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Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour: Singer Confronts Own Mortality on New Album
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Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour: Singer Confronts Own Mortality on New Album

Ron Sexsmith Facebook In 2011, Ron Sexsmith raised more than a few eyebrows with Long Player Late Bloomer, a bombastic Bob Rock-produced pop album that put a critical darling into commercial consciousness. Nominated for both the Polaris Music Prize and a Juno, it was a breakthrough album for Sexsmith. The singer/songwriter could have ...

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To Unplug or Not to Unplug? The Best and Worst Acoustic Albums

AFP | Getty Justin Bieber is releasing Believe Acoustic this week, which will feature unplugged versions of chart toppers like "Boyfriend" and "Beauty and the Beat" from an album that came out way back in the summer of, um, 2012. This has put us in a reflective mood about the acoustic album (the kind where artists cover their own songs, ...

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16 Best Albums Released By Musicians After They Died

Hulton Archive | 2Pac Facebook On Jan. 8, U.K. electronic outfit Broadcast released Berberian Sound Studio -- an original soundtrack to Peter Strickland's 2012 film of the same name. It'll be the last Broadcast album to feature the distinctive vocals of frontwoman Trish Keenan, who died of pneumonia at the age of 42 in January 2011. ...

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15 Best Musician Cameos on Teen TV: 90210, The OC, Buffy, Blossom & More

Warner Bros This week, Tegan and Sara appeared on the holiday episode of 90210, performing the glittery electro-pop single "Closer" from their forthcoming seventh studio album Heartthrob. The twins join a long line of great bands that have appeared on teen soaps -- which have become a powerful marketing tool for independent acts over the ...

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Luke Lalonde Rhythymnals: Born Ruffians Singer's Solo Electro-R&B

Matthew Tammaro Luke Lalonde was probably one of those kids that could never sit still. There's the urgent, jittery noise he makes as the frontman of Toronto's Born Ruffians, but then there's the fact that Lalonde is an incredibly prolific songwriter. He's not the type to let months go by without working on something while his band is off the ...

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Hollerado Tour Rider: Used Books, Dog Poo Cleaning & Homemade Hummus

Listen Harder Hollerado were one of the band's who played our big Flaming Lips/NXNE party this summer and it's just been announced they'll join Billy Talent, Sum 41 and Indian Handcrafts on a 17-date cross-Canada arena tour that kicks off in Vancouver on March 14 and wraps up in Montreal on April 13. More importantly, Spinner recently ...

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Do Interview With Puppet About Pizza (VIDEO)

Youtube This is quite possibly the most amazing video you'll see on the internet today. Montreal post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor played the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in August and while they were there guitarist Efrim Menuck hung out with Ratso, the weird rat-that-totally-looks-like-a-dog puppet host of Chic-a-Go-Go! ...

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