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Free Music Friday- July 8, 2011
After finding nothing last week we’re back again. First up is BlogTO’s “The Neighbourhood Mixtape.” This is a weekly release that showcases great Toronto talent. This five-track download includes...
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Free Music Friday – September 23, 2011
From his upcoming album Oh Fortune, download the Dan Mangan song “Post-War Blues,” free via iTunes. To celebrate Pop Montreal, Pang Attack is offering a free download of the Dreamer’s Drug EP until...
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Review- “Oh Fortune”- Dan Mangan
reviewed by Michael The Dan Mangan of Oh Fortune is quite different from the Dan Mangan of Nice, Nice, Very Nice. He now has more than an acoustic guitar- much more. He’s now got a full backing band....
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Dan Mangan gets loud at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
by Michael Last night, Dan Mangan stopped in Toronto touring his new album Oh Fortune, this time playing the slightly bigger venue of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. I was at first a little worried that...
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CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award winners
Another year, another crop of artists bringing home CBC Radio 3′s inaugural Bucky Awards. This year marks the sixth year the awards have been around, and we have all the winners here. Best New Artist-...
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Laura’s Top 10 Canadian Albums of 2011
To say that it has been a great year in Canadian music is certainly a tired cliché when it comes to all of these year-end lists. But with Arcade Fire winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the...
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Michael’s Top 10 albums of 2011
Chad VanGaalen Here are my top ten Canadian albums of the year in alphabetical order. It will be followed by another few honourable mentions. Code Pie- Love Meets Rage This was the biggest surprise for...
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Canadian Music Week 2012 mining- Day 4
Writers' Strike by Michael Thomas Murder By Death @ Bovine Sex Club w/ Mad Ones, the Curious Incident, Big John Bates, the Schomberg Fair, the Dirty Nil, Doors 8:30 p.m. (adv. tickets sold out) CMF...
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Video spotlight #6
Brian Dunn- “Radios (CBC)” Considering this is the first of five planned videos from Brian Dunn’s upcoming album, the home-move quality of the video is most definitely shot that way on purpose. With...
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Review- “X”- Arts & Crafts
reviewed by Michael Thomas Canada’s beloved label Arts & Crafts has good reason to celebrate. It’s been responsible for unleashing highly influential acts like Broken Social Scene and Feist onto...
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Dan Mangan + Blacksmith w/ Peregrine Falls @ Mod Club
Credit: Norman Wong by Michael Thomas As Dan Mangan releases more albums, his band also seems to get a little louder. Thus was the case last night at the Mod Club, where the re-christened Dan Mangan +...
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