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Canadian Talent + Half Decade = WIN!
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
In case you haven’t already noticed, MuchMusic LOVES Canadian bands. I too love Canadian bands. In fact, I truly believe that Canadian bands trump all American, Scottish (-FF), Aussie, and even El Salvadorian bands. I mean, we seriously have so much talent, whether it is recognized worldwide or not.
The point that I’m really getting at is… if you take (in my opinion) the five best Canadian albums of the past 5 years and compare them to some popular albums from the places listed (especially El Salvador), it is clear that we pwn those n00bs. To give you a tasteling of what I mean, I invite you to search up, listen to, and love the best five Canadian albums of the past five years! >:]
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Tags: albums, arcade fire, billy talent, canadian music, cancon, correspondents, feist, hot hot heat, lists, metric, music
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Metric @ Massey Hall
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
The last two days were ripe with firsts: I enjoyed my first pumpkin beverage of the season, Kanye suffered his first death hoax, Metric played two sold-out shows at Massey Hall in Toronto for the first time, and I went to both of ‘em - marking the first time I’ve seen back-to-back concerts. Hooray!
The significance of Massey Hall lies in its storied history - as one of Toronto’s oldest venues, its stage has seen the likes of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, the Dalai Lama and Winston Churchill. Metric wasn’t shy in expressing their excitement about playing on that historic stage, gushing that it had long been a dream. However, the problem with Massey Hall - a seated venue - is that you can’t really DANCE. And isn’t that the point of a Metric show, to have a sweaty dance party? (Yes.)
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Tags: concert reviews, concerts, metric, reviews
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Polaris Talks Hypothetical Kanye Stage Invasion
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Being an awards show and all, last night’s Polaris Music Prize gala saw Kanye West’s recent MTV VMAs antics as a hot topic.
K’naan was actually there at the VMAs talking to Kanye right before he ran up on stage and stole Taylor Swift’s moment.
“He literally came up to where I was sitting to talk to me for a second, just before he went up,” K’naan told us. “So the people around me who didn’t know who I was were like, ‘Oh this guy must be somebody because Kanye just walked up to him and talked to him for a while.’ Then he jumped and went to sit where he was and literally did it right then, the thing. Then the people who were with me, it was no longer, ‘Wow’ it was ‘Boo, this guy knows Kanye.’ It was funny and embarrassing.”
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Tags: Elliott Brood, fucked up, great lake swimmers, joel plaskett, k'naan, Kanye West, Malajube, metric, Polaris
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MusiCounts Polaris Custom Poster Auctions!
Monday, September 21st, 2009
MusiCounts and Polaris have joined forces to raise money for music education in Canada! Starting immediately, you can bid on super dope framed custom posters designed for and autographed by all Polaris short list nominees!
Links to all auctions after the jump!
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Tags: auctions, Chad VanGaalen, charity, Elliott Brood, fucked up, great lake swimmers, Hey Rosetta!, joel plaskett, k'naan, Malajube, metric, Patrick Watson, Polaris, polaris music prize 2009
Posted in Concerts & Events | 2 Comments »
Polaris Weekend! Hear all the albums!
Friday, September 18th, 2009
This up-coming Monday September 21st at 9pm! 2009 Polaris Music Prize! Here at MuchMusic.com! Three more sleeps! I can’t wait! Everyone is so excited!
We’ve been posting Q&As all week in anticipation! Still confused!? Catch up with us! The Polaris Music Prize is an award of $20,000 given to the artist who creates the Canadian album of the year. It’s not to do with genre, or record sales. Just artistic merit. Neato right?
Now get super stoked. Ready? We’ve got all the top 10 albums that are nominated in the First Spins Player! Clickity click here and listen to all of them for free! Here’s a lil list of the top 10…
Elliott BROOD - Mountain Meadows
F**ked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
K’NAAN - Troubadour
Malajube - Labyrinthes
Metric - Fantasies
Joel Plaskett - Three
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Listen and let us know who you think should win! Who has the best album? Then make sure to watch on Monday at 9 pm!
Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Elliott Brood, F**ked Up, great lake swimmers, Hey Rosetta!, joel plaskett, k'naan, Malajube, metric, Patrick Watson, polaris music prize 2009
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Polaris Nominee Q&A: Metric + Joel Plaskett
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Only a few more days until the Polaris Music Prize hootenanny goes down on September 21! If you didn’t know already (*shakes fist*), we’ll be streaming the festivities online here at Much, and will serve you up a hot plate of on-site goodies (pics and interviews). And don’t let your pretty brain forget that you can listen to full records from all nominees HERE!
Until the big day, we’ve got some Q&A with all nominees, courtesy of the good people at Polaris. Today, some fun banter with Jimmy from Metric and Joel Plaskett! Check em out after le jump.
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Tags: interviews, joel plaskett, metric, Polaris, q&a
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A lil bit of Thursday news
Friday, August 7th, 2009
* Jay-Z’s album art for The Blueprint III is bonkers crazy cool. See above and feat your eyes!
* Ryan Gosling’s band Dead Man’s Bones have released the tracklisting for their upcoming record! There’s a song called My Body’s a Zombie for You…how romantic?
* Speaking of romance, True Blood true love!
* Metric’s Emily Haines is in Interpol’s Julian Plenti’s new music video! You follow? No? Well all you really need to know is that Miss Haines is the hottest and Julian wishes she was the Bonnie to his Clyde if the video is any indication.
Tags: Dead Man's Bones, emily haines, jay-z, metric, ryan gosling, True Blood
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Polaris Music Prize Shorty Listy!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Dun dun dun daaaaaaaaa! Ladies and gentlemen! Announcing the 2009 Polaris Music Prize Top 10 Short List!
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows Toronto
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life Toronto
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels Toronto
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs St. John’s
K’NAAN - Troubadour Toronto
Malajube - Labyrinthes Montreal
Metric - Fantasies Toronto
Joel Plaskett - Three Halifax
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane Calgary
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms Montreal
Wow! What a list! 6 are two time nominees! Not a single debut album! Lots from Toronto! Thoughts? Do we like what we see? Any from the long list that got robbed? Who do you want to win? Who do you think will win?
You’ll have to wait until September 21st 2009 when the winner of the $20,000 award will be announced at the Masonic Temple! And we’re live web casting it so everyone can check it out! Stay tuned for more info!
Tags: Chad VanGaalen, Elliott Brood, fucked up, great lake swimmers, Hey Rosetta!, joel plaskett, k'naan, Malajube, metric, Patrick Watson, Polaris Music Prize
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Friday News to fill you up until Monday
Friday, July 3rd, 2009* Remember when The White Stripes played in every single province of Canada? Well they filmed it all! It will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September and be titled Under Great Northern Lights.
* The real Devil Wears Prada. A documentary about Anna Wintour is coming out! Intense! Fashion!
* Speaking of fashion, Kanye West has been interning at The Gap offices in New York. Interns unite!
* Franz Ferdinand push their way through in their new music video Can’t Stop Feeling. Watch and get a free download of the remix!
* Franz Ferdinand are also on this video with Metric, Passion Pit and everyone one else who was at Glastonbury talking about MJ’s death.
* Spike Jones directed a commercial for a Japanese bank? Featuring Brad Pitt? With a Sumo wrestler?
* Twilight tattoos. Like the permanent kind. Yeah.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Tags: Anna Wintour, Brad Pitt, Franz Ferdinand, glastonbury, Kanye West, metric, michael jackson, passion pit, Spike Jones, the white stripes, Toronto International Film Festival, twilight, Under Great Northern Lights
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Virgin Fest Alberta Announced
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Virgin Fest just announced the lineup for their Alberta stop this summer. The festival will take place August 8 & 9 at Canada Olympic Park.
Saturday August 8th sees grunge rockers Pearl Jam headline the night. Other acts playing the Saturday are k-os, Thunderheist, Arkells, Mother Mother & The Cliks.
Sunday August 9th sees Canadian rockers Billy Talent, Metric & Tokyo Police Club play followed by White Lies & Shout Out Out Out Out.
Tickets for Vfest Alberta go on sale on Saturday July 4 @ 10am.
Let me know what you think of the lineup and if you plan to attend the weekend festival (of course that’s if you live in Alberta or are willing to travel)
With this announcement out of the way, it leaves for one more. The Ontario announcement, who do you think will headline this year’s festival?
Tags: arkells, billy talent, metric, pearl jam, vfest, virgin fest
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