I probably dip into Discogs.com a dozen times a week both professional and personal missions. It really is one of the great databases of releases on vinyl, tape, and compact discs. Occasionally, though,
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With Seth Rogen now providing the guest voice for both Toronto and Vancouver transit, Terry Cahill from FUBAR (think Bob and Doug meet Beavis and Butthead with a big dollop of Trailer Park
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We’re all about trying to identify hate groups, apparently. Who are these people? Where can we find them? What do they do when they’re not marching around with Tiki torches? The City of
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Musicians can be a quirky lot. Most of these quirks are (mostly) harmless. Sometimes, though, they move into realms of extreme weirdness. This brings me to the story of Calgary’s Cal Cavendish. From
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Calgary and area musicians can now enter submissions to the YYC music awards and have until May 31 to do so. The second Annual Gala takes place on September 24th at The Palace
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Calgary’s National Music Centre (NMC) has launched a new online platform in celebration of Canada 150, allowing fans to browse their collection of musical history, instruments and memorabilia anytime. The new website, called
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I stumbled across this one when poking around SoundCloud. Preoccupations, who are from Calgary (the formerly named Viet Cong, t00), issued a self-titled record on the Flemish Eye earlier this month. I’m besotted
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The timing might not be the greatest–downtown Calgary is suffering mightily because the collapse in oil prices–but the good news is that the National Music Centre is on schedule to open later this
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Juliette Jagger, a frequent contributor to these pages, wrote this history of Toronto’s Horseshow for the National Music Centre, which is set to open Calgary later this year. (Go here to learn a
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It’s hard to believe that Calgary hasn’t had its own music awards event up until now. But this is a good time to start, what with the Junos in the city this year
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Chris Tenz, a fixture to many Calgary indie musicians, died Saturday. It was a suicide, which he discussed in this note he left on his Tumblr site. (Careful: it’s tough to read.) Chris
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