Saturday, November 7, 2009
According to Ohbijou 's twitter, Jenny Mecija's violin has been stolen while the band was in Montreal. If you happen to come across it in a pawn shop or something, tweet them or email them . Here are .. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
Got an email awhile ago from Six Shooter Records who I love and who you should love too. Why? Because their motto/tagline thing is "Life is Too Short to Listen To Shitty Music" . That alone should ea.. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
Fresh off a tour in the UK and en route to a show in Guelph at the Attic , tonight, Sudbury, Ontario's OX stopped off in London for an afternoon treat doing an in-store at Grooves Records . They play.. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
Victoria's Acres Of Lions have just released a new music video for the song "Dance Sequence" from their debut album entitled "Working". Directed by Brian Dutkewich, the video was shot in an old wareho.. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
This is short notice, but... CANADIAN FILMS BOW AT DFT A series of new Canadian films this weekend @ Detroit Film Theatre. "Pontypool" is a dark comedy about a zombie virus in rural Ontario. Directed.. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
On weekday evenings at 7 p.m. CBC Radio 2 brings you Canada Live - with live recordings of concerts from around the country. I always thought though that more people might listen to the shows if they.. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
This week on the CBC Radio 2 Canada Live Podcast - Chantal Kreviazuk recorded live at the the Jackson Triggs Amphitheatre in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Download It or Press Play!` .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
The Wooden Sky, Pick of the Week #30 , the 17th hottest band in Canada (according to this country's music community), the 7th hottest band ( according to me ) and the authors of the album If I Don't .. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
KARYN ELLIS – EVEN THOUGH THE SKY WAS FALLINGBrilliant. Karyn Ellis’s Even Though the Sky Was Falling grabbed my heartstrings immediately and hasn’t let go. I listened to it for the first time in the .. .. read more..
Friday, November 6, 2009
Is it the 44th week of 2009 already? God that's depressing. But you know what isn't depressing in any way, shape, or form? This hilarious, hilarious, phone message ... oh, and Said the Whale 's Islan.. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
After eight years of recording artists in a century old barn nestled in a picturesque country setting, Dave King is set to produce a new music series entitled A Night At The Barn. "My initial intent w.. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Halifax's own Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees are headed to the UK for 8 shows starting tomorrow night. On the off, off chance you don't know them they sound all like Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful B.. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The winner of NxEW's 2009 Shadow Polaris voting - Julie Doiron is on tour pretty much from now until February. (She's taking a few weeks off for the holidays - she's a tireless performer but not a ma.. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
An effort is underway through Aviva to save Rolly's Garage, which has to be Toronto's least pretentious venue. If you don't know Rolly's Garage was an auto-mechanic garage on Ossington for nearly two.. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
You're not going to want to miss this one: A collage of video hilights from the Halifax Pop Explosion with Zeus, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Japandroids, Two Hours Traffic, Final Fantasy, Brian Borch.. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Royal Wood is headed out to tour Western Canada in the company of the fabulous Rose Cousins (whose new album was released on Tuesday . The problem is that Royal & Rose could use a little support for .. .. read more..
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Via CBC Radio 3 : A new video from Grand Analog ! Canada has a ton of good hip hop - people like Cadence Weapon , Dragon Fli Empire , Shad , D-Sisive , Radio Radio , Plex and many, many others. I'm a.. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Via Arts & Crafts : It's just been announced that Feist will be playing a free show tomorrow in Toronto at Bay & Bloor to celebrate the Holt Renfrew window unveiling. Show starts @ 7 p.m. (expect cro.. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
My two favourite musical genres are folk and electro, or, more specifically, electro-pop and folk-rock. The last contest I brought you was folk and pop and quieter stuff, so it's only fitting that no.. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Laurent Bourque, a multi-instrumentalist who is currently working out of Montreal, Quebec is poised to released his début solo album, "What We Talk About." NxEW.ca contributor Travis Hatcher got in c.. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The ? The Vaudevillianaires! Say that fast 5 times and by the 5th time you sound like you have a French or Spanish accent, kind of sexy. But don’t tell them I said that cause I think they are trying .. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Hints are dropping like bombs in Stillepost that Sailboats Are White will be playing in place of Bagtag (which features two members of Sailboats)... first there were some obscure jokes and hints but t.. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
CBC Radio 2 is behind a special live performance of Routes Montreal at the Segal Centre in Montreal which will feature Land of Talk who, for this show, will be peforming with Jace Lasek and Olga Gore.. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Slim Twig is off on tour in about a week, to celebrate he's posted Spit It Twig! Volume 2 According to Twig: "Spit It Twig Vol. 2 represents my commitment to the free mixtape format I admire so much .. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Yesterday i mentioned that Evening Hymps long awaited full length Spirit Guides has finally arrived. I posted a video of the song Port Hope . But, said Colin Medley, Port Hop isn't on the new album. .. .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Dan from Bend Sinister got a Beach Boys chord book at a book exchange and takes a shot at "God Only Knows." .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Uploaded to the Six Shooter Records YouTube Channel without fanfare or any notes. Find more from Jenn at jenngrant.com . Jenn Grant - You'll Go Far .. read more..
