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Lonny Knapp

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Lonny Knapp is freelance writer and musician with a serious cycling problem. When not coaxing sentences onto a blank Word document, Lonny might be found picking tunes on his mandolin in a partied-out Queen West kitchen. www.lonnyknapp.com

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Paul Rodgers: Classic Rocker Talks 'All Right Now,' Adam Lambert and Becoming Canadian
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Broken Social Scene + Stills Refugees Hit the 'Refresh Button' With Eight and a Half

Arts & Crafts While killing pints at a cozy pub in Toronto's funky Kensington Market, Broken Social Scene drummer Justin Peroff reveals a bumper sticker slogan he thought up while touring with the storied indie rock collective. "I wanted to get one that said, 'My other band is a trio,'" he jokes with Spinner's RPM. At some point, it ...

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Gym Class Heroes Bounce Back After Singer Travie McCoy's Stomach Infection

Kevork Djansezian, AMA2011 This October, Gym Class Heroes cancelled their North American tour explaining that an undisclosed illness had sidelined singer Travie McCoy. Now, drummer and co-founder Matt McGinley reveals a combination of a persistent virus and a grueling tour schedule forced the hip-hop-inspired rock group to blow out the shows. ...

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William Shatner Goes Where No Man (Except David Bowie) Has Gone Before

Smith, Newspix/Rex Features Moments before William Shatner takes the stage at Toronto's Massey Hall, a large video screen flickers to life. Shatner, alone in a white room, sings 'O' Canada' in a way that only he can. Deadpan yet sincere, Shatner re-imagines Canada's national anthem as a politically-correct soliloquy while an off-screen ...

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Zeus Makes Lightning Strike Twice With Anthemic Single, Next Up New Album

M Barnes It's been almost two years since Toronto retro-rockers Zeus fired off their Polaris-nominated and Verge-winning debut 'Say Us.' Well, the band named after the head honcho of all Greek gods has finally come back down the mountain to bequeath us mere mortals with new music. 'Are You Gonna Waste My Time,' the first single from its ...

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The Barr Brothers Credit Backstage Fire for Bringing Band Together

Andre Guerette In life, major mishaps often trigger surprising opportunities. Case in point, if it wasn't for a backstage fire, Brad and Andrew Barr may have never moved to Montreal, hooked up with a classically trained harpist, and revealed a folksier side on the Barr Brothers' excellent eponymous debut. During a recent tour stop in ...

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Lights Launches 'Siberia' in Toronto With Help From Holy F--- and Shad

Jeremy Chan Photography For her sophomore effort, 'Siberia,' Canadian electro-pop maven, Lights teamed up with indie-electro band Holy F--- and Juno-winning rapper Shad. The result is a record more sonically adventurous than most were expecting given her slick, radio-ready 2009 debut. When we crashed the singer's intimate release party in ...

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Lights Joins Forces With Holy F--- and New Sound Scares Off Her U.S. Major Label

Universal Music Siberia is a frozen wasteland in eastern Russia where criminals and political prisoners once endured years of hard labour in Gulag prison camps. It's also the title of the suprisingly edgy new album from Canadian electro-pop star Lights, which is also making people uncomfortable -- but in a good way. 'Siberia' is more ...

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