concert review : Festival of Friends (w/ Steve Earle , Allison Moorer , Danny Michel ) @ Gage Park (Hamilton, Ontario), August 8, 2008 What apparently is one of Canada's oldest music festivals(and a free one at that), Hamilton, Ontario's 3 day Festival of Friends was kicked off last Friday night. Though the majority of the lineup wasn't necessarily my thing (eg. Air Supply headlined the sec...
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Steve Earle & Allison Moorer @ Festival of Friends - Gage Park - Hamilton, ON (August 8, 2008) Saw sets by Danny Michel, Allison Moorer & Steve Earle. Review to come. Check out a review and photos over at It's Not The Band I Hate... Photos : Danny Michel, Allison Moorer & Steve Earle @ Festival of Friends - Gage Park - Hamilton, ON (August 8, 2008) MySpace : Danny Michel MySpace : Al...
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My local music scene is questionable lately... it's fraught with in-joke bands at best, who, although they're good for a laugh, and very entertaining, don't really touch anyone outside a circle of friends. The good stuff has yet to catch on hard... We've got the "Sour Keys":http://www.thesourkeys.com/ and "whoshallbenameless":http://www.myspace.com/whoshallbenameless but nobody else is doing an...
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Let's start off the week with some concert annoucements (some you may already know about perhaps, but others you may not). Let's break it down by month: SEPTEMBER 2008 The old school meets the new school when Toronto's The Hoa Hoas open for new wave synthpop act The Spoons at The Velvet Underground on September 25. (via Stille Post ) Prior to their proper gig / CD release show at The Music G...
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concert review : Festival of Friends (w/ Steve Earle , Allison Moorer , Danny Michel ) @ Gage Park (Hamilton, Ontario), August 8, 2008 What apparently is one of Canada's oldest music festivals(and a free one at that), Hamilton, Ontario's 3 day Festival of Friends was kicked off last Friday night. Though the majority of the lineup wasn't necessarily my thing (eg. Air Supply headlined the sec...
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I'm not what you'd call a big fan of David Bowie, but Young Americans is, IMHO, a classic Masterpiece. Through out the album there's an almost palpable paranoid tension, a dissolute but jittery sense of waste & decay. At a moment in history when Rock was in limbo, trapped by blue-jean clad farm boy wannabe's on one side & polyester clad disco narcissists on the other, David Bowie captured ...
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Jeff, (deadmandeadman) put up a post earlier featuring a Bowie cover by Danny Michel, and after listening I wanted more. I took a trip over to Michel's webpage found this great vid and was immediately taken, hook,line and sinker.What is it about these Canadian singer songwriters that get me every time on a first listen? Thanks Jeff, itunes gets another 10 clams from me ;)Described as "Tom Waits...
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I just realized that all of my favourite Canadian songs are commercial sing-along hits. Except for one hardcore track that snuck in! I feel so girly!Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AFDHia51DoBlack Black Heart - David Usherhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFJorMzya2MCigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwrighthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6N0sNMKFO4Mushabo...
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