The Prism Prize is the annual award given to the best Canadian music video of the year with the winner getting a cheque for $15,000. Let’s being with a sizzle reel of the top twenty nominees. This list will be narrowed to a top 10 shortlist on April 2. The grand prize will be awarded [&hellip.. more
The Brit Awards, the UK’s answer to the Junos and the Grammys, were handed out yesterday. (Weird that they do this in the middle of the week, innit?) Here are your winners. British Female Solo Artist Jorja Smith British Group The 1975 British Single Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa – One Kiss Global Success Ed [&hellip.. more
Anyone who has worked with or met Kim Clarke Champniss will tell you he’s one nice and honorable dude. He could use some thoughts and prayers now that his throat cancer has returned. He posted this on Facebook: “To get to the egg-sized tumour the surgeons had to pull out my voice-box and my swallow [&hellip.. more
Community theatre gives regular people a chance to express themselves in grand ways upon the lighted stage. It can be most entertaining, too–just not always for the right reasons. Case in point: This production of a musical based on the life of Princess Diana.. more
Japan is a strange, strange place. Here’s more proof. (Via Danny).. more
With all the digital smog that we create about ourselves every day, it’s frightening how much of our personal information is available with a quick Google search. That’s why I’m fascinated whenever I come across someone who is difficult to Google. Adrian sent me an email asking about an artist named Latesha Escalero who has [&hellip.. more
Artist: ThelmaSong: Stranger LoveAlbum: The Only Thing Brooklyn based musician Natasha Jacobs is Thelma. Her voice flutters like a hummingbird, making her poetic lyrics shine on this adventurous synth-folk track. For fans of Joanna Newsom. Watch/listen: Artist: Toro y MoiSong: Ordinary PleasureAlbum: Outer Peace This smooth, funky, understated pop track is a total party. It’s [&hellip.. more
This is the 71st birthday of NASCAR. As for music news for February 21, 2019… Just when we thought the Jussie Smollett story couldn’t get any weirder, it does. He’s been arrested. Here’s the mugshot. Imagine Dragons are the new Nickelback. Discuss. Once you’re done with that, discuss this list of the 25 best female [&hellip.. more
“Bohemian Rhapsody” is one weird song. What gives it just enduring iconic power? We speak with Juno-nominated producer Brent Bodrug about Wayne and Garth’s favourite song. You should also read this. Subscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSS | Learn More By the way, we’re a total non-profit operation that performs this selfle.. more
The estate of Michael Jackson is furious that Leaving Neverland exists. Crowds at Sundance were aghast at what they heard and saw at the screening. Now everyone will get a chance to see when the doc premiere on HBO on March 3 and .. 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] Moist is an alternative rock band that originally formed in 1992. It consists of David Usher as lead [&hellip.. more
The trouble with trying to follow the goings-on of the Trump administration is that as soon as new salacious allegations come to light, they’re immediately eclipsed by the next day’s revelations. Kinda like the relationship between Noel and Liam Gallagher. Liam is working on a new documentary called As It Was, which will follow Our [&hellip.. more
The situation for the people in Venezuela is dire. The policies of president Nicolas Maduro have driven the country’s economy into the ground, creating shortages of food and medicine and the necessities of life. There have been riots and protests and millions of people flooding over the borders of neighbouring countries. And to make matters [&hellip.. more
Sad news from the world of Canadian indie rock as Hollerado says that they’re calling it a day. They put out a press release yesterday. “For the past 12 years we’ve had the best time, all the time, and now it’s time to move on to other things. We are all still best friends in [&hellip.. more
Artist: Homeshake Song: Another Thing Album: Helium Homeshake’s lo-fi RnB infused indie pop returns on his 4th release. He credits the move toward a more ambient sound to the production process on this album. Where as the previous 3 albums were recorded in a studio Helium was recorded in Homeshake’s ( Peter Sagar’s) home in [&hellip.. more
Had Kurt lived, he would have turned 52 today. Here’s a post by Gilles LeBlanc from two years ago on what was Kurt’s 50th. Kurt Cobain would have turned 50 years old on February 20th, 2017. In that brief, less-than-three-year window between Nevermind’s release in the fall of 1991 and the Nirvana frontman’s suicide on [&hellip.. more
This is the date–February 20, 2003–of the Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island when 100 people died and 200 were injured when the pyro went wrong during a Great White gig. As for music new for February 20, 2019… The real-like Arthur Carlson–the GM of WKRP in Cincinnati–has died. AC/DC really appreciates what this Canadian [&hellip.. more
This is seriously as metal as f**k. Are they playing Rammstein? (Via Danny.).. more
People have been trying to figure out a way to turn Motley Crue’s biography The Dirt into a movie ever since it was first published in 2001. But have years–nay, decades–in development, it’s almost here. There’s even an official teaser trailer. Not an actual trailer, but a trailer for the trailer. Netflix has landed the [&hellip.. more
The UK faces a deadline of March 29 for striking a Brexit deal with the EU. The consequences of a negotiated deal is bad enough, but a no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic. It would send an economic tsunami around the world. Elizabeth May’s Conservative government completely divided. The Leavers won’t listen to reason. The Remainers [&hellip.. more
Save for Donald Trump, climate change is on everyone’s mind these days, including those concerned with music at the BBC. A couple of writers asked a question: What music consumption format or system is worse for the environment: CDs, vinyl, or streaming music services? The answer might surprise you. “Current digital technology, however, gives us [&hellip.. more
[This was my weekend column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When the compact disc was unveiled in late 1982, many thought we’d finally reached perfection with music storage and playback technology. With their clear sound, the absence of hiss, crackles, and pops, and excellent portability, there was no more room for improvement. Not that the tech [&hellip.. more
These are the nominees for the 2019 Prism Prize
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Here are your 2019 Brit Awards winners
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Take some time today to send some good thoughts to ex MuchMusic VJ Kim Clarke Champniss. His voice is gone forever.
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This community theatre performance of a musical based on Princess Diana is…well…
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Meanwhile, back in Japan, this musical performance happened
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