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    Give it up for Summer Lights Festival, Brandon, MB's new music celebration

    By Regina Sienra Brandon, Manitoba, just keeps getting cooler. After a captivating edition of their long-running Folk festival – which featured a Weakerthans reunion – a new festival is coming to the city of 46,000 [...]

    By | August 3rd, 2016|Categories: Festivals, News|179 Comments

      Imaginary Cities teaches us how to say good-bye – for now

      By Regina Sienra and Tiffany Leeson Imaginary Cities, the powerful band from Winnipeg, MB has announced their new - and sadly, last for the foreseeable future - EP Leftovers, which is out August 12th. . The band had been [...]

      By | July 28th, 2016|Categories: New Music, News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |73 Comments

        Chixdiggit surprises Italian fans at their wedding

        By Regina Sienra No one can really measure the spectrum of the fanbase a band can gain, and sometimes the less palpable aspect can be one of geography: Where is your music being played and [...]

        By | July 20th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

          Canadian indie fights cancer

          By Nick Jean It seems 2016 is the year of the epic tour. As we previously announced, Lauren Mann is working on a 50-date tour with stops literally all across the country. Not to be [...]

          By | July 19th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |95 Comments

            Little Scream makes a new dance up in her new video

            By Nick Jean Not satisfied with getting you chair dancing, Little Scream is introducing the world to bed dancing (mattress dancing?) Premiering today is the official music video for "Dark Dance," the third track on [...]

              Your boy Shad is back with a new name and sound

              For today's daily discussion, head over here Background photo credit: Justin Broadbent By Regina Sienra You’ve probably never heard this side of him before. In a completely unexpected move, Shad, beloved rapper from Toronto and host [...]

                Polaris Shortlist Announced

                The countdown clock is finally winding down. We're just hours away from the announcement of this year's Polaris Music Prize Shortlist. The 40 albums below will soon cut down to ten. Art Bergmann, The Apostate [...]

                  HOLY S***!!! NEW BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE IS COMING!

                  Since the release of Forgiveness Rock Record on 2010 and the world tour that followed, the members of Broken Social Scene have focused on their solo projects. With an average of one or two shows [...]

                  By | July 13th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |7 Comments

                    Slow Down Molasses releases “Moon Queen”, first song from upcoming record

                    It looks like Slow Down Molasses, the Saskatoon dream-pop band, never really stop working. Just over a year after the release of their third album, Burnt Black Cars, the five piece have announced the release [...]

                      Fast Romantics’ “Julia” wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize

                      The 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize was awarded today to the Toronto-via-Calgary band Fast Romantics for their song “Julia,” beating out the likes of Polaris Music Prize nominees The Strumbellas, Dilly Dally and Andy Shauf. Each [...]