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 rather 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 humorous 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!
Twitter #Music Pulled From App Store, Shutting Down April 18:
"Later this afternoon, we will be removing Twitter #music from the App Store. If you have the app, it will continue to work until April 18."
Dal professor helping develop software to analyze ancient music:
"When we want to analyze [music], we’re trying to figure out which pieces of music are similar, which are different, how do they fit with the text, are there similarities between different kinds of pieces of music from different parts of the year?
That’s a lot of data. It’s really helpful to use computers to help us gather things.
The level of data explodes. In the past, before developing this kind of technology, researchers would often just focus on two to three researchers. Your field is very narrow. You might come to conclusions thinking it’s applicable to the broader repertoire.
This huge amount of data [from the software] is going to give us a much better understanding both of how the notation was developed but also about the repertoire and what was important to people." -Jennifer Bain, chair of the music department at Dalhousie
Kevin Bacon Recreates 'Footloose' Moves on 'The Tonight Show':
Regina Folk Festival Announces 2014 Lineup:
Sam Roberts Band, Indigo Girls, Joel Plaskett, Serena Ryder, Los Lobos, Matt Andersen, Elliott Brood, Royal Canoe, Jon and Roy, Saidah Baba Talibah, Geoff Berner, Mo Kenney, Clinton St. John, Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens, the Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, Klô Pelgag, Blitz the Ambassador, Mexican Institute of Sound and more.
The Regina Folk Festival will be held on August 8th-10th, 2014 in Victoria Park, Regina, SK.
Arcade Fire, Shad, City and Colour Nominated for Canadian Music Week's Indie Awards:
Album of the Year:
-Arcade Fire - Reflektor (Merge Records)
-Basia Bulat - Tall Tall Shadow (Secret City Records)
-City and Colour - The Hurry and the Harm (Dine Alone Records)
-Shad - Flying Colours (Black Box Recordings)
-The Weeknd - Kiss Land (CP Music Group)
Artist of the Year:
-Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
-City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
-Classified (Black Box Recordings)
-Shad (Black Box Recordings)
-The Weeknd (CP Music Group)
Winners will be decide public and industry votes. Fans can vote online here starting on March 31. Those who come out on top in the Emerging Artist of the Year categories (in both French and English) will each get a $5,000 bursary.
Swedish House Mafia's Farewell Documentary Gets Canadian Screenings:
Leave the World Behind will be shown in 17 countries worldwide. This includes Canada, where the film will be screened Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver on April 1st, 2014.
Sasquatch! Music Festival Cancels July Weekend:
“The Sasquatch! community has spoken. They continue to support the traditional Memorial Day Weekend event with great enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the second weekend was not embraced. We felt it was better to cancel the new event now and give everyone time to make alternative plans for the Fourth of July weekend. Going forward, Sasquatch! Music Festival will be at the Gorge Amphitheatre on the weekend the fans want: Memorial Day Weekend only." -Jeff Trisler, President of Live Nation Seattle
Canadian Music Week Expands 2014 Lineup:
The latest batch of artists includes Mastodon, Owen Pallett, Little Dragon, Travi$ Scott, Born Ruffians, Mounties, Hidden Cameras, Hollerado, Brendan Canning, Nothing, Matt Pond PA, Kongos, Diana, the Operators (with Dan Boeckner), the Flatliners, the Glorious Sons, High Dials, Wildlife, the Balconies, No Sinner, the Strumbellas, Biblical, Nikki Yanofsky, Grey Kingdom, Flash Lighnin', Poncutation, the BB Guns, Grounders, the Motorleague, Pat Jordache, the Slackers, PyPy, Red Mass and many more.
The Black Keys Announce 'Turn Blue' Album via Hypnotic Trailer:
Swollen Members Book Canada/U.S. Tour, Plot New Album:
“With Brand New Day, Swollen Members have written a powerful new chapter in our history. We have all become forward thinkers and our level of expression has benefited. This album is a landmark for us in that it doesn’t feature any guests. Our belief system has been renewed and we agreed that between the amazing production and the complexity of the lyrical value, we could let Brand New Day speak for itself.” -Prevail
Apr 23 – Vancouver, BC– Venue Night Club
Apr 25- Chilliwack BC – Tzeachten Center
Apr 26 – Cranbrook, BC – Eagles Hall
Apr 28 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub
Apr 29 – Lethbridge, AB – Studio 54
May 01 – Edmonton, AB – The Ranch Roadhouse
May 02 – Saskatoon, SK – The Odeon
May 03 – Winnipeg, MB – Pyramid Cabaret
May 06 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
May 08 – Guelph, ON – The Vinyl
May 09 – Niagara Falls, ON – The Spot
May 10 – Montreal, QC – Underworld Cabaret
May 13 – Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
May 14 – New York, NY – Santos
May 16 – Detroit, MI – Shelter
May 17 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
May 18 – St. Louis, MO – Pop’s
May 21 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre
May 22 – Boulder, CO – The Fox Theater
May 23 – Durango, CO – Animas City Theatre
May 24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
May 25 – Scottsdale, AZ – Pub Rock
Rumor - Apple Execs Mulling Streaming Music Service, iTunes Android App:
According to Billboard, speaking to unnamed sources, Apple is allegedly mulling the idea of launching its own music subscription service – a Spotify / Rdio / Beats competitor that would theoretically allow users to pull up any music hosted in the iTunes Store for a competitive, monthly rate.
