We know it is so hard to pick and choose who you are going to see when there are so many great artists playing at Coachella--and alas often they are playing at the same time! Here is I Love This Beat's recommendations for Friday's artists that you definitely should check out: Lord Huron , Mojave Tent 1:00 - 1:40 PM ♫ "The Stranger" - Lord Huron ♫ "When Will I See You Again" - Lord Huron The Neighbourhood , Outdoor Theater 1:25 - 2:05 [...]
by Tiana Feng There are still more lists to come, but I decided to post the one you guys are all waiting for. Here are our Top 20 Canadian Albums of 2012 . 20. The Zolas- Ancient Mars (Light Organ) The Zolas released a viral video with Knot In My Heart , but their entire Ancient Mars album should not be brushed off. Sharp hooks [...]
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone is having a great night ringing in 2013. In case you missed it, I had my radio show on CHUO FM today on New Year's Eve. I had a Matias of Ottawa Showbox be my special guest on the show. There are two phone interviews with Alaska of Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and Jonas Bonnetta of Evening Hymns. Did my countdown of the Top 12 Canadian albums of 2012. (Check Top 12 on here ). [...]
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The time has finally come and probably waiting for this? In case you missed out my radio show on CHUO FM at 3pm. I give to you my " Best of " Top 12 Canadian albums of 2012. I know what I picked may not be what people weren't thinking. It's my list and sticking to it! But hope to give some conversation about it. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Check out the Top 12. [...]
At last, we're at the end of a week long campaign to bring you the 75 songs, split into five collections of 15 songs each, that soundtracked the year for me. There's been a post a day this week from Monday to Friday (here's short cuts to Monday's post , Tuesday's post , Wednesday's post , and Thursday's post ), and you can collection them all to get a pretty awesome compilation that I think is a good summation of the last 12 months. To download a .zip file with today's set of music, click the [...]
Frank Yang It's probably a reach to think that Sloan had some sort of master plan for the past couple years that would pull their career from the respectable but not overly remarkable holding pattern that it'd been in for the past few albums and make them both exciting and relevant again, but that's pretty much what they've managed to do. Their twentieth anniversary as a band last year was kept from being a one-way trip down memory lane thanks to The Double Cross , arguably their best album this century [...]
It is the last week of August. This means it is the last week of summer. Here is this week singles chart for the week ending August 26 - September 1. This week's #1 goes to Crystal Castles with Plague. Having found a Youtube posting of their recent Reading Festival. I had to make them #1. There are new debuts from Feist, A.C. Newman and Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. Check it out. This [...]
Here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending August 19 - 25. So I had to make this #1 this week. It goes to Dirty Beaches. The single "Elizabeth's Theme" is taking from Vancouver's Kingfisher Bluez single-sided singles club. That won't come out until October. Check out this week's chart! This Week Last Week Total Weeks Artist Songs [...]
Zuzana Hudackova It's shaping up to be an Autumn of Can-rock double bills high on value. Folks thought that it was a pretty impressive pairing of talent when it was announced last month that Dan Mangan and The Rural Alberta Advantage were teaming up to cross the country in October, or the June announcement that Metric and Stars were hitting the country's arenas together, but that were just the first of a number of impressive double-bills looking to share driving duties across Canada this Fall. [...]
Here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending August 12 - 18. It is still a few weeks left before summer is going to end. This week's #1 single goes to UK's The xx. Looks like there is high anticipation when Coexist drops on September 11, 2012. I prefer Chained more than Angels. There are four new debuts from Jens Lekman and Wild Nothing. Check it out! This Week Last Week [...]
Here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending August 5 - 11. After two weeks at #1, Stars gets bumped off by Ottawa's The White Wires. This past week the band just dropped their new album WWIII and why not make them this week's #1 spot. I love these two tracks by The White Wires. There is three new debuts. Check it out! This Week Last Week Total [...]
Here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending July 29 - August 4. There is no change in this week's #1. Stars is still #1 with that long title song from the upcoming album "The North" on ATO Records . There is a new debut from Crystal Castles. Everyone is going crazy on the new song. Check it out! This Week Last Week Total Weeks Artist [...]
Sebastian Mlynarski I expect there's a lot of interest in drawing parallels between the success of Purity Ring with that of Grimes what with both being based out of Montreal - although Purity Ring's Corin Roddick and Megan James originally hail from Edmonton - and releasing albums of electronic pop that seem to be the perfect soundtracks for the zeitgeist circa 2012, and on the same label outside of Canada, no less - the legendary 4AD . But whereas Claire Boucher's work is rather defined by its technicolor ADD-ness and her [...]
Facebook Custom dictates that for tenth anniversaries, the traditional gift is something made from tin and the modern equivalent is aluminum. Or diamond. How on earth do you get from tin to diamond? Happily, Toronto's Paper Bag Records pays no attention to such convention and to mark their tenth year of releasing great music from both Canada and abroad, they've opted to put together three nights of shows at The Great Hall from September 27 to 29 and featuring the best of their current roster as well as a surprise and welcome return [...]
Here is this week's music chart for the week ending July 22 - 28. Well we have a new #1 and it goes to my favorite Canadian act STARS ! This past week they drop another single from the upcoming album "The North" through ATO Records . All I have is that the second single is mouth-full! There is four new debuts. One being the most talked about single which is The xx. Check it out. [...]
Here is this week's chart for the week ending July 15 - 21. There is no change with this week's #1 single. I am still loving the two new Blur tracks. While there are four new debuts from the likes of The White Wires and Frank Ocean. Check it out! This Week Last Week Total Weeks Artist Songs [...]
Here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending July 8 - 14. When I found out that this band decided to release a single on July 2nd. I just had to make it #1 this week. I am talking about Blur's new single which was previewed on Twitter. Hope this won't be the last of the band. There is a new debut from The Raveonettes. Check it out. This Week Last [...]
HAPPY CANADA DAY!! Hope you are enjoying your long weekend? Well here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending July 1 - 7. There is no move with this week's #1 single. Still goes to Ottawa's Silkken Laumann with their dancey track "House Of Common Problems! This being Canada Day Weekend, why not listen to this track and start dancing. There are new debuts from A Place To Bury Strangers and Sic Alps. Check it out. [...]
Frank Yang There's a point in the arc of the breakout band where long-time fans who've supported and encouraged the artist through those early days find themselves in the odd position of rubbing elbows not with the faithful but newbs and tourists, interested not in hearing the songs that soundtracked crucial points in their life but that one tune they heard on the radio. For fans of Vancouver duo Japandroids , that time has come and for those in Toronto, that specific moment was Saturday night where on the strength of their second album [...]
Sorry for not having chart #113 due to being at NXNE last week. But here is this weeks and last week's music singles chart. Chart #113 - Young Galaxy was still #1 and one new debut with Ottawa's The Love Machine. On this week's chart for the week ending June 24 - 30. We have a new #1 and with summer already starting. Why not get your dancing shoes on with this song by Ottawa's Silkken Laumann. Even the music video will want to make you dance. There are new debuts from Stars, [...]
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