List Season Is Here! Twitter Canada’s Top Tweets
As it always happens come December, the raft of year end lists begins to arrive. Today we hear from Twitter Canada on the top tweets of 2017. 2017 Year on Twitter Top 5
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YouTube Canada’s Top Videos of 2017
YouTube Canada’s top videos of 2017 reflect pretty much what you’d expect if you’d been online at all this year. It comes as no surprise that “Despacito” clocks in as the number one
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And the Most-Shazamed Songs of 2017 Are…
Shazam is a music identification app that’s so magical it got its own game show–hosted by Jamie Foxx, no less. Whenever you use Shazam to ID a song, that little bit of data gets
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Did I Buy the Wrong Laptop? A Review of the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1
It started with a purchase of an iPod Mini in 2004. Bit by bit, I got sucked into the Apple Unreality Zone to the point where now almost all of my gear has
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The Beatles Sgt. Pepper Artwork Has Been Updated to Reflect Deaths in 2017
After all the horrible losses in the music world last year, British artist Chris Barker created an updated a version of the iconic artwork for the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band
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In Case You’re Missing Guns ‘N Roses in Toronto This Week…
Marcus T was on hand for the October 30 Guns ‘N Roses first show at the Air Canada Centre in and sends back this video of a show that ran 3 hours and
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The Black Friday Edition of Record Store Day is Coming. Here’s What to Expect
The day after American Thanksgiving–otherwise known as Black Friday–is when we’re supposed to descend into an orgy of Christmas shopping. (Come to think of it, when did this become a formalized thing?) The
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Tomorrow is International Cassette Store Day. Please. Spare Me.
Let me be clear: Cassettes are a hateful, obsolete format that deserves to die. Anyone who longs for the days of cassettes wasn’t around when the format was the only way of making
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Here’s a Quick Review of the 2017 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
An incredible amount of Canadian music history gathered together earlier this week for the annual Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Geeks&Beats writer Gabrielle Bossy filed this report. On Saturday evening, Bruce
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BreakOut West Responds to Musicians About Not Being Paid
There was a kerfluffle at BreakOut West in Edmonton regarding the non-payment of the musicians who appeared at the festival. (See “It Seems Everyone at BreakOut West in Edmonton Was Paid Except the
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And the Winner of the 2017 Polaris Music Prize Is…
One of the fantastic things about the Polaris Music Prize is that you never, ever know what the Grand Jury will name the best Canadian album of the year. Would it go to
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