ALTER BRIDGE To Release 'Live In Milan' CD, DVD, Blu-Ray In June:
The show was taped at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy on November 12th, 2013 in front of a sold-out crowd of over 10,000 fans.
Linkin Park Guitarist Brad Delson On New Album:
“There’s a lot of guitar solos on the album! And this is from someone who was quoted early on as saying I hated them. Not that I hated them as a listener; I just don’t want to play any; I shirked guitar solos. Early on, I felt as though the songs we were making aesthetically didn’t want them. This new batch of songs, to me, always want solos. I feel like every song has one.”
Yellowcard Sign To Razor & Tie:
Yellowcard has signed to Razor & Tie for a worldwide multi-album deal that will see the release of a new studio album this Fall. Yellowcard will hit the road this summer on the Vans Warped Tour kicking off on June 13th.
“We are beyond excited for what lies ahead. There are so many amazing opportunities on the horizon for us, and we are stoked to have a new partner in Razor & Tie.” -Yellowcard
“It’s great to have Yellowcard on Razor & Tie. They make rock the way we like it — with energy, hooks and attitude. They are total pros and we couldn’t be more proud to work with them.” -Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam (Razor & Tie Co-Owners)
Bam Margera’s Fuckface Unstoppable Sign With Artery Recordings:
The Town That Put the Pop in Music - A Look Back at 100 Years of New York Sounds:
"What follows is not the history of popular music in New York, but a history—an impressionistic, anecdotal, suggestive, but by definition incomplete survey of the past 100 years of New York pop, focusing on key figures and watershed events. That musical century is, of course, too vast to be comprehensively covered in a book, let alone a single issue of a magazine. Sharp readers will find that many illustrious musicians and moments—even whole genres—have been left on the cutting-room floor. But we’ve tried to convey the crazy-quilt variety of New York’s pop music, to highlight telling vignettes, and, where possible, to let the musicians speak for themselves. The songs and nights we’ve selected aren’t necessarily the best ones, but they’re our version of a New York musical canon, our Great New York Mix Tape. And check back throughout the week for bonus, extended interviews and links to additional sources and sounds."
SLIPKNOT To Stage First-Ever Japanese Edition Of KNOTFEST In November:
Guitar Signed By VINCE NEIL, VIVIAN CAMPBELL, KERRY KING Being Auctioned For GEORGE TUTKO Cancer Fund:
The Schecter Diamond Series guitar signed by:
* Vince Neil (MÖTLEY CRÜE)
* Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD)
* Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE, DIO)
* Rick Springfield
* Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE)
* Richie Kotzen (POISON, MR. BIG, THE WINERY DOGS)
* Micky Dolenz (THE MONKEES)
* Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS)
* Albert Lee (legendary blues guitarist)
* Kerry King (SLAYER)
* Carlos Cavazo (RATT, QUIET RIOT)
* GREAT WHITE (Mark Kendall, Audie Desbrow, Michael Lardie, Scotty Snyder, Terry Ilous)
* QUEENSRŸCHE (Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton, Parker Lundgren, Todd La Torre)
Five Finger Death Punch Premiere "House Of The Rising Sun” Music Video:
Metallica Talk 'Effortless' Dio Tribute: Hear It Here First:
[Dio's] music is so much a part of what's in Metallica's DNA, the harder, edgier, blues-based hard rock from the Seventies. It was fairly effortless to put this together, because it's something that we were all reared on. I don't recall sitting there in a band meeting or anything deciding what to play. Somebody starts playing 'Stargazer' – which is sort of just like something that's in our arsenal to jam – and then that whole period there, 'Tarot Woman,' 'Kill the King,' 'A Light in the Black ' – that's just really effortless to jump into." -Lars Ulrich
AEROSMITH To Tour U.S. With SLASH:
"It's official- we just talked,
AEROSMITH/SLASH USA tour confirmed!!
Tickets on sale next few wks Soon as dates confirmed.LET ROCK RULE!" -Joe Perry
Stray From The Path Premiere “Black Friday” Video:
Gwar Frontman Dave Brockie Has Died:
"Dave was one of the funniest, smartest, most creative and energetic persons I've known. He was brash sometimes, always crass, irreverent, he was hilarious in every way. But he was also deeply intelligent and interested in life, history, politics and art.
His penchant for scatological humors belied a lucid wit. He was a criminally underrated lyricist and hard rock vocalist, one of the best, ever! A great front man, a great painter, writer, he was also a hell of a bass guitarist. I loved him. He was capable of great empathy and had a real sense of justice." -Mike Bishop (former bassist of GWAR)
THE AGONIST - 'Disconnect Me' Lyric Video:
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