 By: Tanya Bailey
January 11, 2010
A Canadian songstress on a mission of love and hope for all, “Latin chanteuse” Lady Amanda Martinez is a on a roll and the world is loving her presence. I had a chance to speak with her over the holidays.
Tell me a bit about yourself?
I am a new mom and feel grateful to be pursuing a career that I love.
I just finished my first fall tour since the new album Amor came out
and performed for the first time at NYC’s [renowned jazz club] Blue
Note.
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 By: TJ Liebgott
December 14, 2009
Toronto's Mod Club Theatre played host to an evening of hardcore with bands Thursday, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fake Problems and Endless Hallway.
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 By: Acey Rowe
December 10, 2009
November was an interesting month for Hollerado. Hopping from Brazil to Argentina to China, pausing in Canada just long enough to play a heart-stopping show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto and rake in the $50,000 jackpot at the Live 88.5 Big Money Shot in Ottawa. The guys haven’t exactly had a relaxing couple of weeks.
Still, it’s nothing the “hardest working band in Canada” (Ben Fox,
Dinosaur Bones) isn’t used to. From their news making Residency Tour
(seven venues in seven cities, repeated every night of the week for the
whole of February), to their hand drawn website, it’s pretty clear that
this is a band that never sleeps. It’s a work ethic and determination
that is reflected in their powerful live show.
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 By: Acey Rowe
November 29, 2009
The Beatles meets The Ramones: a dirty vintage sound complimented by cadenced arcs (and without the self-conscious grind of intentional rawness), Young Rival has found a way to make good old rock n’ roll their own.
The past year has seen the release of their third album, a self-titled
EP under their new name, followed by a three-month tour across North
America. Now back in Hamilton focusing on local shows while their day
jobs catch up to them, the members of Young Rival have time to reflect
on their identity as a band.
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 By: Acey Rowe
November 23, 2009
Hamilton’s Young Rival played to a disappointingly small crowd last week, despite both their critical success and online popularity. Unspecific to this band, worry over declining audience attendance is something many Canadian musicians are currently expressing.
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By: Kristen Chamberlain
November 13, 2009
He’s been deejaying for over a decade and has worked with artists from Nas to the Tragically Hip. Now, DJ and producer extraordinaire Skratch Bastid is about to breathe a breath of fresh air into our night life with his new and highly anticipated events, “Skratch Bastid Presents” which kicks off Saturday Nov 14 at Revival Bar on College St.
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 We've got a pair of tickets to give away to the Steamwhistle Presents concert series featuring You Say Party! We Say Die!, Think About Life and Little Girls along with DJ Vaneska on the 1's and 2's. The show's going down on November 20 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. Doors at 9 p.m. All you have to do is tell us a story about why you should have these tickets. At $12 a pop, we accept stories of brokeness, but make them creative! Email first and last name along with your story to
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. Please note this is a 19+ event. The winner will be contacted by the 18th. Good luck!
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 By: David Stuckey
November 8, 2009
I don’t know what I was expecting coming into the show, but it certainly wasn’t the sonic beat down I ended up receiving. I figured the Fucked Up weekend was simply a thinly veiled encouragement for everyone to consume copious amounts of alcohol and/or illegal substances over the course of the music festival. A silly lapse of judgment on my part, in that my face actually melted upon exposure to the bands playing that night.
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