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The CBC Radio 3 sessions this week features You Say Party! We Say Die! recorded live on October 24 at Halifax's Marquee Paragon Theatre for the Halifax Pop Explosion. In case you missed it - You Say .. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thurs. Nov. 5 8PM Launched in October of 2004, MSTRKRFT is the project of Toronto musician Jesse F. Keeler (JFK) and studio wizard Al-P, two music-loving dudes who’ve been itching to make people danc.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Evening Hymns (a.k.a. Jonas Bonnetta's) long awaited full length debut Spirit Guides is out today on Out of This Spark. I don't have a crystal ball and haven't heard everything that's going to be rel.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Rose Cousins new album the Send Off hit stores today (though I haven't figured out exactly where to get it yet). Still it's good to know it's out there waiting to be found. In celebration the good fo.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Today Andrew Vincent 's album Rotten Pear was finally released in the U.S. . In honour of the momentous occasion I've posted the entire Andrew Vincent CD Release show from the Tranzac in Toronto - Re.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Hexes & Oh's have released a new Pay What You Can remix album called Share which features remixes of Hexes & Ohs songs by Montag, Vitaminsforyou, DT666 (aka Patrick Pentland), and OPOPO as well as re.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Analog Bell Service is at the Banff Centre along with Witchies, Basia Bulat and Mark from Woodpigeon . Mark has been posting a song a day (ish) to his Woodpigeon Songbook blog . Today's song is a col.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Running with the Acoustic Halloween theme at the Indie Attic Oct 28th, Ottawa's own Titan Rain played a stripped down acoustic set for the audience. The duo played a beautiful set of heart wrenching t.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
When you take away the amps, the electric guitars... the drums, bassist and pretty much everything else from a Metal band that actually makes it metal... You'd be finding your self listening to Unplug.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The following is a guest post from Jimmy Coulas who wanted to share his impressions of the Great Lake Swimmers show in Chicago. You can normally find Jimmy's thoughts on varioius things at Scents and.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Via Backstage Pass : CBC Radio 3 has it's long list up for Most Canadian Song . Apparently Jason Collett would like to get in on the action next year. This isn't really a video - just a picture of Ja.. .. read more..
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
One of the country's top folk rock bands, the Wooden Sky , released their sophomore full-length album--- If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone ---this summer. ( I liked it ; still do.) To celebrat.. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
The NxEW Mixtape Podcast is coming back next week. I haven't done one in a bit while I attended to some other things. I'm also revising things a bit to try to streamline the process so it doesn't req.. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
Toronto based Crush Luther will be heading east this November in support of their new release "Some People Have No Good To Give". Joining them for this 11 date tour will be Dartmouth's The Danger Bee.. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
CBC Radio 3 has announced the long list candidates for this year's Bucky Awards! Voting for the first round is only open until November 8 and you can vote once a day so VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN . I stole.. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
Just got a note that says that Weakterthan John K. Sampson will be joining the Constantines for the December 11, Lee's Palace 10th anniversary show. Believe it or not the show is still not sold out: .. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
Via Jeffrey Remedios : Yet another survey, this time from the U.K. , shows that the people who are most likely to download music are also the people who spend the most money on it. To the best of my .. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
If you're a fan of Broken Social Scene or Apostle of Hustle you'll want to head over to Thick Specs to check out Matt McKechnie's interview with Andrew Whiteman. The whole thing is at http://www.thic.. .. read more..
Monday, November 2, 2009
A small preview of the forthcoming Tokyo Police Club album. For more info keep an eye on http://lookuptobicycle.wordpress.com/ . .. read more..
Sunday, November 1, 2009
I've added a new section to the site, and it's the only section that isn't all about Canadian music. It's called Music 2.0 and it's an aggregated feed of sites about the business of music - promotion.. .. read more..
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Carolyn Mark is my new hero. I'd never seen her live before she and NQ Arbuckle played a double, actually triple, bill at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto on Thursday, October 22. The Dakota is exactly t.. .. read more..
Sunday, November 1, 2009
From the video's description: ""All you need for a music video is a gun and a girl." New music video by The Ghost is Dancing (Sonic Unyon), directed and produced by Middleschool. The video recreates .. .. read more..
Sunday, November 1, 2009
New live video of Analog Bell Service , recorded by thelabmagazine.com at The Media Club in Vancouver. (Camera Ops: Dominik Walaszczyk, Kevin Mcgovern Editor: Jeremy Regimbal). Analog Bell Service - .. .. read more..