The White Stripes documentary Under Great White Northern Lights is set to be screened tomorrow, Friday 26 February in Toronto at the Royal cinema in Little Italy.
The film was shot in 2007 during the White Stripes tour across Canada, a tour which saw Jack and Meg White turning up in a lot of destinations...
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So here we are, twelve years since Doves formed in Manchester and released the Cedar Room EP on the Casino Records imprint (funded by the one and only Rob Gretton) and ten years have elapsed since Doves epochal debut, Lost Souls was released on the legendary Heavenly Recordings.
In that time we have been privy...
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Deftones have announced their sixth studio album Diamond Eyes will be released on 18 May 2010.
“Rocket Skates”, the first single from the album, is now available as a free download from the Deftones website.
It was originally planned that Eros would be the follow-up to 2006’s Saturday Night Wrist, but the release of Eros...
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Detroit rapper Eminem will join Muse and Kasabian as the headliners at this year’s T in the Park festival.
The same artists will also be headlining Oxegen at Punchestown Racecourse in Ireland, taking place the same weekend of 9-11 July.
Eminem’s appearance at Scotland’s premier music festival will be his first in the UK since 2003....
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Gig/Concert: El Perro Del Mar with Taken By Trees
Venue: Mod Club, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 21 February 2010
Headliners: El Perro Del Mar
In one word: Transfixing
“Hello. Can you turn down the lights please?” were the opening words of Victoria Bergsman as Taken By Trees took to the stage. The Mod Club was dimly lit tonight, with ...
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Title: Ups and Downsizing
Artist: The Swellers
Label: Fueled By Ramen/WEA
Released: 23 February 2010 (Canada/US)
In one word: Adequate
Flint, Michigan four-piece The Swellers deliver their fourth album in Ups and Downsizing. With their late 90’s skate-punk influences worn proudly on their sleeves, what results is 11 relatively solid, if by-the-numbers tracks that conjure images of summertime loves...
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Canadian Music Week have announced Jamie Cullum as a guest speaker and performer at this year’s event in Toronto, ON.
Jamie Cullum joins Slash (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) as the headline artists appearing as keynote speakers at this year’s music festival and conference. Jamie Cullum will appear at CMW for a celebrity interview and...
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British electropop star Little Boots is set to release her full-length debut Hands in North America on Tuesday, 2 March.
Hands, which was released in June ’09 in the UK, features the hit songs “Stuck on Repeat”, “New In Town” and current single, “Remedy.” Little Boots, the solo project of Victoria Hesketh, formerly of the...
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