Liisa Ladouceur
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Liisa Ladouceur writes, talks and dances about music (or is that architecture?). You may have disagreed with her views in places like Eye Weekly, CBC Radio or MuchMoreMusic. Her interests include sad songs, asking questions and pointing out typos in her hate mail.
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Detroit synthpunk duo and budding filmmakers Adult. have announced the release of the second film in their 'Decampment Trilogy': the Midwestern horror short 'Traditions.'
But the scariest thing for fans may be that they will probably never see it. Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus like to keep their films under wraps even after they've wrapped ...
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Many acts road test new material on stage before going into the studio. Toronto singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge had another idea: he posted sample lyrics from his new album, 'The Early Widows,' on Facebook. As he was writing, snippets and sketches of ideas would be posted as status updates for friends and family to comment on.
"Sometimes I ...
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The word is out on the new MGMT album. Responding to the leak of 'Congratulations' (due out April 13), the band posted a stream of the entire thing on its official site. Now the world can hear that Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden haven't totally lost the plot, they're just following some winding roads. The nine tracks of summery psychedelia ...
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When your voice is shot from trans-Atlantic jetlag and a cold virus, your guitar gear was partly damaged en route and the howling rain is keeping the audience away, what's a girl to do? If you're England's Gemma Ray, then you sing the blues.
The Jimmy Page-approved femme fatale is appearing solo at Canadian Music Week / Canadian Music Fest in ...
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Sometimes festival buzz can be a buzzkill. Singer Sally Seltmann, formerly known as New Buffalo and forever known as co-writer of Feist's '1234,' opened the hotly tipped Arts & Crafts showcase at Canadian Music Week / Canadian Music Fest last night but her pretty piano songs were at a pain to be heard by an audience eagerly awaiting ...
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According to Sweden's Hellsongs, Iron Maiden's 'Running Free' is a feminist anthem. The female-fronted trio, who cover heavy metal classics in an acoustic pop style under the banner "lounge metal," performed the song at Canadian Music Week / Canadian Music Fest in Toronto last night, explaining that by switching "I" to "she" in the lyrics, the tale ...
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Congratulations, MGMT, your new song 'Flash Delirium' has the music kingdom all atwitter. Not only because it's a free official download, but because it's a whiplash-inducing 180 from the dancepop-singalong-of-the-decade that was 'Kids.' With barely a chorus, and careening from dreamy psychedelia to mid-tempo synthpop ballad to majestic rock ...
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