By: Staff – Fans met their favourite 2014 JUNO nominees, including Tegan and Sara, Walk Off The Earth, D-Sisive, Autumn Hill, Gord Bamford, Dean Brody, Brett Kissel and more at Winnipeg’s St. Vital Centre yesterday for autographs, selfies, and they were even treated to a pair of special performances by D-Sisive, and Colin and John-Angus MacDonald of … Continue reading
Photos by: Matt Klopot – New York City-based all-female lo-fi indie pop quartet Dum Dum Girls, who released their third album, Too True, which was produced by Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, The Go-Go’s) and The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, and which spawned the singles “Lost Boys & Girls Club” and “Rimbaud Eyes”, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Several statues for the 43rd Juno Awards, including Artist of the Year, Country album of the year, Pop album of the year, Rock album of the year, Dance album of the year, and more, were handed out tonight during a gala at Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre. Tune into the JUNO Awards … Continue reading
By: Staff – The battle between the rockers, led by Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy, and also included Colin MacDonald (The Trews), Devin Cuddy (son of Jim and leader of the Devin Cuddy Band), Menno Versteeg (Hollerado), Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean (The Sadies) and more, and the NHL greats, led by Mark Napier (Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota … Continue reading
By: Kevan Hannah – Toronto-based indie rockers Hollerado, who released their second album, White Paint, on February 26th, 2013 via Royal Mountain Records, are in Winnipeg this weekend following their JUNO nomination for Recording Package of the Year for White Paint. Frontman Menno Versteeg and guitarist Nixon Boyd, minus bassist Dean Baxter and drummer Jake Boyd, marked the occasion … Continue reading
By: Kevan Hannah – The 2014 JUNO Awards officially kicked things into high gear on Thursday night as nominees, industry professionals and Winnipeg music lovers all gathered at the Metropolitan Entertainment Theatre for the Sirius XM JUNO Awards Kick-Off. The newly restored theatre is pulling double duty as the ‘Manitoba House’ over the next few … Continue reading
Photos by: Adam Pulicicchio – Vancouver-based pop-rock quartet Hedley, who released their fifth album, Wild Life, on November 11th, 2013 via Universal Music Canada/Capitol Records, performed at Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night as part of their “Wild Life Tour” in support of the album, with Nova Scotia-based rapper Classified, who released his self-tited … Continue reading
By: Staff – The rockers, led by Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy, and features the likes of Colin MacDonald (The Trews), Devin Cuddy (son of Jim and leader of the Devin Cuddy Band), Menno Versteeg (Hollerado), Mike Belitsky and Sean Dean (The Sadies) and more, and the NHL greats, led by Mark Napier (Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Edmonton … Continue reading
By: Elaisha Green – On March 22, indie-rock quintet The Neighbourhood performed at the Sound Academy in Toronto. Before their performance, we sat down with the LA-based group. “We have input in actually everything that you see and hear, from a random poster for a one city show to being on television,” starts The Neighbourhood … Continue reading
By: Lauren Garbutt – Los Angeles band Warpaint dominated the stage last night in front of a packed room of entranced fans at the Danforth Music Hall. The all-female four-piece was powerful, captivating, and sensual. Opening act, Cate le Bon, preceded their dreamy performance. The Welsh-born singer-songwriter is currently touring with Warpaint as a four-piece … Continue reading