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Zeus Want to Use New Studio to Create Motown North with Band Friends

Derek Branscombe There have really ever only been two kinds of rock 'n' roll bands: those that are comfortable in the recording studio, and those that aren't. While some have no problem handing over the responsibility of finding their sound to different producers, more often than not, artists who are able the harness the power of the studio ...

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Great Lake Swimmers Record 'New Wild Everywhere' Somewhere Normal (Finally)

Nettwerk Toronto folk-rock outfit Great Lake Swimmers' music reflects a love of nature that's been ingrained in the band's singer-songwriter Tony Dekker since his youth on a farm in the small Canadian community of Wainfleet, Ontario. Not only do the band love nature, but they live it, having recorded music in national parks, paddling ...

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Said the Whale: Juno Winners Look Beyond Vancouver's Little Mountain to Big America

Jonathan Taggart Winning a Juno Award for Best New Group doesn't carry the stigma it once did when flash and disappear acts like Sky, Idle Eyes or the Infidels took it home. (No, we don't remember who they are, either.) But when Said the Whale walked away with the honour at the Junos 40th anniversary awards in 2011, it was a well-deserved ...

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Yukon Blonde SXSW 2012: Band Take a Page From Charlie Sheen With 'Tiger Talk'

Nevado Records It would be sad to think we have Charlie Sheen's tiger blood cocktail to thank for restoring the animal's image as the noblest and fiercest creature in the kingdom, but don't we all need whatever positive PR we can get nowadays? Yukon Blonde's Jeff Innes seems to possess a little tiger blood himself, enough to inspire what he ...

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Bruce Springsteen, 'Wrecking Ball': Can The Boss' New Album Rebuild America?

Danny Clinch There are a few words that regularly appear in Bruce Springsteen songs, but one that never loses its significance is "promise," particularly the broken ones which have sparked many of Springsteen's greatest songs. His whole new album 'Wrecking Ball,' in fact, is first and foremost a statement on the broken political promises of ...

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Bahamas, 'Barchords': Feist's Ex-Sideman Takes Another Shot With Solo Album

Brushfire Records 'Barchords' is the second release by Bahamas -- the alter ego of Toronto singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen -- and follows up 2009's 'Pink Strat,' a record that thrust the mild-mannered one-time guitar-for-hire into the spotlight through a wave of critical acclaim, capped off with a Juno nomination in the Roots & ...

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Weakerthan's John K. Samson Goes Solo, Ponders 'Provincial' Roads and Occupy

ANTI- It's hard to imagine Bruce Springsteen being from anywhere other than New Jersey, and in much the same way, John K. Samson's affiliation with his home province of Manitoba has become the stuff of CanRock legend. As frontman for the Weakerthans since the band's formation in 1997, Samson's lyrics have often exposed harsh truths about ...

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