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The New Women Of CanadianaCanada has had a long history of genre and gender defying female singers and singer-songwriters who've elevated their craft to global success. From the First Ladies of Canadian song Anne Murray and Ginette Reno to the folk legend...
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Mark September 9th down on your calendar. Also make note of where you are on the day that will be recognized as the single greatest musical event since that Tupelo, Mississipi truck driver kid walked into Sun Studios to cut his first demo.On 9/09/09...
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DIRECTOR JOHN HUGHES' TOP 10 AUDIO HITSby Jaimie VernonThe directorial king of Generation X teenage angst movies, John Hughes, passed away August 6th from a heart attack at the age of 59. The wealth of tributes have been pouring in from the movie industry...
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Native Window Opens by Conrad StinnettDuring a recent Native Window performance, violinist David Ragsdale looked out at the audience and saw looks of confusion on their faces. “It was like they were thinking ‘Aren’t these the guys from Kansas?’ an...
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K-TELL HELL by Jaimie Vernon THE BLACK EYED PEE-WEESFergie & Co. team up with former children's entertainer Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens for a monster mash up of both their international hits: "Let's Get Retarded (On Tequilla)" ...
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CANADIAN COPYRIGHT REFORM WANTS YOU! As a consumer of digital media and electronics and as a creator you stand to be greatly impacted by changes to Canada's copyright regime. Fortunately, the Government wants to hear from consumers and innovators al...
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Gary Pig Gold has EIGHT QUESTIONS For NARDWUAR (The Human Serviette). The single greatest living Canadian since Stompin’ Tom, Nardwuar - whose latest Evaporators release “A Wild Pear” shares seven Mint Records inches with Andrew W.K. - tells us all...
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CASSIE STEELE: DESTRUCTO DOLLAlthough she began her musical career in the 21st Century, Toronto native Cassie Steele draws inspiration from musical greats who walked (and rocked) decades before. With heroes like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Clas...
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Congrats Jaimie and Sharon and staff. Very impressive first issue. I particularly liked the Legendary Hearts column. How about a "this month in music history" column? Can we get new issues automatically sent to us? Great start. Good luck.- Paul Jack...
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Singles and Videos DEFAULT, "All Over Me"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fSHKQEsmJ4Full album due September 9TERRY DRAPER (KLAATU), "Highway of Heroes" new video/singlehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAW6Cobf5k8MAR KZ, "It's My Right"http://www.yo...
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STOMPIN' TOM LOBBYING FOR 2010 WINTER OLYMPICSNo, the 73 year-old Stompin' Tom Connors is not looking to strap on his famous wooden plank for a run down the luge hill in Whistler, BC.The Canadian country-folk legend wants to show his support for the...
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2009: A Musical Odysseyby Bob BrydenIn what we hope will be an ongoing series of guest columnists drawn from the actual Canadian music talent pool, we hereby introduce you to Bob Bryden.Bob has had an extensive career in Canada as a member of Reign ...
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In the print version of this magazine oh so very long ago, this was my spot to vent my spleen about whatever was causing my spleen to need venting. This will serve that purpose once again. Although I promise I will attempt to keep you from getti...
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In the print version of this magazine oh so very long ago, this was my spot to vent my spleen about whatever was causing my spleen to need venting. This will serve that purpose once again. Although I promise I will attempt to keep you from getti...
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We're back. Back from the dead. Back from the last century. Back, back in the CanCon Groove. That's right. After 16 years of MAPL syrupy silence, the Great White Noise lives again. This time we've got an internet connection and we're no...
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Michael Jackson, Sky Saxon, and Drake Levin in Memoriam ...
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Walking On The Moon It was 40 years ago this month that NASA took a left turn at Albuquerque and managed to successfully land two human beings on the moon without slamming them into it at MACH V. Not only did astronaut Neil Armstrong trip the light fandan...
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Club Reviews And Listings From Around CanadaSeeing as we haven't been up and running for 16 years, we also haven't seen anything new in the clubs this month - mainly 'cause we didn't get invited. So send us your listings so we can come out and SEE you. (H...
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The (OTHER) Watchmen Return!The Watchmen the band, not the major motion picture, have announced two back-to-back shows at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern on Sept. 25 and 26. Singer Daniel Greaves, guitarist Joey Serlin, bassist Ken Tizzard and drummer Sammy Ko...
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The Snide Journal Of Music Medicine With pandemics like the Avian and Swine Flus being all the rage this year, SNIDE has created a public service guide to identifying those in the music business currently showing signs of the Rocking Pneumonia and the...
