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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition! (September 27, 2022): The Wonder Years, Leathers, Ploho, & More!

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Nerhys 0 Comments Alvvays, Leathers, New Music, New Music From The Inbox, Ploho, The Foreign Resort, The Tin Can Collective, The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years Song: “Lost In The Lights”Album: SingleRelease Date: September 23, 2022Location: Lansdale, Pennsylvania Why I like it: Emotional pop-punk.Watch:

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New Music From The Inbox – Monday Edition! (Sep 26, 2022): Alvvays, Hope Tala, Poppa Foster and The Grits, and more!

September 26, 2022September 24, 2022 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Alvvays, Hope Tala, Lucky Daye, Lyrah, New Music From The Inbox, Pollena, Poppa Foster and The Grits, SG Lewis, Ty Dolla $ign

Every week, we’re sent dozens if not hundreds of promotional emails from agents, PR firms, and hopeful artists containing the

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And the 2018 Polaris Music Prize Short List is…

July 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2018, Alvvays, Daniel Caesar, Hubert Lenoir, Jean-Michel Blais, Jeremy Dutcher, Partner, Pierre Kwenders, Polaris Music Prize, Short List, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, U.S. Girls, Weaves

After a year of arguing, lobbying, cajoling, kvetching, and passioned imploring by the 200+ members of the extended Polaris Music

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Here are the 10 finalists for this year’s Prism Prize for Canadian music video excellence

March 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2018, Alice Glass, Alvvays, Charlotte Day Wilson, Cri, Daniel Caesar, Feist, Grimes, Janelle Monae, Jessie Reyez, Leonard Cohen, Prism Prize, PUP

Each year, the Prism Prize recognizes excellence in Canadian music video production and direction with the winner receiving a cheque

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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (Dec 26, 2017): Best of 2017!

December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Alvvays, Charly Bliss, Das Lunsentrio, Day Trip, Dead Heavens, Good Kid, Great Grandpa, Mike Krol, New Music From The Inbox, QWAM, together PANGEA

Oh yes friends and family, it’s that time of year again. When the content dries up When the year winds

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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (Aug 22, 2017): Mike Krol, Alvvays, Acid Tongue, and more!

August 22, 2017August 21, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Acid Tongue, Alvvays, CAPYAC, Luiz Bruno, Mike Krol, New Music From The Inbox, NVDES

Artist: Mike Krol Song: “Fifteen Minutes” Album/EP: Mike Krol Is Never Dead: The First Two Albums Fuzzy, trebly, snotty, wailing, but

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 21 July 2017

July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alvvays, Black Grape, Commoners, Matthew Good, Nine Inch Nails, The Districts, The Selector, The Struts, USS, Vamps, Wolf Alice

It’s been another rough week for music fans when it comes to losing people we admire. Hopefully this list of

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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (July 18, 2017): Alvvays, Das Lunsentrio, Good Kid, and more!

July 18, 2017July 17, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Alvvays, Autonomics, Das Lunsentrio, Good Kid, Joel Thomas, New Music From The Inbox

Artist: Alvvays Song: “In Undertow” Album/EP: Antisocialites Fans have been clamouring for more Alvvays for a while, and the enigmatic post-shoegaze

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Short List for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize Announced

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, Alvvays, BADBADNOTGOOD, Braids, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Caribou, Drake, Jennifer Castle, New Pornographers, Polaris Music Prize, Tobias Jesso Jr., Viet Cong

Come September 21 at the Carlu in Toronto, one of these album will be declared by a jury of twelve

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Finalist in the 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Awards

June 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2nd Son, Alvvays, Cold Specks, Dear Rouge, Keiza, Lisa Leblanc, Lowell, Samantha Savage Smith, Shi Wisdom, SOCAN

The 10th annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize–$10,000 in cash–will be given out later this summer . Here are the finalists on

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: July 25, 2014

July 25, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alvvays, Best Not Broken, Loose Buttons, Monty Python, Noam Weinstein, Owl John, Rival Boys, SIINES, Weezer, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Zeus

Should I get excited about the Blue Jays? Or are they just going to break my heart again?  Ponder that

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