OUR LADY PEACE REVEALS NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR FALLING INTO PLACE

January 8, 2018 Music Express

Our Lady Peace have teamed up with Alternative Nation to release the final video from their mini-documentary style series for each track from Volume 1 of their new album, Somethingness. As with the previous clips, Falling Into Place features YouTube star, Matthew Santoro, as a ride-share driver, and explores a unique look into personal stories that happen every day, all... Read More

Meghan Patrick – Country Music Made Her Do It

January 8, 2018 Music Express

COUNTRY MUSIC MADE ME DO IT WILL BE RELEASED JANUARY 12, 2018 “There’s always a high and lonesome song that keeps on pushing me along.” This line from the title track and lead single of Meghan Patrick’s latest album Country Made Me Do It is classic country and serves notice that she is determined to revive and carry the... Read More

KILLER DWARFS SIGN TO EMP LABEL GROUP

January 7, 2018 Music Express

Canadian Metal favorites Killer Dwarfs have signed to EMP LABEL GROUP, who are set to release the band’s long awaited live set LIVE, NO GUFF in April, and 2018 will also see EMP reissues of the band’s recent catalog, including the independently released START@ONE, the band’s previously unreleased studio album from 1993, and WIRELESS, the solo acoustic release from vocalist... Read More

The Sheepdogs Are Changing Colours

January 5, 2018 Music Express

For a new album that The Sheepdogs didn’t initially set out to make, Changing Colours is a stunning achievement. Proud purveyors of guitar-driven modern-day retro rock, the triple Juno Award-winning Saskatoon-based quintet has expanded its sound on Changing Colours to encompass more styles and hues to enhance the Sheepdogs’ trademark beef-and-boogie twin-axe riffs, hooks, shuffles and long-haired aesthetic. “We identify... Read More

2018 Music Express Awards

January 4, 2018February 7, 2018 Music Express

Because the “solution” the software company offered us to repair the polling boards was not acceptable, we had to devise another plan. Here is our in house solution. What we’ve done is recreated the original poll boards (with a spelling correction and an Album name correction). The new poll has been tested and is functional and is up to the... Read More

Final Exit: Music’s Casualty List 2017

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 Keith Sharp

As rock/pop music’s elite musicians of the 60’s, 70’s and even 80’s enter the twilight of their lives, it’s inevitable that many top artists take their final bow. Last year’s casualties may not have been as shocking as the previous year’s losses (Prince, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, George Michael) but we still lost some major talent. Classic 50’s artists... Read More

Behind The Vinyl – Make You A Believer – Sass Jordan

January 4, 2018 Music Express

Singer/Songwriter Sass Jordan, came by the boom 97.3 studios to play “Make You A Believer” on vinyl! Sass talks about making the 25th Anniversary version of “Racine” different than just a remaster. Plus she talks about how she reacted to hearing this song was used as Church Gospel song! Watch as Sass goes Behind The Vinyl! ... Read More

Loss Of Gord Downie Tainted 2017 (Year End Wrap)

January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 Keith Sharp

Any reflection on 2017 is going to be tainted by the loss of Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie who lost his courageous battle against gliobastoma on October 27th. He knew his passing was inevitable, we all knew his passing was inevitable but it still came as a shock when he did succumb to his terminal brain tumor at... Read More

Month: January 2018