Editorial

Happy Burns Night – Five new Scottish bands you need to hear

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January 25, 2012
Happy Burns Night – Five new Scottish bands you need to hear

The Machine Room Happy Robbie Burns day! In celebration of Scotland’s national literary hero, here are five new bands from my homeland that you need to hear. Django Django – “Default”....
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Scottish DIY punks Cleavers get on BBC Radio – an indie feel good story

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January 18, 2012
Cleavers

Are you an independent artist searching for that next step? The next rung up the ladder? That seemingly intangible ‘break’? That’s you and a million other aspiring artists. It’s...
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John Peel Day – Joy Division “Insight” tribute video

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October 25, 2011
John Peel

John Peel – a true hero to music, and champion of so many great bands It is seven years today – 25 October 2011 – since BBC DJ John Peel died. John Peel was...
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Bored of rock? Fear not! The Darkness are back!

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August 30, 2011
The Darkness are back, 2011 - photo credit Marianne Harris

Getting bored of all the same-old, same-old rock music out right now? It’s been a while since something really different came along…. nearly a decade in fact … something fresh, off the wall, ridiculous…...
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NXNE 2011 – Editor’s Wrap-Up

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July 8, 2011
Jay Reatard 'Better Than Something' Canadian premiere at Toronto Underground Cinema - photo Brian Banks, Music Vice

North By North East music festival was another blurry fun-filled week of music and shenanigans in Canada’s music capital, Toronto. Everybody’s experiences are different, natch, but I will remember NXNE 2011 for a few reasons. Here’s my cut-to-the-chase...
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NXNE 2011 went punk so we made a zine! Get your copy now

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June 21, 2011
Milo Goes To Canada - Descendents front cover shot of special edition Music Vice NXNE zine

North By North East (NXNE) music festival came and went last week in Toronto in a flash. You may have thought we were sleeping or hungover like dogs here at...
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NXNE soccer 2011! Today at 1.30pm

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June 19, 2011
NXNE Charity Soccer

Brendan Canning (red) and Adan van Koeverden battle for the ball at last year’s NXNE charity soccer (Brian Banks in background) NXNE 2011 in Toronto is coming to an end but not without a bang. Come nurse...
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Australian hardcore band Urgent Blood break-up: last copies of their 7″ vinyl available in Toronto record stores

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May 23, 2011
Hits and Misses records, 799 Queen Street West, Toronto - photo by Brian Banks, Music Vice

Good day dear readers, happy Victoria Day. Only a few months ago, in February, we introduced you to a hardcore band from Melbourne, Australia called Urgent...
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Editorial Pissings #9 – Meeting Anvil, the dedication needed to being indie and my CMW wrap-up

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March 24, 2011
Anvil listening party - photo of Robb Reiner and Steve Kudlow in Noble Street studios by Brian Banks, Music Vice

Meeting Anvil Earlier this month on Saturday 12 March, during Canadian Music Week 2011, I had the privilege of meeting Canadian metal band Anvil. Two years earlier,...
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Another crazy year in the rock and roll scene… my favourite moments of 2010

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January 31, 2011
Slash-Kool-Haus-Toronto-10-September-2010-Brian-Banks-7

2010 was an amazing year. While we’re in the middle of the ‘winter slowdown’, I thought I’d take a look back at some of my favourite moments of 2010,...
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