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!!! Go Halloween Costume Shopping -- Exclusive Video

Spinner !!! are dedicated to Halloween. The New York dance-rockers once spent an entire day before an October 31st show gluing tiny pieces of mirror to all of their clothes and stockings to be used, obviously, as weird disco-ball masks. Plus, they rip a mean cover of 'Thriller.' So Spinner recently took vocalist Nic Offer to a costume shop in ...

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The Weakerthans Were Consumed by Live DVD, Finally Writing New Music

Fresh off the recent release of their first-ever live CD/DVD, 'Live At The Burton Cummings Theatre,' the Weakerthans are finally ready to focus on writing material for the follow-up to 2007's acclaimed 'Reunion Tour.' "We were surprisingly really consumed with this live project for the last year," says guitarist Stephen Carroll. "It was a bit of ...

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Matthew Good Blames Liquor Laws for Killing Vancouver Music Scene

Matthew Good is adding his name to a growing list of Vancouver musicians fed up with the stringent liquor laws preventing venues from keeping their doors open to new, independent musical talent. In recent years, the west coast city's move to shut down smaller bars and clubs has choked Vancouver's punk and indie scene, with strict requirements ...

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Lullabye Arkestra: You Oughta Know

There's something enchanting about two people in love playing dirty rock 'n' roll songs. Justin Small and Kat Taylor-Small are Lullabye Arkestra, a band born of a mutual love of heavy music and each other -- and their latest release, the bare-bones 'Threats/Worship' on Vice Records, is a swaggering, half-hour testament to both. Formed in 2001, the ...

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