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!
HMV Yonge and Dundas turns basement into performance space:
“This isn’t exclusive just to those hardcore consumers, it’s for everybody. If we can bring new people in the store that’s all the better. We’re selling the product that is there, but it’s about the artist. It’s a genuine brand extension, really.” -Nick Williams (HMV President)
Council to hear motion to reverse ban on electronic music events at Exhibition Place:
“It was really mind-boggling and shocking that they would decide to ban it from the CNE grounds. Obviously this ended up being very political … You can see in the newspaper what’s happening and who’s partying where.” -Charles Khabouth (CEO of Ink Entertainment)
Calgary's X-Fest Announces 2014 Lineup:
Artists include Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Tegan and Sara, Death Cab for Cutie, Foster the People, Stars, Serena Ryder, MS MR, Cage the Elephant, Fitz & the Tantrums, July Talk, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Mowgli's, Dear Rouge, Sleeper Agent, and much more!
Guvernment/Kool Haus Complex Set to Close in Toronto:
“It makes me proud to see how far we’ve come. The Guvernment is one of my proudest achievements and after such a long-lasting journey with such fond memories, we want to thank all those who made it possible and shared in our successes.” -Charles Khabouth (Founder and CEO of INK Entertainment)
Gary Clark Jr. Revisits 'Blak and Blu' on Big K.R.I.T-Assisted Mixtape:
"If it were up to everybody else, I would do Hendrix covers all the time. I saw this comment from somebody online the other day, saying, 'We need you to play more Chicago or Louisiana blues – we want the raw shit.' Well, I'm not from Chicago or from Louisiana. I'm not from that time period. . . . So why am I going to pretend? I'm not some poor kid who grew up in the middle of nothing." -Clark Jr.
YouTube Now Auto-Generates Music Playlists on Android:
JIMMY PAGE Set To Give Berklee School Of Music Commencement Speech:
"It was just that whole thing of the transmission of ideas through the tactile quality of playing an instrument, y'know, your steel, strings and wood, translating through the electric pickup through the amp, and that's really what it is for me. It's that, some magical quality, really. Some sort of alchemy, if you like." -Page
The Inconvenient Music -- Invisible and Unhearable:
"Music -- "invisible yet everywhere" to quote Jack Skellington -- can rouse us to behave and to misbehave. The waltz was, once-upon-a-time, the devil's dance. Benjamin Franklin's self-described "greatest invention," -- the glass armonica -- was outlawed in some regions of Germany because it was thought to cause madness. (This surely is why Donizetti used it for Lucia's famous mad scene in Lucia di Lammermoor.) Marches encouraged men and women to kill each other in wars while celebratory and massive orchestral and choral works were created to make us feel good about doing it. Occasionally, a Benjamin Britten brought us to our senses with his War Requiem."
A sound choice for music lovers:
“I chose to do the course after spending a few years playing bass in bands. I always found I had the most fun when we were in the studio recording. That, combined with my lifelong love of computers, made the degree a natural choice. It was a great way to learn a lot and be around fantastic musicians.
I remember feeling very intimidated when I first picked up some of the books from the suggested reading list in the first year. However, the technical aspect quickly ended up becoming one of my favourite aspects of the course.” -Tyler Langan
Kanye West: 10 reasons not to fear his spoken-word album:
"1. Any time Kanye spends on the spoken word is time Kanye cannot spend making rap records, jumping on stage to disrupt awards ceremonies, comparing himself to Jesus, making anti-Semitic remarks and giving babies stupid names. That has to be applauded."
Detroit's music of the future – a classic feature from the vaults:
"The techno rebels are, whether they recognise it or not, agents of the third wave. They will not vanish but multiply in the years ahead. For they are as much a part of the advance to a new stage of civilisation as our missions to Venus, our amazing computers, our biological discoveries, or our explorations of the oceanic depths." -Alvin Toffler (The Third Wave)
Music at UN event teaches about the Holocaust through victims’ experiences:
"Working in partnership with Clive Marks, who spent most of his life studying European history and music, and who was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 for his philanthropic efforts, Ms. Gilbert created an on-line resource for music associated with and played during the Holocaust. The website is part of the Organisation for
Rehabilitation through Training (World ORT)."
Lacuna Coil Debut "I Forgive (But Won't Forget Your Name) Video:
Eric Clapton Toasts JJ Cale with Tribute Album:
“I would like people to tap into what JJ Cale did – that’s the point. I’m just the messenger; I’ve always felt that that’s my job. I try to interpret things so that the public at large, or at least the people who listen to what I do, will become intrigued about where I got it from." -Clapton
Get started using Google Play Music:
"Enter Google Play Music, which is rendering those CDs obsolete in my world. It allows you to upload and centrally manage your music, access it across many devices, work with playlists, mixes and, best of all, responds to voice commands (if applicable on your device) to allow you to play songs by artist or album just by requesting them."
