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Sloan “The 12 Days of Christmas” (MP3)

December 1st, 2011

To make their upcoming holiday show at Toronto’s Great Hall extra special, Canadian CanRock heroes Sloan have recorded a version of the age-old carol, “The 12 Days of Christmas.” As one would expect from a quartet with four singers, each member sings three verses, some as duets, as they count down the dozen gifts from [...]

Tags: MP3, sloan, The 12 Days of Christmas, The Wedge
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The Wedge P.M. News Round Up: Sloan announce tour, give away singles comp

August 31st, 2011

Sloan are celebrating their 20th or XXth anniversary this year. So far they’ve released a new album, The Double Cross, played some celebratory shows and had singer/bassist Chris Murphy guest host The Wedge. On top of that, the fab four have announced more tour dates (five of which are Canadian) and a free singles compilation. [...]

Tags: Bon Iver, Bruise Cruise Festival, Captured Tracks, fucked up, James Blake, sloan, The Togas, The Wake, Vivian Girls
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Watch Sloan’s Chris Murphy host The Wedge

May 19th, 2011

This week’s episode of The Wedge was brought to you by Chris Murphy, who you may recognize from the rock band Sloan. Anywho, Damian Abraham, who regularly hosts the show, is off getting naked and bloody for those slick Europeans, so Chris stepped up and filled the void with his witty musings and insightful reflections [...]

Tags: Chris Murphy, sloan, The Wedge
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Sloan’s Chris Murphy to guest host The Wedge this week!

May 18th, 2011

While Damian keeps it real across the European Union touring with his band F**ked Up, this week’s episode of The Wedge will be guest hosted by yet another icon in the Canadian music world. Much like when Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew took over the show back in March, Sloan’s Chris Murphy will be assuming [...]

Tags: Chris Murphy, sloan, The Wedge
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What’s Your Favourite Sloan Lyric?

May 16th, 2011

Sloan, one of the most prolific bands in Canadian music, has been gaining fans around the world for two decades, 10 albums and two EPs. In celebration of the bands 20th Anniversary they’ve put out a very cool set of documentaries featuring interviews with some of the bands biggest fans. In the first part we [...]

Tags: music, sloan
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Michael |

What’s Your Favourite Sloan Album?

May 12th, 2011

Sloan, one of the most prolific bands in Canadian music, has been gaining fans around the world for two decades, 10 albums and two EPs. In celebration of the bands 20th Anniversary they’ve put out a very cool set of documentaries featuring interviews with some of the bands biggest fans.

Tags: music, sloan
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Michael |

Listen to new albums from Tinie Tempah, Moby, Danger Mouse and more!

May 10th, 2011

Ever feel like there’s nothing to listen to? Every song sounds old, nothing is inspiring and you’ve finally resorted to the dreaded music diet (diets are never good, especially ones that involve less music in your life). MuchMusic has the answer to fatten up your ears! Our First Spins section is straight-up overflowing this week [...]

Tags: Ben Harper, Danger Mouse, first spin, Moby, sloan, Tinie Tempah
Posted in Blog, first spins, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Reviews | Posted by Allison |

When did you first hear Sloan?

May 9th, 2011

For 20 years now, Sloan have been one of the major contributors to CanRock. Singlehandedly putting East Coast Canada’s music scene on the map in 1991, the former Haligonians have left one of the better bodies of work over their three-decade run. Now, in a new series of videos, the band have assembled an impressive [...]

Tags: broken social scene, Buck 65, Dave Foley, Death From Above 1979, degrassi, Double Cross, Jason Schwartzman, k-os, kevin drew, Kids In the Hall, Sebastien Grainger, sloan, Stefan Brogen, the dears
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Sloan announce new album to celebrate 20th anniversary

February 22nd, 2011

Canadian indie rock institution Sloan have announced the release of their tenth album, which will conveniently coincide with the band’s 20th anniversary. Released by Outside Music, the new album is titled The Double Cross, which is a shout out to the band’s age in roman numerals – XX. Recorded in their Toronto studio in the [...]

Tags: sloan, The Double Cross
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