November 9, 2011

Hey kids - check out the latest vid from 20 Amp Soundchild "Naked Silhouettes." These guys just got a FACTOR grant and will be filming another video come December. In the meantime we've got this baby off their debut The Others for your viewing pleasure.

November 9, 2011

The explosive Broadway hit AMERICAN IDIOT will launch its First North American Broadway tour, as well as launch the Dancap 2012 Broadway Series, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts this December.  Tickets will be available to the general public for the first time on Saturday, November 12. More info:

November 8, 2011

We love when trippy, dancy music videos arrive in our inbox, magically transporting us from Tuesday afternoons to Friday night dance parties! This is a super fun track from Waterloo's trio of siblings Kidstreet, fresh off releasing their debut album Fuh Yeah. Nothing too sophisticated here folks, just fun lollipoptronica. I just invented that genre - It's pretty awesome. Watch the video and stream the record after the jump!

SAID THE WHALE announce their forthcoming new studio album will be called Little Mountain and released internationally on March 6, 2012 via Hidden Pony Records/EMI. The 15 track long player will be the band’s third record. Today, November 8 the 2011 Juno Award Winners for New Group Of The Year will release the lead single from Little Mountain, the dancefloor-catchy Heavy Ceiling which features an unmistakable and contemporary nod to The Knack’s My Sharona in the chorus. The single reflects the confident, complete and razor sharp sound we can expect from this new Said The Whale album. Little Mountain was produced by Tom Dobrzanski and mixed by multiple Grammy Award winner, Jack Joseph Puig.

November 8, 2011

Open to unsigned, Canadian aspiring bands and solo artists, this contest gives participants the chance to win big: the grand prize winner gets to play their original song at the Pop Montreal and Scene 1425 festivals (as well as a live video and audio studio recording, trip to Montreal, LB shopping spree, etc.) There’s tons of perks too for second prize winners.

"Phonat is EASILY the most underrated producer out there now. Fuck, he’s amazing. I do not know why he isn’t the biggest thing out there." - Skrillex
November 4, 2011

The elusive 7 foot Italian maverick known as Phonat has become one of the most respected and esteemed electronic producers in Europe over the last couple of years, with his debut full-length 'Phonat' being critically acclaimed as a land mark genre-defining electronic album. Having already toured Asia, Europe and Australia this year, he now for the first time flies across the Atlantic for a series of US and Canadian shows. With major US dance labels eager and hungry to sign the Italian, this tour is expected to be the first of many.

Cancer Bats + Black Sabbath = Bat Sabbath
November 2, 2011

Earlier this year, at the 2011 SONISPHERE festival in Bohemia, the CANCER BATS surprised fans by performing an entire set of BLACK SABBATH covers as BAT SABBATH (editor's note: name possibly stolen from a local TO rec baseball team?). The set was such a hit and so much fun to do, that the band has decided to once again become BAT SABBATH for a series of live dates in Ontario and Quebec.

TOUR DATES.

Win studio time, a trip to Toronto & a $5000 grant courtesy of Post Foods, the makers of Sugar Crisp
November 1, 2011

Thanks to an innovative approach to secure funding by indepent music composer & producer Adam Damelin, Canadian bands and artists now have a chance at The First 15 - a cutting-edge grant from Post Foods that awards recording studio time courtesy of GIRTH Music in Toronto as well as award-winning producer support, a $5000 cash prize and a trip to Toronto.

Find out how to enter after the jump!

October 31, 2011

Montreal's Young Galaxy has released their latest video for "Phantoms" just in time for Halloween. Their latest single off 2011's Polaris Nominated album Shapeshifting features two sheet-clad ghosts on a journey through the night. It is filmed rather beautifully. Check it out after the jump and be sure to catch them on their just announced tour with Austra. Dates and video after the jump!