Universal Scissor Sisters aren't afraid of a little scandal. In fact, the New York dance-pop group welcome it on their outlandish monthly comedy videos 'Scissor Sister News.' Whether it's Dave Grohl breaking down in tears as a guest on the October show, announcing his $75 million lawsuit against the band for frontman Jack Shears' wardrobe ...

Patrick Lemieux The next City and Colour album will stretch out from the haunting acoustic singer-songwriter style that has made Dallas Green's solo project just as popular as his intense melodic-hardcore band Alexisonfire. Green -- who headlined the massive Molson Amphitheatre last month in his homebase of Toronto -- has demoed 14 songs, and ...

Patrick Lemieux Plenty of musicians are angry about the BP oil spill that blanketed the Gulf Coast of the US for months. But City and Colour's Dallas Green has written and recorded a song about the disaster, called 'At the Bird's Foot,' that takes a different approach. "I talk about the thing that I think nobody is really talking about: the 11 ...

Lisa Johnson Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley had already been released from the hospital by the time the media ran with an earlier report from the band's Twitter account that the singer had been attacked and "we are hoping for the best." The implication was worrisome. The band's management Red Light has since posted this: "Deryck Whibley ...

Dine Alone Records It will likely be next year before Alexisonfire get to work on the follow-up album to 2009's 'Old Crows/Young Cardinals,' but in the meantime, the Ontario rockers will be recording the 'Dog's Blood' EP that singer Dallas Green told Spinner about back in March. "We've been talking about it for a long time and we've got songs ...

Hail the Villain frontman Bryan Crouch admits, "We're not the biggest band in the world," but the decision by the Canadian hardcore act to join the growing list of musicians boycotting British Petroleum products while on the road is one of ethics and morals. "We are politically charged people," Crouch tells Spinner, "but as far as being a ...

Some bands end their sets with pyro or confetti or an amped-up anthem that signals "the grand finale." Hot Hot Heat's invite-only performance at Red Bull's Toronto's headquarters during NXNE last night ended with a blackout. A power outage hit the whole Queen West area and was not restored in time for an encore. Disappointing and slightly ...