a grown up sound. Really love the guitar tones and [...]
Every weekday, MUF offers five (5) daily downloads of free and legal MP3s. We chose these songs for you to discover, download and explore more about the artists behind them. 'Daily Downloads' via Twitter , Facebook or RSS ! (For more information on what our Daily Download is and what they mean to you go here ) Today's Free MP3s: Femme Fatality - That's It, That's It [ Artist ] Kenton [...]

Each week in 2011, the "Year of the Edit," Dollar Bin Jams and Young Robots Records will be debuting one exclusive edit for your enjoyment! This week's edit comes from my homie DJ Trew in Chicago. Many years ago, I stayed at Trew's crib for a few days, it was above a weird clock store and I think his roommate was Maker. Skinny and I had hopped in the car and driven all over the East Coast and the Midwest and hollered at anybody and everybody like "can we come play in [...]
We are on week 3 of Sirius Canada ‘s Face the Music contest. Right now Ottawa is ranked #24 at the moment. The leader at the moment for Central is Hilton Beach ON. Bedouin Soundclash - Shelter by Benjmulvey Come on Ottawa, do you want to see Broken Social Scene and Bedouin Soundclash in a small venue? Play Face the Music ! Here is a brief history of Bedouin Soundclash accomplishments. [...]
From Doobies to Anvil, it's got to be this week's "Marty's Musical Meltdown."
From Doobies to Anvil, it's got to be this week's "Marty's Musical Meltdown."
From Doobies to Anvil, it's got to be this week's "Marty's Musical Meltdown."
We are on week 2 of Sirius Canada ‘s Face the Music contest. I played it for the second time and I got 8/10. Right now Ottawa is ranked #18 at the moment. A vast improvement from being #40. The leader is Sault Ste. Marie. Come on Ottawa, do you want Broken Social Scene to play a small venue here? Play Face the Music ! Full Size Broken Social Scene Infographic
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So I tried out playing the Sirius Canada 's Face the Music contest. All I can say is this is one fun and tough game. I only got 5 out of 10 questions right, and looking at the Leader board. The #1 community in the central region is Kingsville with a score of 302184 while Ottawa is only ranked #40 with a score of 214999! Come on Ottawa we need to win this show!
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Summer 2011 has started. With all the various music festivals and concerts happening. Don't you ever want to see your favorite big band to play in a small venue? Why not enter this contest by Sirius Canada . The contest in question is called Face the Music . Here is the info: Do you rock at music trivia? Want to use that superpower for good (or at least for fun)? Identify the song clips that are played in “ Face the Music ” as fast as possible and get all your [...]

ARTIST: SWAG Report 59 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by artists including Coldplay, Pretty Lights, J Minus, Gomez, Frederick Squire, DJ Swamp, Dawes, The Burning Hotels, Judge Jackson, Sassy and more! So much more! DATE: 06-08-11 WRITER: Don Loder Hey there ya gray lookin' little junkie, How's life - ya mook. I know yer itchin' so le's get ta the deed shall we? I gotta fresh bag o' SWAG witcher name all over it - all ya gotta do is reach out [...]