It’s good to see so many festivals coming back after that long, awful period of COVID lockdowns. One of the great small-town Canadian music festivals is Riverfest in Bissell Park in Elora, Ontario.
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[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was on hand again to cover a show for us in Ottawa. – AC] Canadian alt-rockers Metric are in the middle of their cross-country Doomscroller tour and on Saturday night
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Here are more stories behind the names of some popular groups. Lovelytheband originally wanted to be called just “Lovely,” but soon found out someone else had dibs on that name. It was decided
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Most people view Metric is a Canadian band. And that’s true. The group is based in Canada. But that’s only part of the story. Singer Emily Haines was born in New Delhi, India,
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After a long two years, the JUNOs will be back in full force this year, starting with a jam-packed week. The big event, of course, is the awards ceremony on Sunday, May 15,
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[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s an incredible discography of hundreds of bands. This is the latest excerpt from
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If you were fortunate enough to have seen Smashing Pumpkins this summer on the Shiny and Oh So Bright tour – and were at the venue early enough – you were no doubt
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Once again Andrei Chlytchkov was dispatched to cover another big show as an official photographer. Here’s what he captured when the Smashing Pumpkins played the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on August 8. First
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First day of spring! Now if those dirty piles of snow in parking lots would just go away. Here’s what I found for music news for March 20, 2018. Canadian music sales vs.
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Metric’s concert film, Dreams So Real, will have a theatrical release before it ends up on DVD/Blu-ray this week. Fans will have a chance to see it in 24 theatres across Canada (and
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Whilst in Shanghai, I almost got to see one of those weird Chinese airport fights where angry passengers took on angry gate attendants. I had my cell phone ready and everything, but the
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