Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Flickr/lizstless As you prep for your annual evening of New Year's Eve debauchery, you needn't look far for some aural inspiration as many a musician has penned a paean to late-night revelry. So forget the trials and tribulations of 2011 and get ready to carouse into twenty-twelve with this collection of 11 songs to keep the merrymaking going well into the [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , The Hit List Merge As the students among us head [...]

- Comics Alliance 's weekly review of great art includes Wolverine and Thor pics by Bill Sienkewicz, Mike Deodato's portrait of Joker, a Nightwing kissing booth(!), and much, much more. One of my favorite weekly articles. - The archive has a new Drive-By Truckers show, with a great cover Mavis Staples' Respect Yourself . Check out the whole show here . - Go here for the Heart Shaped Tron mashup. I'm guessing just based on the title you'll be checking it out. - People are still remixing Siqo ???? [...]
Canadian indie label Paper Bag Records celebrates their 7th anniversary with this compilation of covers by artists from their diverse roster.
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases Courtesy of the National Parks Project Canada is known for its majestic scenery, so it was hardly a feat to convince some of the country's most celebrated artists to sign on for the National Parks Project . Artists like Melissa Auf de Maur , Cadence Weapon and DFA 1979's Sebastien Grainger trekked deep into the wilderness to explore the National [...]

by teepoo Hope you're having a great long weekend! Enjoy these covers. You Say Party- Love Makes the World Go Round (Madonna Cover) Woodhands- Papa Don't Preach (Madonna Cover) Lenka- Deep Blue (Arcade Fire Cover) The Morning Benders- Outlaw Blues (Bob Dylan Cover) The Last Royals- If You Leave (OMD Cover)

A 25 años de la publicación del LP original, el sello independiente canadiense Paper Bag Records está regalando un disco con versiones de los temas que formaron parte de la famosa placa. La lista de artistas convocados incluye a gente como The Rural Alberta Advantage , Born Ruffians , Young Galaxy y los recientemente separados You Say Party , entre otros. El disco homenaje [...]
Sometimes, I worry that this blog is little more than a Paper Bag Records cheerleading site. Their artist roster reads as almost an exact list of my most-listened-to artists week and after week, and a good percentage of posts here on Soft Signal have been dedicated to the likes of Young Galaxy, Austra, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Winter Gloves, and more. But there's very good reason for it, Paper Bag really knows how to pick 'em. To celebrate both eight years as a label and the launch of their new website, Paper Bag called upon their artists to [...]
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by teepoo The Paperbag Records family of artists have released a compilation to tribute Madonna's "True Blue". Your favourite artists including Young Galaxy, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Acorn, Woodhands, PS I Love You, Winter Gloves, Laura Barrett, Born Ruffians and You Say Party are part of the tribute which you can grab for free here . They're pretty indie-tastic, takes on Madonna's classics. Young Galaxy- Open Your Heart

Canadian based indie label Paper Bag Records celebrates its eighth anniversary this year and chose to celebrate eight years of success by dispatching its roster to cover Madonna's 1986 classic True Blue. All 9 tracks of Madonna's third studio album was covered by the likes of Young Galaxy, Woodhands, Born Ruffians and PS I Love You to name a few. Stream the album here , download it for free here and purchase the original source material here . Tracklisting 1. Woodhands - Papa Don't Preach' 2. Young Galaxy [...]

Get up, stand tall! One of our favorite labels here at Hard Candy is Paper Bag Records . They've just raised the bar for us with a Madonna tribute album to True Blue . The entire album (yes, that's right....even Jimmy Jimmy ) has been covered by the indie artists on their roster. Woodhands – Papa Don't Preach Young Galaxy – Open Your Heart The Acorn – White Heat [...]

How much to I love Paper Bag Records? To celebrate the launch of their new website, the best little label in the land have put together a new covers compilation. The Paper Bag roster of artists have covered Madonna's True Blue in its entirety, and it's your for the cost of an email address. Last year, the label's artists contributed a bevy of great cover songs for their seventh year anniversary compilation, The Seven Year Itch , and I think it's pretty safe to say they've outdone themselves this time. Come on, [...]
Download Madonna covers by PS I Love You, the Rural Alberta Advantage, You Say Party, and more!

Quick...immediate names that spring to mind when the mention of Canadian musical acts come up in conversation? If you are imagining Celine Dion, Nickelback, Bryan Adams, KD Lang, Barenaked Ladies, Hedley, Wide Mouth Mason, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, Swollen Members, Sum 41, Simple Plan, Avril Lavigne or Alanis Morissette...shame on you. Although these bands and (questionable) musicians helped to shape the landscape of the Canadian Music Scene, they do little convey how talented our country truly is. I meant to put this post together after Arcade Fire pulled off their Grammy victory for [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Chromewaves The end of Toronto's indie scene-building Wavelength weekly music series last year wasn't intended to be a cap on things. Instead, last February marked the beginning of a transition year for the collective behind Wavelength and now the beloved local series is back to celebrate their 11th anniversary with the apty-titled ELEVEN festival. "Last year's festival was amazing," Wavelength organizer Jonathan Bunce, [...]

Toronto - Why did I watch the Grammys last night? I don't know. Happy Valentines Day. Wavelength 11 No longer a weekly series, Wavelengths went out with a bang last year, but much like Brett Favre, have come back to entertain us once again. They have come back with a mini festival of sorts, starting on Wednesday night and ending on Sunday. A host of of top notch of local acts will be playing, including Woodhands , Maylee Todd , Hooded Fang and Lullabye Arkestra Here's a [...]

Warpaint Held in Brighton from 12 - 14 May, this year's Great Escape Festival will see performances from the likes of Twin Shadow , Warpaint , Seams, Visions of Trees and Friendly Fires . With more artists due to be announced, the line up is already shaping up nicely. Line-up announced so far: Friendly Fires Warpaint Twin Shadow Seams Teeth Visions of Trees D/R/U/G/S Becoming Real PVT [...]

The holiday slowdown has ended, and 2011 is in full-swing this week with a loaded edition of BlogTO's Audio & Video roundup, which includes a new song from Young Governor, a Memoryhouse mixtape, Pete Vandyk covers Jimmy Reed's "What You Want Me to Do," and two tracks from Hooded Fang. Video has equally as much content with new stuff from The Creepshow and Sweet Thing, Freedom or Death on AUX TV, a Southern Souls session with Ben Somer, and the lovely Feist goes in-depth about her new doc and art in general with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC's Q, and I've [...]

Myspace Toronto's venerable Wavelength might have closed out their weekly showcase series last year in favour of intermittent events throughout the year, but they've not given up their tradition of throwing a killer birthday party or five. As they've done in years past, Wavelength Eleven (or event #415 if you're keeping track) will commandeer venues around this city from February 16 through 20 and fill them with many of the finest acts the city and outlying regions have to offer, spanning all styles and genres, frequently on the same bill. [...]
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by teepoo Woodhands is Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt, a synth and drums duo that injects electro pop with emotional intensity and some glam rock swagger. They're a pretty fun live act to watch too and you can probably tell that by the silliness of this picture. Dissembler is a track that will totally get you head bopping. The track also features vocals from fellow Paper Bag Records artist Laura Barrett. Woodhands- Dissembler MYSPACE