June 2016 – Page 2 – The Music Express

NEW FACES – LIKE A MOTORCYCLE – HIGH HOPES FOR NEW RELEASE

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Music Express

Hot on the heels of wowing international delegates at East Coast Music Week 2016, Halifax punk-rock quartet Like A Motorcycle are stoked to announce the September 2, 2016 launch date of their long-awaited debut LP High Hopes.The album will be made available through GroundSwell Music internationally in partnership via a newly minted deal with legendary Hamburg punk rock label Rookie... Read More

MAN MACHINE POEM – THE TRAGICALLY HIP

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 Music Express

Review By Brian Stanko (Universal Music Canada) Listening to what may be The Tragically Hip’s final album is a study in contrasts of expectations, of emotions, and of assumptions. One cannot listen to the songs and explore the lyrical content without considering the fate of singer Gord Downie, perhaps reading more into the songs than is deserved. As the band’s... Read More

BOBBY CURTOLA: ONE OF THE ORIGINALS!

June 5, 2016June 7, 2016 Keith Sharp

Bobby Curtola, one of Canada’s initial teenage heart throb pop stars, passed away Sunday at his Edmonton home at the age of 73. Yes the Thunder Bay Ontario may have been preceded into the charts by Ottawa’s Paul Anka who scored with “Diana” as a 15-year-old in 1958. But one year later, 16-year old Curtola enjoyed equal success when his “Hand... Read More

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!!

June 3, 2016June 6, 2016 Keith Sharp

By Keith Sharp To paraphrase the Soup Nazi on the Seinfeld’ television show, thousands of The Tragically Hip fans, denied tickets by Tuesday’s farcical Fan Club Pre-Sale event, tried again Friday when the official on-line sales were staged only to be met with identical results, Ticketmaster claiming all tickets sold out literally seconds after the 10 am. posting time. Some... Read More

NO FEAR OF SOUND – THE AGE OF ELECTRIC

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 Music Express

Marquee Beer Market & Stage, Calgary – May 28, 2016 By Brian Stanko w/ photo’s by Charles Hope Call The Age of Electric’s music post-post-punk or alternative rock. Call the band edgy or harsh. Call them loud and direct. Call both what you will, but know that they are a great live band. A band with huge hearts, pumping... Read More

Tegan & Sara’s LOVE YOU TO DEATH to be released June 3

June 1, 2016June 2, 2016 Music Express

Propelled by the conviction of reinvention, Tegan and Sara’s 8th studio album, Love You To Death, is the latest sonic chapter in a celebrated 17-year career. Produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia, Beck, Ellie Goulding), Love You To Death delivers 10 new Tegan and Sara tracks more vibrant and visionary than ever. Tegan and Sara explored a transcendent pop sheen... Read More

CBC in talks with The Tragically Hip To Televise Final Concert

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 Music Express

Reprint courtesy of the CBC, Frustrated Tragically Hip fans — some who couldn’t snag presale tickets today or yesterday — are calling on the CBC to broadcast the band’s final concert, and the CBC says it is interested in doing just that. A series of petitions and open letters to CBC management have been posted online, urging the public broadcaster to record the... Read More

Month: June 2016

NEW FACES – LIKE A MOTORCYCLE – HIGH HOPES FOR NEW RELEASE

MAN MACHINE POEM – THE TRAGICALLY HIP

BOBBY CURTOLA: ONE OF THE ORIGINALS!

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!!

NO FEAR OF SOUND – THE AGE OF ELECTRIC

Tegan & Sara’s LOVE YOU TO DEATH to be released June 3

CBC in talks with The Tragically Hip To Televise Final Concert

News

Avril Lavigne to Release First Ever Greatest Hits Album

Dee Lippingwell – Award-winning Photographer succumbs to Cancer

Open Spaces

Under the Covers with Lee Aaron

Happiness Is – The Steel Horse Gypsies

New Faces

Toronto’s Teen Prodigy Sydney <3 Sparks Musical Revolution With K-Pop Elegance In ‘Picture Perfect’

Lunchbox Promotion Draws Attention To Rare Americans launch.

Avril Lavigne to Release First Ever Greatest Hits Album

Dee Lippingwell – Award-winning Photographer succumbs to Cancer

Under the Covers with Lee Aaron

Happiness Is – The Steel Horse Gypsies

Toronto’s Teen Prodigy Sydney <3 Sparks Musical Revolution With K-Pop Elegance In ‘Picture Perfect’

Lunchbox Promotion Draws Attention To Rare Americans launch.

Would you like to receive the MuSIC NATION Newsletter?

Sign up today for the MuSIC NATION Newsletter

Sign up today for the
MuSIC NATION
Newsletter