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CLASSIC CANADIAN – Compilations

CLASSIC CANADIAN – Compilations
(Solid Gold/Linus Entertainment) Classic Canadian rock and pop music is currently enjoying a renaissance. Partially fuelled by the persistence of mainstream FM radio to continually recycling AOR hits songs from the 70’s and 80’s, this exposure has encouraged the majority of those classic rock acts to continue performing. However many of these bands have been impeded by previous records being... Read More

Monster Truck: Raising the Banner for Honest Rock

Monster Truck: Raising the Banner for Honest Rock
You could feel the buzz ripple through the Regina Brandt Centre when Hamilton’s Monster Truck were announced as the 2013 Breakthrough Group Juno Award winners. It was like en masse the audience were gasping “Who the hell are these guys?” Well those guys; lead vocalist/bassist Jon Harvey, lead guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely are about... Read More

AVRIL LAVIGNE – Avril Lavigne

AVRIL LAVIGNE – Avril Lavigne
(Sony Music) As much as she may like to be, Avril Lavigne isn’t 17 anymore – she’s now 29. Yet the first phase of her new, self-titled release sees Ms. Lavigne dealing with a creative mid-life crisis. Songs like `Rock N Roll’, `Here’s To Never Growing Up’ and `17’ reflect problems that Lavigne is having in dealing with her current... Read More

BLUE RODEO – In Our Nature

BLUE RODEO – In Our Nature
(Warner Music Canada) It worked once so why not try it again. In an attempt to recreate the magic that was sparked by Blue Rodeo’s previous sojourn to vocalist/songwriter Greg Keelor’s Muskoka farm in 1996 which resulted in the highly successful “Five Days In July” album, the band decided to mark their 25th anniversary by revisiting that same location in the... Read More

30 Years Later: Corey Hart Interpolates Corey Hart

30 Years Later: Corey Hart Interpolates Corey Hart
30 years after the release of “Sunglasses At Night,” Corey Hart interpolates Corey Hart “Night Visions (Sunglasses)” by Papercha$er featuring Corey Hart to be the singer’s first release in the U.S. since 1994. 30 years after launching the extraordinary career of Corey Hart, his monumental debut single, “Sunglasses At Night”, is reborn in an exciting new incarnation as “Night Visions... Read More

ARCADE FIRE – Reflektor

ARCADE FIRE – Reflektor
(Universal)  There is a common thought process that the average music consumer does not have the patience to listen to a complete recording anymore. It’s like if Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon was released tomorrow, punters would be downloading Track 6, then Track 2 without fully experiencing the record’s full sonic concept. Well Montreal indie-rockers Arcade Fire are... Read More

DOWNCHILD – Can You Hear The Music

DOWNCHILD – Can You Hear The Music
(Linus) The facsimile of the famous Sam The Record Man, fluorescent Yonge Street sign on the cover of Downchild’s latest record, “Can You Hear The Music” proudly states “Live Blues Since 1969” And just like that fabled Energizer Bunny, Downchild’s Donnie Walsh just keeps rolling along with his prodigious outlay of material, this marking his 32ndh recording. With Chuck Jackson... Read More

The Story Of Anvil – Crazy Enough To Be A Movie!

The Story Of Anvil – Crazy Enough To Be A Movie!
Heavy metal rock band Anvil are on an all-time high as they assaulted Toronto’s Rockpile East nightclub on Saturday October 19th in preparation for further European touring activities in early 2014.With a brand new record, “Hope In Hell” produced by Bob Marlette to hawk, and fresh off a gig opening for Metallica in Singapore, lead vocalist/guitarist Steve (Lips) Kudlow agrees... Read More

The Douce Is Still Loose

The Douce Is Still Loose
It’s inevitable. Turn on your local classic rock radio and within a short period of time you are going to hear it, that unmistakable guitar riff into to Jerry Doucette’s `Mama Let Him Play’. Even though it was recorded in 1977, the song still rates as a bona fide Canadian classic rock track. Yet until very recently, that song `Mama... Read More

Mushroom Records Vaults Reveal Missing Treasures

Mushroom Records Vaults Reveal Missing Treasures
With the release of three titles from the vaults of Mushroom Records, Vancouver’s Bill Henderson finally has most of his band Chilliwack’s key releases out on compact disc. His 1977 record “Dreams Dreams Dreams (containing such killer tracks as `Fly At Night’, `California Girl’ and Rain-O’), the 1978 release “Lights From The Valley” (featuring `Arms Of Mary’) and the until... Read More

REEL Indie Film Fest bringing film and music together for IndieWeek

REEL Indie Film Fest bringing film and music together for IndieWeek
The Reel Indie Film Festival (RiFF) launched this week with it’s lineup of six features, six shorts and six music videos, for the inaugural music-themed film festival. RiFF is an extension of the international music festival Indie Week  and seeks to cover the gamut of musical inspiration, from the teenage dream of following in the footsteps of the Rolling Stones, to using music... Read More