Brian Banks

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Editorial Pissings #3 – Canada Deserves A Major Outdoor Festival

June 4, 2010
Editorial Pissings #3 – Canada Deserves A Major Outdoor Festival

Virgin Festival Canada Cancellations – Canada Deserves A Major Outdoor Festival I was sad yesterday to hear the announcement that there would be no Virgin Festivals in Canada this year. Financial reasons were...
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Virgin Festivals in Canada canned – (hopefully returning in 2011)

June 3, 2010
Virgin Festivals in Canada canned – (hopefully returning in 2011)

Virgin Mobile Canada has pulled the plug on all of it’s Virgin festivals for this year. Speaking to the Toronto Sun, they blamed the economy and the difficulty of finding headlining acts as...
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Shows To Go To – June 2010

June 2, 2010
Shows To Go To – June 2010

Music Vice’s gig guide for June 2010 is a comprehensive rundown of concert listings chosen by Music Vice writers, featuring shows in our covered territories of Australia, Canada/USA and the UK. These are the concerts we...
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The Futureheads bring The Chaos to the Mod Club – Vinyl Giveaway!

June 1, 2010
The Futureheads bring The Chaos to the Mod Club – Vinyl Giveaway!

The Futureheads are back! Yeah, you know, that band from Sunderland, England that you loved in 2004! The Futureheads hit North America this June for ten dates, as they tour in...
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Zeus at the Mod Club, Toronto – Gig review and concert photos

May 29, 2010
Zeus at the Mod Club, Toronto – Gig review and concert photos

Gig/Concert: Zeus with Danielle Duval and Matt Murphy Venue: Mod Club Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 27 May 2010 In one word: Special Sometimes you really have to see a band...
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Editorial Pissings #2 – NXNE footie player news and my training progress… Impossible Is Nothing

May 27, 2010
Editorial Pissings #2 – NXNE footie player news and my training progress… Impossible Is Nothing

NXNE Football – Player details announced… ‘The Rockers’ take on ‘The World’ Details have been announced today of the players competing at the Right To Play charity football...
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Album Review: Fjord Rowboat – Under Cover Of Brightness

May 27, 2010
Album Review: Fjord Rowboat – Under Cover Of Brightness

Title: Under Cover Of Brightness Artist: Fjord Rowboat Label: Independent Released: 15 June 2010 In one word: Subliminal This record serves up a subliminal hit – and a hit that didn’t strike me at...
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Pure Finesse at the Rivoli, Toronto – Gig review and photos

May 24, 2010
Pure Finesse at the Rivoli, Toronto – Gig review and photos

Gig/Concert: Pure Finesse (CD release show for the EP Got A Lot To Prove, available on iTunes) Venue: The Rivoli, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 22 May 2010 In one word: Mental Jack...
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Editorial Pissings #1 – My own personal World Cup… Music Vice editor to play at NXNE

May 21, 2010
Editorial Pissings #1 – My own personal World Cup… Music Vice editor to play at NXNE

Welcome So, this is a new section of Music Vice. Editorial Pissings will be a regular column which will serve as a space for some stuff that...
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Fucked Up and $100 playing free Toronto library show 28 May

May 18, 2010
Fucked Up and $100 playing free Toronto library show 28 May

Two great Toronto bands are playing a free show at the Toronto Reference Library this month, on Friday 28 May. Hardcore troubadours Fucked Up, winners of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize, will...
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