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Author: Gilles LeBlanc

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Jack White Channels Music Spirits on Saturday Night Live

October 14, 2020October 13, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments #RIPEVH, Ball and Biscuit, Eddie Van Halen, EVH Wolfgang, Jack White, Lazaretto, My Sister Thanks You and I Thank You, Saturday Night Live, The White Stripes

After understandably laying low for most of 2020, Jack White has broken out of quarantine in the most amazing way

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RIP Mr. Chi Pig

July 18, 2020July 20, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Edmonton, Mr. Chi Pig, Open Your Mouth and Say..., Punk Rock, RIP, SNFU, Vancouver

The above image is from Ken Chinn’s AKA Mr. Chi Pig’s last-ever interview with BeatRoute Magazine, and pretty much says

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Jack White’s Raconteurs Surprise with Live EP and Documentary

May 31, 2020May 30, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Blank Generation, Electric Lady Studios, Jack White, Jim Jarmusch, Live at Electric Lady, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Spotify, The Raconteurs, Third Man Records

Around the same time rock supergroup The Raconteurs christened Toronto’s renamed Meridian Centre in September 2019 (which seems like a

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Japandroids Blaspheme on New Album Title

May 30, 2020May 29, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Blaspheme, Japandroids, Live Album, Massey Hall, Rockers East Vancouver, Toronto

blas·pheme/blasˈfēm,ˈblasˌfēm/ verbspeak irreverently about God or sacred things.“Japandroids’ new live album is called Massey Fucking Hall“ Before COVID-19 shut down

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For the Last Time Oasis, Just. Reunite. Already!

March 25, 2020March 23, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Just. Reunite. Already!, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Playlist, SOAPERNOVA

He may have sang in front of 250,000 of his compatriots at Knebworth in 1996 but when it comes down

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Wash your hands to your fave song lyrics using this lyrics-to-handwashing poster app

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Bill Oakley, Coronavirus, Dance Yrself Clean, Hand washing, Hygiene, LCD Soundsystem, Steamed Hams, Wash Your Lyrics

If COVID-19 wasn’t serious enough already, the cancelling of this year’s South by Southwest festival made the music industry stand

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Festival d’été de Québec goes BIG for 2020

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 20/20, Bulls on Parade, FEQ, Festival d'été de Québec, Rage Against the Machine, Summer Festivals

At 52 years young, Festival d’été de Québec is one of Canada’s longest-running music events. It has also become one

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2020 means 25 years of FOO. How to celebrate?

February 25, 2020February 27, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 25 Years of FOO, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Nostalgia, Van Tour

I don’t think Dave Grohl himself would have ever believed his post-Nirvana venture with the corny, UFO-inspired name would have

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Sound the Air-Raid Siren, Rage Against the Machine Are BACK with a world tour

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 1 Comment 1990s, 20/20, Bernie Sanders, Julian Casablancas, Nostalgia, Public Service Announcement Tour, Rage Against the Machine, The Strokes

Donald Trump is still in office, which can’t make some people happy. Before any of you start raising your fists

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Revenge of ’90s Alternative

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 1990s, All-Time Alt., Alternative Rock, Nostalgia, Playlist

One debate I don’t think music fans will ever be able to resolve amicably is which decade produced the best

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UPDATE: Pearl Jam tap Canadian photographer for artwork for new album, GIGATON (Oh, and the tour will start in Toronto)

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Augmented Reality, Climate Change, Concert Tour, Gigaton, New Album, Pearl Jam, Toronto

For a band that’s been around for 30 years and is one of the foundational building blocks of alternative rock,

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