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Sloan’s Murderecords garage sale set for May 31

May 18, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I don’t know of another band anywhere on the planet that opens up to fans for a spring garage sale, but Sloan is doing it for the fourth time. The sale is schedule

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Record Collecting

Jay Ferguson of Sloan had something for Antiques Roadshow and…

December 18, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Sometimes when there’s absolutely nothing on, I’ll watch a show like Storage Wars, Pawn Stars, and in a pinch Antiques Roadshow because it’s fun to see people discover that they’ve got some sort

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Concerts

Photos and a review of Sloan in Toronto.

December 5, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5 min read

[Emily Plunkett was dispatched to cover this hometown gig. – AC] In the 40-odd times I have seen Sloan live, never once have I been left this overwhelmed following one of their performances.

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Photos and a review of Canadian indie supergroup The Trans-Canada Highwaymen in Ottawa

May 13, 2024 Alan Cross 1 Comment 4 min read

[Photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Karen Coughtrey were on the case again. – AC] Nostalgia was on the menu Friday Night (May 10) in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre as the Trans-Canada

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Music News

Sloan has announced another garage sale

May 11, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Sloan is back in spring cleaning mode which means it’s time for the band to hold another garage sale.It’ll run from noon to 3 pm on Saturday, May 25. Here’s what Sloan says:

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Concerts

Feeling housebound? Here’s a Canadian summer music festival you can look forward to: Born and Raised

January 30, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

One of the cooler small festivals in Ontario has been the Born & Raised Festival in Montebello Park in St. Catharines. It will return this year July 5-6 with a nice lineup. Alexisonfire

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Music News

Sloan is holding another garage sale and everyone is invited

May 25, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

[A preview from Elisa F.G. – AC] “Please sir, I want some more” the famous bold move by Oliver Twist, the second novel by Charles Dickens of the same name. Second slice of

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Concerts

Photos from Sloan in concert in Ottawa

February 5, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

[Another photo report and review from Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald. – AC] On Thursday night (February 2), just prior to the first big deep freeze of the year, Sloan came to Ottawa to

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Music News

Unison Jam returns with Karaoke Edition

January 15, 2023 Amber Healy 0 Comments 2 min read

Have you ever found yourself singing along with a song on the radio or at home and thinking how much fun it would be to sing with the band yourself?  Unison Jam, back

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The immortal Sloan

August 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I have been told by many people that the average lifespan of a band is about seven years. But then there are bands like Sloan. Their roots go back to 1986 when Chris

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Music News

There’s a petition to get Sloan into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

August 11, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments 4 min read

[As a Sloan fan myself, I’m happy to help Emily Plunkett with her crusade to see Sloan inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. She wrote this plea. -AC] These two photographs

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