Hey Ontario Music Geeks! We have put together a really cool contest with Dine Alone Records and Auchentoshan Whisky for you this fall. We will be giving away 15 Limited Edition White Vinyl Dine Alone sampler albums! All you have to do to enter the contest is to Tweet a photo of your record player [&hellip.. more
If you’re looking to kill some time before the weekend starts, you might want to have a look at this visual examination of how music tastes have evolved over the last 60-something years. The Pudding, which digs into all sorts of data analysis involving top five singles on the Billboard charts “so we can stop [&hellip.. more
Music is one of those things that can bring families together. Sometimes, that togetherness grows into a business. The Bee Gees had the three Gibb brothers. Baby brother Andy was also part of that universe for a while. The original Beach Boys included Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson along with their cousin, Mike Love. Murray [&hellip.. more
Ticketmaster has been in the news a lot this year, mostly for the wrong reasons. But when the company does something good, it’s only fair that we pay attention to that, too. This is a bit complicated but stay with me. Ticketmaster has bought a company called Upgraded which touts blockchain technology. It “converts traditional [&hellip.. more
Even though weed is now officially legal in Canada, the US continues to take a dim view on marijuana use, especially at the border. While pot is fine in nearly two dozen states, the US federal government still considers marijuana to be a category one drug on par with heroin, coke and meth. This attitude [&hellip.. more
[A guest post by Lucas Cappel – AC] The music industry has experienced profound effects from technological development resulting in the rapid growth of the industry. These advancements in music technology took a short duration to revolutionize the entire industry. Technological development, generally, is the change in the way of doing things, from a simple [&hellip.. more
Still no societal collapse in Canada following the legalization of weed. You know, if we do this right, we can become a world leader in so many ways. Fingers crossed. Meanwhile, here’s music news for Friday, October 19, 2018. Britney Spears has signed up for a new series of shows in Las Vegas. She’ll get [&hellip.. more
This November, Toronto opera and rock fans alike can enjoy Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera. Based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall, this operatic version was composed by Julien Bilodeau with the concept and stage direction by Dominic Champagne. As a timeless work, an operatic adaptation seemed an ideal [&hellip.. more
More bad PR for Ticketmaster over how the company deals with bulk sales of tickets to resellers, brokers, and scalpers. Back in September, a joint CBC/Toronto Star investigation broke the story of TradeDesk, an arm of Ticketmaster that facilitates the selling of tickets on the secondary market. The issue has become a PR nightmare for Ticketmaster and [&hellip.. more
Sheryl and her husband were in Market Square in Kingston, Ontario, last night on the first anniversary of the death of Gord Downie. They found this.. more
Do you have a favourite tuque? Keep it handy on Oct. 24 and prepare to smile. It’s the first #HatsforHope campaign with the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, but it’s part of an longer effort to bring awareness to brain tumours, both malignant and benign. “We estimate 27 Canadians a day hear they’ve got a [&hellip.. more
As we hurtle towards the end of the years, students are faced with end-of-term assignments and exams. What’s the best music to enhance your brainpower? Dan Jacques has an in-depth article that just might help you get higher grades. Something that has always been quite fascinating is the fact that music is a universal language. [&hellip.. more
Boston Dynamics is deep into robotics. This twerking machine is their latest. (Via NY Post).. more
Fans of the Foo Fighters will remember The Rockin’ 1000, a massive group of Italian musicians who lured the Foos to the city of Cesena by gathering 1,000 musicians to perform “Learn to Fly.” It worked. Back in July–and I don’t know how I missed this–Courtney love joined the same organization on a cover of [&hellip.. more
Artist: Shaed Song: Melt Ep: Melt Melt is a rhythmic alt-electro track with strikingly powerful vocals and a plot twist ending that will take your breath away with its gorgeous simplicity. Listen: Artist: Dahlia Sleeps Song: Settle Down EP: Love, Lost Sensitive, bold alt-synth track with heartfelt vocals and good dynamics. This is music that [&hellip.. more
Weed’s been legal in Canada for 24 hours. Society didn’t collapse. I think we’ll be okay. Here’s music news for October 18, 2018. Now that Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have broken up, what’s going to happen to their pet pig, Piggy Smallz? Just like his friend Donald Trump, Kanye is making friends with brutal [&hellip.. more
It was just after 8 am EDT on the morning of October 17, 2017, that news of Gord Downie’s death started coming out. By 9, the whole country had been plunged into mourning. With today being the first anniversary of Gord’s death, there are plenty of stories. Here are a couple. Choir! Choir! Choir! salute [&hellip.. more
Michael insists this is our 200th episode, but as you can see from the above headline he can’t count. However you want to number this podcast, it arrives on the one year anniversary of the death of Gord Downie. Hip historian and author Michael Barclay joined us mid-book tour to talk about the last year [&hellip.. more
[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s an incredible discography of hundreds of bands. This is the latest excerpt from his book. – AC] The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting [&hellip.. more
The story of Jamal Khashoggi’s death keeps getting more and more horrible. On October 1, he walked into the Saudi embassy in Istanbul to pick up some papers involving his upcoming wedding. It should have been a short visit, so he told his fiance to wait in the car. He never came out. A team [&hellip.. more
Shortly after 9 pm EDT last night (October 16), YouTube videos stopped loading. This was me when it happened. A quick check of Twitter showed that the outage was global and that people were losing their shit. Meanwhile, YouTube assured everyone they were working on it. “We’re working on resolving this and will let you [&hellip.. more
The Tragically Hip announced their partnership with Newstrike, a Brantford-based marijuana producer, in May 2017. It’s a partnership that makes sense for the band: brain cancer patients, like Gord Downie, are very interested in the seemingly bright potential of pot to help not only ease the side effects of cancer treatment but might hold some [&hellip.. more
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