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You watch! I watch! Sasquatch!

June 7th, 2010

Now, I don’t mean to rub salt on the Sasquatch! wound, but for those of you who didn’t get to attend Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington, I truly feel sorry for you. It was one of those epic experiences that festival-goers will tell their grandchildren about over and over again. Sasquatch! [...]

Tags: Almost Famous, Band of Horses, beastie boys, Boys Noize, broken social scene, caribou, city and colour, Coachella, coldplay, dan snaith, Edward Sharpe, Flava Flav, Girls, Hudson Mohawke, jane's addiction, jay-z, Kid Cudi, laura marling, LCD Soundsystem, leslie feist, Local Natives, Magnetic Zeros, Massive Attack, Miike Snow, Mumford and Sons, neon indian, nine inch nails, passion pit, Patrick Watson, Pavement, Phantogram, Public Enemy, Sasquatch!, She & Him, Tallest Man on Earth, Telekenesis, The National, xx, Zooey Deschannel
Posted in Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent |

Coachella. Wow. You gotta go.

April 26th, 2010

Coachella. Wow. You gotta go. I did. Check out my review on this year’s Coachella Festival after the jump! *Blog post by Darren Bourne

Tags: B.O.B., beyonce, Coachella, David Guetta, De La Soul, Deadmau5, Fever Ray, flea, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, jay-z, Josh Hartnett, Julian Casablancas, Kaskade, kristen stewart, Matt & Kim, Mike Snow, muse, passion pit, phoenix, red hot chilli peppers, Richie Hawtin, Sly and the Family Stone, the xx, them crooked vultures, thom yorke, Tiesto, Tom Morello, twilight, will.i.am, Yeasayer
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events | Posted by Guest Blogger |

Arcade Fire, Weezer, Drake, Metric to play Ottawa Bluesfest

April 21st, 2010

Canada may not have Glastonbury, Lollapalooza or Coachella, but the once-small Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is slowly creeping up on becoming one of those internationally-renowned mega music festivals. Taking place in downtown Ottawa from July 7th to July 18th, the capital city will welcome the likes of Arcade Fire, Weezer, Drake, The Flaming Lips, Rush, Alexisonfire, [...]

Tags: alexisonfire, arcade fire, Blonde Redhead, down with webster, drake, Faber Drive, Iron Maiden, Joan Jett, Keith Urban, lights, marianas trench, metric, Ottawa Bluesfest, passion pit, Rush, The Flaming Lips, The Hold Steady, the rural alberta advantage, weezer, Woodhands
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, News | Posted by Cam |

The Fame Monster to be Released on USB

April 16th, 2010

Lady Gaga will be releasing her latest album, The Fame Monster, on a limited addition USB key chocked full of extras. The drive will include all of Gaga’s music videos, the eight songs from The Fame Monster and nine remixes including “Telephone’ remixed by Passion Pit. The USB-key will be available to buy on May [...]

Tags: lady gaga, passion pit, The Fame: Monster, The Monster Ball Tour
Posted in News | Posted by Jessica F |

Passion Pit Review

April 14th, 2010

Vancouver has been waiting patiently for the return of the illustrious Passion Pit and at last on Sunday night fans were relieved of their anticipation. The five piece electro-pop band from Cambridge, Massachusetts finally played the Commodore Ballroom after two previously canceled shows (the first in October due to illness and the second in December [...]

Tags: Ayad Al Adhamy, Beach House, Bear Hands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gossip Girls, Ian Hultquist, Jeff Apruzzese, Mayer Hawthorne, Michael Angelako, Nate Donmoyer, passion pit, Skins, Smokey Robinson, The Country, weezer
Posted in Blog, Concert Reviews | Posted by Arianne - Correspondent |

Coachella line-up announced

January 19th, 2010

Coachella has announced its full line-up and it looks well, very Coachelly-ish. Headliners for the three nights over the weekend of April 16th to 18th are Jay-Z (Friday), Muse (Saturday) and Gorillaz (Sunday). Among the other big names scheduled to play are LCD Soundsystem (pictured), Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, She [...]

Tags: Coachella, David Guetta, Deerhunter, Gorillaz, Grace Jones, grizzly bear, Hot Chip, jay-z, Julian Casablancas, LCD Soundsystem (pictured), Major Lazer, Matt & Kim, MGMT, muse, Owen Pallett, passion pit, Pavement, phoenix, She & Him, Spoon, The Dead Weather, The Gossip, the xx, them crooked vultures, thom yorke, tokyo police club, Vampire Weekend, Yo La Tengo
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Cam |

Songs We Were All Over In 2009: Playlists

December 31st, 2009

Two different music tastes, two different playlists of tunes! These aren’t necessarily ranked in order of our favourite songs of the year, but a mish mash of what we felt best represented 2009 for us. After the jump, see & listen to our lists – including tracks from Kid Cudi, Kings of Leon, Beyonce, Julian [...]

Tags: 2009, alicia keys, bat for lashes, drake, Florence and the Machine, good tunes, holiday wrap, jay-z, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Kings of Leon, lady gaga, lily allen, listen, metric, michael jackson, music, passion pit, phoenix, playlists, the xx, wale, weezer, white lies
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Wendy |

Friday News to fill you up until Monday

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 [...]

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
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Kate M. |

Earworm of the Week: “The Reeling”

April 24th, 2009

This song is blazing, I’m kind of in love with it. If you haven’t heard of Passion Pit yet, the buzz-y story is pretty cool: lead singer Michael wrote some songs for his girlfriend and they ended up catching fire around Cambridge and later, THE WORLD. Their debut CD is coming in May, but for [...]

Tags: earworms, music, passion pit, videos
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Wendy |