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It’s not strictly CanCon, but hearing Chilly Gonzales discuss his contributions to the new Daft Punk record, Random Access Memories, he gets us psyched for that album’s May 21 release. In this installment of the Intel/Vice webseries "The Collaborators", the piano man explains his role as a chord-builder and melody maker, and his role in bridging old world classicism with futuristic electronica, and his earlier involvement as collaborator with Feist and Drake. When the A-list asks you personally to fulfill a specific musical role, how can you decline?
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Victoria-based indie-folkie Aidan Knight has been hard at work on the touring circuit since the release of his second long player "Small Reveal" in October 2012. In March, he stopped by CMW in Toronto and performed the album's opening track "Dream Team" at The Church of the Holy Trinity, and the elegiac swells of the 8 minute song were captured by CBC Radio 3 and posted on YouTube yesterday. Help support Aidan's tour (currently hitting the East Coast) by purchasing his latest EP on Bandcamp.
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Exclaim! TV has just posted a wonderful rooftop performance by Toronto "art-country" folkies Beams, whose back-to-basics musical style includes a banjo, a mandolin, lap steel guitar and – ready for it? – a springy metal saw played with a violin bow. The group's vocal duties are deftly handled by Anna Mernieks and Heather Mazhar, whose intertwined harmonizing recalls Heart's Wilson sisters at their best. "Just Rivers" is streaming now on Bandcamp.
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Burlington natives and YouTube sensation Walk Off The Earth are back with another video on the verge of going viral: an amusing cover of Madonna's "Material Girl" that has chalked up over 800,000 views in less than a week. Shot in the Great Hall on Toronto's Queen Street West, the seamless, single-take performance features a very pregnant Sarah Blackwood leading the proceedings, and the singer shows no signs of slowing down, with WOTE shows planned for BC and Peterborough in July.
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Jim Guthrie's eagerly-awaited "Takes Time" is finally out this week and with it comes a polar-themed promo video for "Bring on the Night", one of the album's best crafted songs. Set against a frigid backdrop of fireworks and flares, falling snow and ice breaking boats, Gutherie's spare finger-picking guitar style and falsetto strains immediately grab you, and by the time Nicholas Buligan's trumpet solo rises up in the middle of the track you're well and truly hooked. More on this outstanding release from Noah Siegel.
The daily buzz
May 16th, 2013
You know that summer is just around the corner when the big outdoor concert venues announce their schedule of shows. Described as Canada's only amphitheatre and one of the biggest and most important outdoor venues in Canada, the Molson Canadian
The Flip Side
By David Farrell Taking Care of Business From An Artist Perspective Perception is everything, right? Imagine you are looking for work. Then, imagine having a resume that has incorrect contact information, and gaps in the resume wide enough to drive a Mack truck through. NCM weekly goes to a great deal of effort to pull together a wide variety of data points to populate the review pages. It's not always easy. More →
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Alternative Album of the Week
Before taking a listen to Arts & Crafts' newly signed Vancouver quartet Gold & Youth's outstanding debut one should take note of the fact...
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Said the Whale won the Juno as New Group in 2011 and then promptly delivering the stellar EP Little Mountain in 2012. Looking forward, 2013 is...
Rock/Pop Album of the Week
Trust Montreal to come up with an electro-pop band with a highly sexy sound. Le Couleur follows up much praised debut album Origami with this...
Alternative Album of the Week
For a group of young Toronto dudes, Decades has developed a sound steeped firmly in the ‘80s Brit scene. Touches of new wave, post-punk, and alt...
Rock/Pop Album of the Week
Toronto dinner club owner and late night TV host, Frank D'Angelo turns in a lush, romantic, soulful 10 song collection of self-penned songs backed...
Dance/Electronic EP of the Week
Haunting electronica is the stock in trade of Toronto-based trio ev-ree-wuhn. They use wind instruments, vintage synths, world music instruments, and...
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May 16, 2013
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RT @Mediazoic: Walk Off The Earth - Summer Vibe: To celebrate a cool new follower (@WalkOffTaylor) & today's hot T.O. weather! - http://t.c…
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Blues Album of the Week: "...Before The Beginning" by ex-Torontonian @anthonygomes, is "so yesterday, it's today" - http://t.co/hpbCdwTAJX
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Avant Garde Album of the Week: On this new release, pioneering pianist and composer Lubomyr Melnyk shifts a little away from his "continuous -
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@m_feuerstack Our pleasure - great record!
May 15, 2013
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Country Album of the Week: "One of These Days", pop & rock tinged country from @theCMAO Award nominee @MarshallDane - http://t.co/sLi2JsjKA3
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RT @thedubselekta: Dub Selekta Podcast 22 | Pigeon Hole | @NewCdnMusic http://t.co/YJy5pSdAs4
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Rock/Pop Album of the Week: "Tambourine Death Bed", aural adventurousness from Montreal's talented @m_feuerstack - http://t.co/lvCLg4kYvc
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Folk Album of the Week: Eugene Ripper (formerly of Stark Naked and the Fleshtones) and his rollicking, garage-rock influenced sound is altered
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Top Tracks of the Week on NCM Radio from @ROCOCODE @jampants @RachelZeffira @m_feuerstack & @northcotemusic - http://t.co/DR3IqmpXhn
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Toronto singer/songwriter Justin Hines (@JustinHines09) Drives a Vehicle of Change, raising money for charity - http://t.co/tylNtU4FBd
May 14, 2013
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Now a certifiable viral video sensation, Col. Chris Hadfield's celestial cover of David Bowie (Official)'s "Space Oddity" took six months to put
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RT @JoelThrillz: Spend the Night (feat. Jo Thrillz) - Single | Tam | @NewCdnMusic http://t.co/22YvVOmV7D
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Chris Hadfield's (@Cmdr_Hadfield) Epic 62 Million Mile Space Odyssey, & how Emm Gryner (@emmgryner) was involved - http://t.co/kLPG49eWJL
May 13, 2013
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RT @JewelNiles777: Fast Folk Underground III (Quiet Light) | Eugene Ripper | @NewCdnMusic http://t.co/O2WbGFDMSZ
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Alternative Album of the Week: "Nation II Nation": The musical evolution of the pow wow, from @atribecalledred - http://t.co/UoJlcwD6kq
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Alternative Single of the Week - Tag-team vocal dueling on "Follow You 'Round" from B.C. indie collective @ROCOCODE - http://t.co/IyQrABTWS1
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RockPeaks Video of the Moment: Burlington natives and YouTube sensation Walk Off The Earth are back with another video on the verge of going
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Ian Tyson's Voice Returns and He's Back With More "Good 'Uns", on Stony Plain Records (@StonyPlainRec) - http://t.co/tJZvgcTpiB
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Jazz Album of the Week: Members of Toronto's DRUMHAND come from such top T.O. ensembles as Hobson's Choice, Mr. Something Something, and Lemon
May 12, 2013
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RT @phillymoves: biggups to @NewCdnMusic for this great review :) Creators Of The Lost Art | Philly Moves | http://t.co/r4RWt8pWss
May 10, 2013
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RT @strutent: Check out @TrinityBradshaw's artist page on @NewCdnMusic! Complete w/ links to the new EP, videos & more! http://t.co/cmAOEEt…
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Our David Farrell was apparently quite impressed the other night with Frank D'Angelo, the entrepreneur president of D'Angelo Brands Ltd.,
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RockPeaks Video of the Moment: Jim Guthrie's eagerly-awaited "Takes Time" is finally out this week and with it comes a polar-themed promo video
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Eloquent Toronto singer/songwriter Jadea Kelly (@JadeaKelly) is rolling in Clover, 2nd album due out May 21 - http://t.co/zOZywNyhBj
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RT @NereseR: Check out my review for @NewCdnMusic on the latest @4thPyramid 10-track stunner - so good http://t.co/0W2iZskcX2
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RT @TheNameIsIsh: Rollin' (feat @StefLang) - Single | iSH | @NewCdnMusic http://t.co/eayXbMBRYl
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Frank D'Angelo (@FrankDangelo23): The Real Deal On New Album, launches CD at his supper club - http://t.co/3mEISjNzyC
May 9, 2013
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RockPeaks Video of the Moment: Just in time for Mother's Day, acclaimed Toronto hiphopper Mc abdominal teams up with his very cool mother (aka
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Toronto Indie Rockers Jane's Party (@JanesPartyBand) Signs With Cameron House (@TheCameronHouse) Records - http://t.co/yzs2LvNdkK
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@jianghomeshi @DavidFrancey Even better!
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@DavidFrancey will be appearing on "Q" with @jianghomeshi tomorrow, Friday May 10th, to talk about his new album "So Say We All"
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@dirtyradiomusic Y'all ain't so bad y'selves in the rock department ;-)
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RT @dirtyradiomusic: Peep this write up we got on @NewCdnMusic about our new EP "LiCK1.0" #dirtyradio #lick1 #LICK2013 http://t.co/UYEiAQp…
May 8, 2013
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RT @PigeonRow: "This is hook-heavy melodic rock." @NewCdnMusic on the debut @ReversingFalls album. http://t.co/aB5QYOh2Gu
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Rock/Pop EP of the Week: "Lick 1.0", a funky, gritty, arena-sized EP from Vancouver alt-pop trio @dirtyradiomusic - http://t.co/nYT5QYJaok
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RT @NereseR: Check out my review of the stellar new @LIGHTS Siberia (Acoustic) @NewCdnMusic http://t.co/amnk84KuJR
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Jazz Album of the Week: Oliver Jones, officer of the Order of Canada and our greatest living jazz pianist, comes up with strong original
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@helenaustin @jaronfreemanfox @Pearband Our pleasure, and a great big congrats to you on a fine accomplishment!
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International Songwriting Competition Includes Six Canadian Winners, incl. @jaronfreemanfox @helenaustin @Pearband - http://t.co/ItV2V9XQDn
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RT @PigeonRow: "Chillwave and nu-disco that is...silken sounding and sublime " @NewCdnMusic on @AAOnTour's album, (disambiguation). http://…
May 7, 2013
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David Farrell's tribute to Greg Quill, "a giant of a man, both in stature and in life."
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Rock/Pop Single of the Week: This gem from Ottawa's Little Stella carries all the hallmarks of a song you would want to put on a mixtape for that
May 6, 2013
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RockPeaks Video of the Moment: LIGHTS visits Inuvik with CBC Music for the Return of the Sun Festival, performing this spellbinding acapella
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David Farrell: "Technology has enabled a lot of creative types to realize their dreams. In the old model, the record companies largely decided
May 2, 2013
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Jazz Album of the Week: Juno nominee Chet Doxas has performed and recorded with Oliver Jones, John Abercrombie, Rufus Wainwright and more, and
May 1, 2013
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Rock/Pop Single of the Week: "Shortie" is the second single from Hannah Georgas' critically acclaimed self-titled sophomore album on Dine Alone
April 30, 2013
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Record release parties are held practically every day of the week in clubs, pubs and even living rooms across the country. In demand
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RockPeaks Video of the Moment: In the week since two clips were posted on YouTube, comments about Alanis Morissette's first official live
April 29, 2013
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Roots Country singer-songwriter Corb Lund was a triple winner at the 3rd annual Edmonton Music Awards, held Sunday night held at the Royal
April 26, 2013
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The NewCanadianMusic.ca database at last count has 35,000+ Canadian artists in it and 3,000+ have been active with a release since we launched
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RockPeaks Video of the Moment: An absolutely gorgeous duet, courtesy of CBC's Q TV, recorded on location in Regina last week for a special Juno
April 25, 2013
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Jazz Album of the Week: The quartet of Toronto composer/cellist Kye Marshall comprises such ace players as veteran Juno-winning bassist Don
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Hip Hop/Rap Single of the Week: When the lovelorn Drake spits out, “I need someone that’ll help me think of someone besides myself, I need
April 24, 2013
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Rock/Pop Compilation of the Week: Label stars Broken Social Scene, Feist and Stars made Canadian music internationally hip in the '00s, and all
April 23, 2013
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Critically acclaimed Toronto narrative songwriter Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party has recorded "Go-Leafs-Go", an affectionate nod to the
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Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter Kae Sun releases Afriyie on May 28. You're just gonna love this '60s styled video promoting one of the songs
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A Farewell to Rita - http://www.newcanadianmusic.ca/buzz/item/150496/2013-04-23
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