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Young Benjamins release Less Argue: Review
Saskatoon indie folk band plot CD release party at Amigos With their album available for streaming on Exclaim’s website, the Young Benjamins’ latest album, Less Argue, has hardly been a secret leading up to
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How Paul Lawton Became the Most Hated Man in Canadian Music: Timeline
Author of infamous blog ‘Slagging Off’ is a total sweetheart in real life The first time I met Paul Lawton was in Lethbridge in 1995. I immediately disliked him. We were both crushing on
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Musicians Say The Strangest Things: Art Essay
When you interview musicians every day you hear a lot of funny stories I’ve been writing freelance articles about rock bands for probably almost a decade now. And when you interview with various musicians
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Cobra & Vulture release new album: Interview
Montreal indie group still strong despite their long distance relationship Long distance relationships are ridiculously hard – call it emotional masochism – but Montreal’s Cobra & Vulture have managed to find strength in separation.
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Facebook’s Promote Option: Review
Facebook’s new “promote” option a failure, says musician *** Editor’s Note: During one of my frequent combings of the Internet, I ran across a blog post written by Chris Daviduik of Sexy Mathematics. Daviduik,
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Shooting Guns makes Polaris Prize long list
Local doom instrumentalists in line for $30,000 prize Saskatoon’s Shooting Guns have made the 2012 Polaris Prize long list for their album Born To Deal in Magic 1952-1976. For those not in the know,
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50′s Haze: blog spotlight
Saskatoon-based motorcycle blog captures international interest Back in the late 1990’s, a group of kids from the Shellbrook/Shell Lake region of Saskatchewan started a punk band called Ass Control. Formed from the ashes of
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Top Five Songs About Saskatoon
Toronto’s Eamon McGrath pens ode to Saskatoon on latest album Eamon McGrath, originally from Edmonton and now based out of Toronto, is about to drop his latest album Young Canadians. While it’s easily one
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Fisticuffs releases a video for the song “Live Well”
Local folk musicians release video with Calgary videographer “We had a group hug and a cigarette and spent the rest of the afternoon trying to somehow not butcher this sort of emotional country song
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OMFEST Preview: Lady Deathstryke
Saskatoon’s Lady Deathstryke are a three-piece band who have taken up the cause of combining punk rock with the magic of ostentatious heroic exploits. “Although I still believe in a lot of punk ideologies
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