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Watch Damian hit up Canadian Music Fest on The Wedge

March 10th, 2011

In case you missed this week’s episode of The Wedge, host Damian returned from a tour across Australia with his band F**ked Up to take on Canadian Music Fest. The weekly music festival began Wednesday night (March 9th) and will run until Saturday, March 12th, featuring more than 350 bands playing 35 venues across Toronto. [...]

Tags: Canadian Music Fest, canadian music week, Damian Abraham, Louise Burns, memphis, The Wedge, Torquil Campbell, Wagon
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Score Awesome Tix To Canadian Music Week Jams!

March 10th, 2011

Listen up guys: I hope you’ve cleared your schedule of everything this week. No time for school, fam, appointments; even life or death matters you may want to consider if you REALLY need to be there. Why? Duh! It’s Canadian Music Week peeps!

Don’t have any tickets? Why are you worrying? You done know Much has your back! And we’ve got your whole week mapped out too! Check out what we’re giving away today!

Tags: canadian music week, Contests, giveaways
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events, Contests, Just For Fun, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Michael |

Canadian Music Week announces nominees for the 2011 Indies

February 17th, 2011

The 11th Annual Independent Music Awards, or Indies as everyone calls them, are set to happen the night of Saturday, March 12th at the Canadian Ballroom in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Nominees for the awards have just been announced and Arcade Fire, Danny Fernandes, JRDN and Marianas Trench lead the way with three [...]

Tags: Canadiam Music Fest, canadian music week, Indies
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

Jesse Hits the Indies

March 29th, 2010

One of the highlights of Canadian Music Week is always The Indie Awards. This year, the awards boasted an awesome lineup of performers like Great Lake Swimmers, Plants and Animals, and The Rural Alberta Advantage. Jesse Giddings hit up the show to ask the nominees and winners about how they got to this point in [...]

Tags: canadian music week, Constantines, great lake swimmers, Plants and Animals, The Indie Awards, the rural alberta advantage, Vry Webb
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

One Night Out with Mark Spicoluk

March 25th, 2010

Ever wonder what a music scout does during Canadian Music Week? Well we at MuchMusic followed around disBand judge, A&R rep for Universal Music and founder of Underground Operations (phew) Mark Spicoluk as her made the rounds during one night at Canadian Music Week earlier this month. That’s him on the right. Check out the [...]

Tags: canadian music week, Mark Spicoluk, Underground Operations
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

CMW Bands Change Ideas of Montreal Music

March 16th, 2010

Think About Life There seems to be a certain expectation that comes with being a band from Montreal in 2010 after an international legacy was set in part by Arcade Fire. The Montreal music scene drew the ears of the world in the mid 2000s. At this year’s Canadian Music Week in Toronto, that legacy [...]

Tags: canadian music week, Think About Life, Winter Gloves
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

CMW Review: Night Three at Lee’s Palace

March 14th, 2010

Think About Life Despite the torrential down pour and the blustery winds on day three of Canadian Music Week, venues were still packing the audience to the lid. Friday night I set up shop in Lee’s Palace to see one of the coolest and most diverse Canadian showcases of the fest. Check out my reviews [...]

Tags: canadian music week, Plants and Animals, The Acorn, The Russian Futurists, Think About Life, Winter Gloves
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

Bahamas talks CMW, Gossip Girl and his next album

March 12th, 2010

We caught up with Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen) before his ultra-packed Canadian Music Week show on Wednesday. The Juno-nominated singer-songwriter (and Feist’s former guitar player) chatted with us about his new album “Pink Strat”, Gossip Girl and his potential metal side projects with Jason Collett. Much: How do you think being nominated for a Juno [...]

Tags: bahamas, bonfire ball, canadian music week, cmw, feist, jason collett, Zeus
Posted in Concerts & Events, Music & Videos | Posted by Maddy |

CMW Review: Night one at The Central

March 11th, 2010

Well, CMW has officially started and the streets last night were crawling with music fans (despite the rain). I, like most people, had my show schedule carefully planned out so I could make it on time to each of my picks. Unfortunately that plan went down the crapper by about 8:30pm due to some unforeseen [...]

Tags: canadian music week, family of the year, nive nielsen, the o'darling
Posted in Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos | Posted by Maddy |

CMW Scoop: Jason Collett, Bahamas and Zeus to play in one band

March 10th, 2010

A little birdie (named Bahamas) told me this afternoon that the Canadian Music Week show at Lee’s Palace tonight featuring Bahamas, Jason Collett and Zeus will actually feature the three acts playing together in one big band. The bands are kicking off their tour tonight as The Bonfire Ball Revue, and from what Bahamas tells [...]

Tags: bahamas, canadian music week, cmw, jason collett, Zeus
Posted in Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Maddy |