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For our Canadian audience gearing up for the first ever Sensation event, Bud Light and aux.tv bring you ten rules to ensure a flawless party experience. Whether at an outdoor festival, 4 a.m. after hours, or massive event like Bud Light's Sensation Canada , all parties benefit fromt the same rules and etiquette. Keep the party going and your feet moving with this handy list of tips that’ll help you navigate the party of the summer (and all subsequent parties, so keep them in your back pocket). [...]

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive , Music Appreciation Tom Freitag In the latest installment of "Band in a Box" from our friends at Aux TV , Ben Folds Five explain their video for "Do it Anyway." The video features the band and comedian Rob Corddry running afoul of various characters from Jim Henso n's Muppet-tastic '80s universe Fraggle Rock who suddenly appear in [...]

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive , Music Appreciation Norman Wong Our friends at AUX TV recently caught up with indie romantics Stars to talk about their "Backlines" video as part of the "Band in a Box" series. "Backlines" features the band -- Amy Millan , Torquil Campbell , Evan Cranley, Pat McGee and Chris Seligman -- performing inside an elaborate diorama with a mechanical tyrannosaurus [...]

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive , RPM , EDM Kevin Winter, Getty Radiohead -approved DJ Kid Koala had one day to put together the video for "8 Bit Blues" from his album 12 Bit Blues before he had to hit the road for a tour. As you can see in the AUX TV "Band in a Box" clip below, he used that time crunch for [...]

Filed under: News , Video Angel Ceballos Brooklyn, NY rockers The Men have been riding the buzz train in part because their discography is littered with limit-release (and therefore ultra-coveted) cassette and vinyl items. Now that they've released their Open Your Heart album the rest of the world has finally been able to get in on The Men's psych thrash metal. Our friends at AUX TV [...]

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive Canvas Media Eight and a Half , the Franken-band made up of members of Broken Social Scene and The Stills , recently played a big free show at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto with Matthew Good as part of the NXNE festival. Our good friends at AUX TV asked them whether doing shows like that were weird. Officially, [...]

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive Zulu Winter London-based five-piece Zulu Winter have just released their debut album Language in North America through Arts & Crafts. Having said record come out on the same label as Broken Social Scene and Feist is like a freshness guaranteed stamp of approval. But to hear the band talk about it, they're barely aware they've reached "hype" act status. [...]

Aux TV named Dan Griffin's cover of Wolf Parade's "Yulia" their Track of the Week. Check out the feature here: http://www.aux.tv/2012/04/trac k-of-the-week-yulia-wolf-parad e-cover-by-dan-griffin/ . Dan's touring throughout Ontario this May. Dates are as follows: May 22 - Guelph, ON - eBar May 23 - Hamilton, ON - Casbah May 24 - London, ON - APK May 26 - Kingston, ON - Mansion May 29 - Waterloo, ON - Starlight

The first video is up, head here to check out the cover submission from the band Operation Isolation. Think you can do better?  Submit your cover before the deadline of this Friday, Oct. 21st.  Voting will open at 5pm on that day, then you'll see my Simon Cowell come out, I plan to be ruthless!! Nah, thats not my style, I'll focus on the positive. Oh, and don't forget the Whisky Tasting Special Event, details here .

This will be one of the last reminders for you to enter the Whisky Rocks competition and to give you a heads up about the event thats running in conjunction with the contest.  Deadline for entries is one week today. Oh, and the Special Guest for the event is Thornley.

Check out the new song "Don't Move" off Phantogram 's upcoming EP Nightlife over at Aux.tv .

Its contest season and I've teamed up again with Aux and the LCBO to bring you the Whisky Rocks Contest.  Try your hand at creating a great cover version of the song "Fade Away" and if you win, you'll get a full day of recording at Vespa Studios in Toronto (valued at 10k).  I'm part of a team of bloggers that will be highlighting the submissions that they receive from you.  Should be fun. For more info and to enter the contest head here .  Note, the contest closes for submissions on October 21st.

This Canadian band has been around for 20 years now. They're still loved, still considered contemporary, and they're still making solid albums. The band of the week is... SLOAN!!! I realized something recently. The character of Scott Pilgrim was named after a song by the band Plumtree , a 90s indie rock band from Halifax, the small East coast Canadian city Sloan is also from. When promo for the movie was ramping up, I read something about how Scott Pilgrim creator Brian Lee O'Malley used [...]

Listening to the song "Perth" (via this vimeo video thats been everywhere today) off the upcoming s/t album from Bon Iver .  From my first listens, 3 for 3 so far. Bon Iver - Perth from merr watson on Vimeo . ------------- Aux.tv is running a contest for a secret Stars show in Toronto via QR Codes.   Check it out . ------------- Nada at Friends With Both Arms curated a NXNE [...]

Just about to publish my picks for Canadian Music Week and SXSW , but before I do, here's a couple things to tie you over.  First off, check out the Grooveshark logo just to your left.  It'll open an ongoing playlist that I intend to update daily.  Might be a good replacement for the old playlist I have going, which is a bit of a pain in the a$$ to update.  Elsewhere, - Icona Pop is popping up everywhere.  Coolest shit out of Sweden?  Maybe.  check out [...]

As The Lovely Hearts Club's first act, Freedom Or Death is proving to emerge as quickly as expected.  With the likes of Wall Street Journal, AUX.TV, Explore Music and Toronto Star all championing the band, Freedom Or Death will make their second appearance ever in NYC on February 15 at Knitting Factory , playing with the Pitchfork-Forkcasted, Philadelphia-based Golden Ages . Freedom Or Death released their EP a few months back, but continue to release new material on what seems [...]

I had to double check my site while searching to see what I had written about Toronto's Young Empires .  From my findings , it seems as if I've only mentioned them from their show on the weekend and choosing them to be in my top 10 for the Hottest Canadian bands poll over at I Heart Music .   Was that it?  Didn't I write about any of their songs? Well, I did, but totally forgot it was for Aux.tv , where I made the bands' "White [...]

We tipped you last week to a great impromptu video of Vancouver duo Ajay Bhattacharyya and Amy Kirkpatrick (aka Data Romance )  playing around with the Monome , and today they've premiered their video on Aux for their newest single "Bones".  Shifting between normal speed and slow-motion, this video not only showcases the bands musical talent, but their energetic live show.  Head to their homepage to grab the single for the price of a tweet.

"Push" by Rich Aucoin.  Put on your 3D glasses and check this out.  For those that don’t have any, Aux.tv wants to give you some.  Tweet the following message and you’ll be entered to win a pair. “I need some 3D glasses to watch @richaucoin’s Push on @AUXTV http://bit.ly/csnnLk”

Head over to Aux.tv to read the post I wrote about Wolf Gang and his new track "Lions In Cages".  Def an artist to watch right now.