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Check out Joshua Radin’s Wax Wings on First Spins

May 8th, 2013

If you’re not into the big summer jams and dance anthems, then Joshua Radin’s Wax Wings is the chill lemonade to your sunny porch hang outs. Sometimes you just need a stripped-down acoustic album that’s laid back, relaxed and focuses on the sweet songwriting – these are the songs you want to get serenaded with, [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Melody

Listen to MS MR’s debut album, Secondhand Rapture, on First Spins

May 8th, 2013

New York duo MS MR might be missing a number of letters from their name, pronounced “Miss Mister”, but their music has all the elements of a successful pop band that combines the soulfulness of Lana Del Rey with the theatricality of Florence and the Machine and the pop sensibilities of some of the biggest [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Melody

Serena Ryder’s “Stompa” gets remixed by Toronto’s The Darcys

May 8th, 2013

Singer-songwriter Serena Ryder made a triumphant return with “Stompa”, off of her first album in four years, Harmony. The song, which was released late last year, is still burning up the charts and Toronto indie-rockers The Darcys have released their own remix of this hit. “Stompa is a really infectious song,” the band explains. “We [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Melody

Listen to Armin Van Buuren’s new album before it drops on First Spins

April 29th, 2013

I’ll be honest with you guys: Armin Van Buuren’s music isn’t my kind of music. But sometimes when the right song hits you at the right moment it just sticks. Armin’s album Intense is exactly this and is exactly what I need to be listening to on this gloomy Toronto Monday morning. I can’t help [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos | Posted by Aimee

Listen to the new album by Heathers on First Spins

April 9th, 2013

When we dropped Heathers’ video for Forget Me Knots I said, “If you haven’t heard about Heathers from your friends yet, you soon will.” Have you yet? If you haven’t, we got the perfect thing for you: a MuchMusic.com First Spin of their album Kingdom! Heathers is an acoustic indie folk twosome from Ireland. Twin [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos | Posted by Aimee

Get your holiday cheer on with this Sufjan Stevens First Spin

December 7th, 2012

Think you know CHRISTMAS MUSIC? Well, you have no IDEA. Yeah, that’s right. Sufjan Stevens has released a FIFTY-EIGHT track Christmas album called Silver & Gold and guess what kids? MUCH has a First Spin on lock for you to listen to over the holidays for FREE! Honestly, this should count as part of New.Music.Live.‘s [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Aimee

Listen to Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox before its release

December 5th, 2012

Bruno Mars is set to release his sophomore album Unorthodox Jukebox on December 11th, but the record is ready to be spun and enjoyed right now in MUCH’s First Spins (click here to listen). The much anticipated follow up to Mar’s 2010 debut Doo Wops and Hooligans doesn’t disappoint, showing growth and experimentation without losing the emotion and passion Mar’s groundbreaking debut.
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Posted in first spins, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison

Listen to The Script’s new album #3 on First Spins

October 5th, 2012

Sometimes there are itches dubstep and rap can’t scratch and sometimes you just want to listen to something incredibly upbeat and uplifting. Enter The Script’s new album, #3. Aptly named #3 because it is the third album by The Script, a prolific Irish rock band from Dublin. But don’t let my slightly vague assessment fool [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, Music & Videos | Posted by Aimee

Listen to Cher Lloyd’s new album Sticks + Stones before it’s released!

September 28th, 2012

X Factor UK finalist Cher Lloyd is days away from releasing her debut album Sticks + Stones, but you can listen to it now in Much’s First Spin section here! The teen singer packs some exciting surprises on the North American version of the disc, including a friendship anthem with newcomer Becky G on Oath [...]

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Posted in Blog, first spins, MuchRadar | Posted by Allison

Cody Simpson gets animated in lyric video for Be The One

September 28th, 2012

Cody Simpson has released a lyric video for his third single of 2012′s Paradise (listen to it here in MUCH’s First Spin section) with Be The One. The animated video of course includes the lyrics for the song, but also acts out the storyline with an animated Cody and his dream girl. In the video, [...]

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Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison