These articles brought forth are for a few different reasons:
1. It is relevant music information that pertains to you as a reader, no matter the level of intent or the genre.
2. They are relevant to the music I would be currently listening to or a genre I have put some attention and focus on.
3. I am somewhat patriotic about my Canadian music, so that always comes as a first for me. I enjoy music from all parts of the world respectively, but I still have to promote local if I can. Canadian music rocks!
4. Because it's humourous and we can ALWAYS use a good laugh. Rarely will it be at someone's expense...but then again I am just the guy talking about it. They're the ones causing the comments.
So in closing, I trust you all will not read EVERY single article posted here. But I hope you find something of use here and keep the conversation going by forwarding it onto someone else. Click on each article heading for redirection to the full article. Cheers!
In Texas, Toronto music leaders urge city hall to say ‘yes’:
“Part of it is outreach work: making sure music gets out to the community, especially to neighbourhoods where they might not have any live music venues — bringing music out into the parks; they work closely with the Convention and Visitors Bureau to export musicians, making sure Austin music is being heard around the world.
But they also deal with some of the practical things that aren’t that fun — keeping an eye on permits, making sure those are awarded fairly, mediating disputes as they arise ... in the past, without that ally at a governmental level, music might have been at a disadvantage.” Jennifer Houlihan (executive director of the advocacy group Austin Music People)
Crosses (+++) Stream "The Epilogue":
'CBGB' Movie Features 65 Songs, Sting's Daughter as Patti Smith:
"Jody [Savin, the movie's co-writer] and I had both had been to CBGB and loved the scene, what CBGB stood for back in the day. We were like, 'What about a movie about a time and a place?' As you peel it away, you find out more and more about the story and the people. We probably interviewed 100 different people involved in CBGB and we realized there was this great story to be told about Hilly, how he started it." -Randall Miller
Paul McCartney Keen to Work With Thom Yorke:
"I'm a bit sort of paranoid to just ring him up. 'Hey Thom, it's Paul here. What do you fancy, what are you doing? Do you fancy writing something?' Just in case he says, 'Er, actually I'm busy'." -McCartney
Google and YouTube Plot to Conquer TV and Music Business:
"Major advertisers want and are willing to pay a premium to reach a young, engaged audience. YouTube is staying mum, but ad rates for its award show could easily demand rates 25-50 percent higher than usual fare. While there’s been some softening of video ad rates over the last several months given so much available inventory, music video ad rates have stayed consistently strong on YouTube, according to video ad buying platform TubeMogul."
Mayday Parade tease "Monsters In The Closet":
Music and the Third Metric:
"If you had the choice, would you give your child a video game or a musical instrument to play daily? It seems that most parents would answer, "A musical instrument, of course." So, how is it that most of us wind up doing the opposite?"
METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: 'We Want To Make A Record':
"We have been pushing that further and further away. We want to make a record, that's what we do best and that’s what we've gotta do in springtime. We've got skeleton bones that we're starting to lay out to make something out of it, but there's a lot of work ahead of us that we're really excited about doing. And that will be next year." -Hetfield
Sleepwave (ex-Underoath) release single"Rock And Roll Is Dead And So Am I":
Miley Cyrus: does the music business exploit women?:
"Pop performers – male and female – are often exploited by managers and record companies, but I don't believe that Cyrus is being forced to twerk by her handlers. She knows what she is doing – although any grudging respect I had for Cyrus as a businesswoman evaporated when she turned on Sinéad O'Connor in such a repellent way."
Concert Review: Nine Inch Nails:
"I’m not sure that anyone went into Nine Inch Nails’ Toronto comeback gig at the Air Canada Centre Friday night expecting something substandard because substandard is not something one has come to expect from the Nine Inch Nails brand. But I’m also pretty sure the show exceeded pretty much everyone’s expectations."
Trent Reznor brought a reinvented stage show to Toronto as Nine Inch Nails touched down at the ACC - Photos:
Initial Ruling Made In A Day To Remember’s Lawsuit Against Victory Records:
"While Victory is disappointed with the ruling, and disagrees with the court’s conclusions, it comes as no surprise. Courts rarely grant negative injunctions of this nature, but the circumstances of this case presented a unique opportunity for such a ruling.
Having said that, in denying Victory‘s motion, the court’s reasoning actually contained silver linings that significantly favored Victory. First, the court held that it supports Victory‘s argument about the construction of the recording contract – that ADTR is still obligated to deliver two more albums to Victory – “at last equally, if not more so, than that offered by ADTR.” That is the core issue in this case and the only one that really matters in the end, so Victory is heartened that the court agreed with Victory‘s position on that core issue.
Also, the sole basis for the court’s denial of the injunction was that Victory would not suffer “irreparable harm” that could not be compensated by money damages if the album were to be self released, in that it has ample evidence to prove its damages against the band (in the form of lost profits if ADTR does proceed to self release Common Courtesy).
That is, even if the band self releases it, Victory is likely to be awarded any profits the band makes on that album, plus additional lost profits suffered by Victory based on the fact that Victory would undeniably do a far better job at marketing the album had Victory released it, which is what Victory is known for and is the reason why ADTR signed with Victory in the first place. In sum, it is a “successful” defeat in a way, and one which Victory welcomed because of the manner in which the Court rendered its opinion.
This case will proceed to trial, and Victory is looking forward to the opportunity to vindicate the baseless claims filed by ADTR.
-Robert S. Meloni"
Scott Stapp (vocalist of Creed) Launches New Single:
In Defense of Post-Grunge Music:
"This feeling is at least part nostalgia; After all, I seem to have no trouble getting behind hate for the folk rock and brostep poles that are churning out the Nickelbacks of today. I’m not above reflexive disdain for music beloved by people who hear something different than I do. But, post-grunge was my hinge into alternative as it existed before the term got swallowed up by the mainstream. I’m not mad that it got me there. I was on the inside of that hatefest. Maybe it’s awful, but if it’s an awful that works for sad girls in seventh grade, it’s an awful I’ll own."
Pixies Plan Coast-to-Coast North American Tour:
01/15 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
01/16 Montreal, QC – Metropolis
01/18 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
01/19 Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
01/21 Newark, NJ – New Jersey Performing Arts Center
01/22 New Haven, CT – Shubert Theatre
01/24 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
01/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall
01/26 Washington, DC – Strathmore
01/29 Richmond, VA – National Theatre
01/31 Durham, NC – Durham PAC
02/01 Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
02/03 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
02/04 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
02/06 St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House
02/07 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion
02/08 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
02/09 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
02/11 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
02/13 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
02/14 Aspen, CO – Belly Up Tavern
02/15 Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Salt Air
02/17 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
02/18 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
02/19 Portland, OR – Schnitzer Auditorium
02/21 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
02/22 San Jose, CA – The Joint
02/24 Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
02/25 Albuquerque, NM – Kiva Auditorium
02/27 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
02/28 Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
03/01 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
"Everyone was just devastated. But everybody believed in the songs. We decided to just carry on and see what happens." -Richard Jones (Pixies' manager)
Revocation Release "Spastic" Performance Video:
CALIBAN To Release 'Ghost Empire' In January:
"We are almost done with the recordings and are doing the finetunings on all the songs. This week we finished tracking the vocals and are adding the final guitars now. We couldn't be happier with the result!
The new material follows the same direction we took with 'I Am Nemesis', but in a more consequent and intense way, with some new influences added. The pressure was pretty high after the success of 'I Am Nemesis', but we are a band that actually works best under pressure. Hence we were and are working very hard to come up with an even better album." -Marc Gortz
PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I Consider Myself An Explorer In Music':
"It is different, man. DOWN has been around for a long time. We did our first demo in ‘92, and I guess our first record came out in ‘95… and DOWN has a very strong core fan base whereas THE ILLEGALS are looked at as something new, something different. I think people are still wrapping their heads around it, whereas with DOWN, everyone's familiar with the stuff and they know the personalities on stage and the songs inside and out. So there is a difference there, a different type of energy a different type of approach and a different type of crowd reaction… so it's a little bit different on both scales of the spectrum. But that's fine by me. I'm really cool with the unexpected. It is what it is and that's how the ball bounces and I'll take it."
Vildhjarta Release "Regnar Bensin" Single:
HERNAN 'EDDIE' HERMIDA Quit ALL SHALL PERISH To Join SUICIDE SILENCE Full Time:
"Earlier today, the official announcement came out that Hernan "Eddie" Hermida has joined Suicide Silence. Eddie has quit All Shall Perish to Join Suicide Silence full time. To all our fans who want to know about the future of ASP, keep this in mind: Mike Tiner has been a major writer in the band and will continue to be. We had big shoes to fill when guys like Chris Storey and original vocalist Craig Betit left All Shall Perish, but we were able to rebound with the addition of massive talents like Adam Pierce, Francesco Artusato and Eddie Hermida. Eddie has big shoes to fill himself, stepping in for our fallen brother Mitch Lucker. All Shall Perish has continued before and will continue now. We wish Suicide Silence all the best." -ASP
Winds of Plague "Say Hello To The Undertaker" song premiere:
"Resistance" will be released on October 29th, 2013 via Century Media Records.
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