DEATHSTARS - 'All The Devil's Toys' Video:
Sprint Offers Phone Optimized for Music Playback, Plus Discounts to Spotify Service:
"In a brief demo given to us, the two technologies in the special edition One did seem to enhance the audio in appreciable ways. Clari-Fi, the technology that is designed to restore the high-end frequencies lost during compression, did make the audio sound fuller and more dimensional without making it harsh or unpleasant. LiveStage is designed to simulate multiple channels of audio, which is most noticeable when viewing movies and other surround-sound sources. Importantly, neither technology muddied the sound or made it worse, unlike Beats Audio and other smartphone audio enhancements that tend to make the sound worse, not better."
DEVILMENT Featuring CRADLE OF FILTH Singer DANI FILTH - Debut Album Due In The Fall:
"This record possesses a very dark, creepy carnival vibe at its essence, but the majority of the time is it bludgeoningly heavy and very twisted, melodically. The six of us have worked very hard to write a collection of songs that does the album title justice, all swathed in a very unique and fatal horror eargasm." -Filth
Connecting with Others Through Music:
“I’ve witnessed music bringing people together. The melodies of a song will cause people to think alike, the harmonies will cause people to feel a certain something, and the rhythms will inspire us to move our bodies. In this way, music is like magic.” -Paul Reardon Rovira
Beartooth (Ex-Attack Attack!) Premiere “Dead” Live Video:
SMASHING PUMPKINS - 'Monuments To An Elegy' Tentative Track Listing Revealed:
* Being Beige (World's On Fire)
* Anti-Hero
* Tiberius
* Run To Me
* One And All
* Drum And Fife
* Dorian
* Monuments
* Anaise
* W.P.C.
"Thrilled to report that we now have our album in total, as top songs are arranged and set for drum tracking. So over the next three days, I'll be focusing on vocal arrangements, lyrics, and tweaking the overall aesthetics of the record as I hope it shall be. At least then I'll be able to share a different narrative for a spell, and get off this merry-go-round we've all been on." -Billy Corgan
‘The Problem With Music’ has been solved by the internet:
“The internet will suck the creative content out of the whole world until nothing is left. The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free. That’s such an incredible development.” -David Byrne
PRONG - 'Turnover' Lyric Video:
"Turnover" is taken from the band's latest album, "Ruining Lives", which will be made available in the U.S./Canada on May 13th, 2014 via Steamhammer/SPV.
SUICIDE SILENCE - 'You Can't Stop Me' Cover Artwork, Track Listing:
1. M.A.L.
2. Inherit The Crown
3. Cease To Exist
4. Sacred Words
5. Control (feat. George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher)
6. Warrior
7. You Can't Stop Me
8. Monster Within (feat. Greg Puciato)
9. We Have All Had Enough
10. Ending Is The Beginning
11. Don't Die
12. Ouroboros
Bonus Tracks:
13. Blue Haze
14. Last Breath (HATEBREED cover)
+ Bonus DVD (featuring studio & touring footage)
"The long and short of it is this. Mitch left behind a set of lyrics with the title 'You Can't Stop Me'. This gave us chills, to say the least, and we knew we had the title and title track. This filled us with inspiration for writing sessions to empower us and empower you, the supporters of SUICIDE SILENCE.
We as a band (and Steve Evetts) worked tirelessly on this record and I'm not gonna say we can't wait for you to hear it. I'm gonna tell you that you have to hear it. You have to sit and listen from start to finish.
I'm not gonna tell you this is our best record we've ever done. I'm gonna tell you this is the record we care more about than any record we've ever done. This is a record that we fought, bled, sweated, and fucking cried over.
Go pick up a copy and turn this sucker up to eleven. We couldn't be more excited. Thank you all for supporting SUICIDE SILENCE." -Mark Heylmun
Issues Debut “Never Lose Your Flames” Video:
A Punk Rock Lilith Fair?:
"...the first-ever Burger a-go-go, taking place August 2 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, the entire lineup is driven by women. Headlining are Best Coast and Dum Dum Girls, two bands that ushered in a female-rock revival in the late 2000s that today is a force in the indie scene. Joining the headliners are Bleached, who are on the verge of breaking out. Local favorites like Colleen Green and the Aquadolls are also on the bill."
Making music helps dementia:
“We’ve been doing something similar for the past couple of years with people with physical and learning disabilities. It’s about creating bonds between people – and their carers.
We sing well known songs and encourage them to use a wide range of musical equipment. It’s down to individuals what they want to do. It’s having an outlet, being themselves and building self esteem.” -Teela Hughes
DEATH ANGEL - 'The Dream Calls For Blood' Video:
"The Dream Calls For Blood" was released on October 15th, 2013 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Making music from trash lifts children:
"They're all very poor, and their homes are very precarious. The spirit and the willingness of the kids to make the effort to achieve something, the music permits that. It was something like magic for them. They never imagined their children could produce such beautiful sounds." -Fabio Chavez
Taking The Collecting Out Of Music:
"For most of the history of audio recording, people collected music too. Many fans amassed massive vinyl and CD album collections that covered broad music categories, while others concentrated just on the recordings of a particular artist, or even just the songs they particularly liked. A “record” collection was something that in many ways defined who you were, because your collection was shaped exclusively by your musical taste."
It Dies Today Unveil New Song:
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