Music mail from around the world My favourite part of running Music Vice is all the amazing email and mail I receive from bands. Every week my inbox is flooded with hundreds of emails from record labels, publicists, promoters, and from artists themselves. A lot of this is what I call...
Stop Press… after running Music Vice for nearly 10 years, I just made my first $10. Please hold your subdued applause and muted giggles. I’m totally serious. Our first donation $10 might not sound like much but it’s the thought that counts, absolutely. I am sincerely pleased and grateful to a...
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 easy get disheartened but here’s an indie success story in the making that may raise your spirits on a dreary winter’s day…...
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 look back at what mattered at NXNE 2011 to me. Un: Jay Reatard...
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 Blood. In the short time since their interview with Music Vice, Urgent Blood have split up. Members of the group have already gone on to...
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, I had first learned about Anvil after first seeing them live on Friday night at CMW ’09 and then later that weekend seeing the...
10/10/10 = 42 Happy 10/10/10 everybody! Not only does 10/10/10 look cool, but it’s also nicknamed by some as Binary Day. The binary numeral system is used inside all computers and using that system the number 101010 equals 42. So today is pretty much a numerologist’s wet dream – nerds everywhere...
“Rock and roll is serious and important, and on the other hand it’s absolutely meaningless. And if you can find that balance then you’re sussed.” Okay, catch up time… It’s been a while since my last installment of Editorial Pissings – over two months in fact! It’s just been a really...
The Library Is Your Friend – Recommended Reading In the past fortnight the public library here in Toronto made a few more friends. There was the fantastic free show with Fucked Up and $100 at the end of May. 700 people came out for that free show – don’t miss our...
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 cited, as well as the lack of availability of headline acts. Admittedly, V-Fest ’09 in Toronto was a...Music Vice Magazine - www.musicvice.com - Independent online music magazine established 2002: UK, Canada, Australia and Planet Telex
