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Incoming: Great Bloomers - "This Ain't You (Live @ TARA)"

gormsey wrote 2 weeks ago: Via Exclaim’s Click Hear A great song from a great album by a great band gets that much greate … more →

Tags: Incoming, Canrock, Click Hear, Great Bloomers, live, Music, Secret Sessions, Speak of Trouble, Tara

Off-season hockey books and other Toronto tidbits

Sarah wrote 2 months ago: I was up in Toronto for a few days earlier this week. Mostly work, but I did fit in an awesome Tragi … more →

Tags: General NHL, media, Hurricanes, Management, coyotes, Penguins, General Hockey, Playoffs, ownership

Yes, We CanCon?

Jaime Weinman wrote 2 months ago: The CRTC has decided to delay the issue of balancing CanCon with AmCon (YankCon?), announcing that … more →

Tags: TV Guidance, CRTC

I'm John Lennon in sixty-seven

Nelson Yee wrote 2 months ago: An interview with some thoughtful answers by Rick McGinnis who until recently wrote a column for the … more →

Tags: Commentary, Digital Media, Links, Music, technology, Television, CBC, media, rickmcginnis

C'est Bon2 comments

mary wrote 2 months ago: One night last fall Matthew took me to Gus’ Pub in north end Halifax for a CKDU fundraiser whe … more →

Tags: Classic Rock, The Stampeders, kim mitchell, trooper, the pursuit of happiness, degrassi, NFB

The Almost-All-CanCon Episode! With Guest Co-host Amanda!

Duncan wrote 2 months ago: Marine Girls, Fridays Jarvis Cocker, Angela Coconut Records, Microphone Great Lake Swimmers, P … more →

Tags: Playlists, Video, Amanda, amandaash

Let us watch what we want112 comments

Andrew Coyne wrote 2 months ago: If Canadian broadcasters were capable of producing a decent drama, this would have the makings of a … more →

Tags: Canada, Andrew Coyne, CRTC, Konrad von Finckenstein

Canrock 90s: Matthew Good Band - "Alabama Motel Room"2 comments

gormsey wrote 3 months ago: Celebrating the best(?) of 90s Cancon sanctioned modern rock. Okay, so Matt Good has actually done a … more →

Tags: Video, Can-rock 90s, Canrock, Fox Fest, matthew good band, matthew good, Vancovuer, Last of the Ghetto Astronauts, Underdogs

A Fully Loaded Road Trip

gormsey wrote 3 months ago: Fully Loaded are a band on the brink. The Vancouver quartet have worked tirelessly since they won a … more →

Tags: Music, Vancouver, Toronto, 99.3 the fox, fully loaded, Band, Seeds Contest, State of Shock, Default

Record Review: Josh Reichmann Oracle Band - "Crazy Power"

gormsey wrote 3 months ago: The Josh Reichmann Oracle Band take ’70s funk and glam rock, mix them with a dash of post-mill … more →

Tags: Video, Reviews, Record Review, Thrush Hermit, sebastien grainger, Music, TV on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, Josh Reichmann Oracle Band

Live Review: Sloan w/ Will Currie and Zeus @ Mod Club

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: Sloan’s CMW appearance marked the third time in under a year the band played the Mod Club. Gigging s … more →

Tags: Live Review, Sloan, Music, jay ferguson, Chris Murphy, Andrew Scott, Mod Club, live, CMW

Cancon in the Kids' Music Blogosphere

sweetpea77 wrote 4 months ago: As if I’m having trouble finding time to catch up on postings with this whole parenting thing … more →

Tags: Indie, Pop, canadian, Feist, Sesame Street

Record Review: Bell Orchestre - "As Seen Through Windows"

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: Believe it or not, there was once a time when an instrumental pop song or soundtrack could rival Bea … more →

Tags: Reviews, Record Review, Music, Canrock, montreal, arcade fire, Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through Windows, John McIntire

Record Review: Ten Second Epic - "Hometown"

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: Edmonton’s Ten Second Epic can do suburban punk with the best of them. So the question with Ho … more →

Tags: Reviews, Record Review, Music, Fall Out Boy, Can rock, ten second epic, Hometown, Lights, Simple Plan

Record Review: Attack In Black - "Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)"1 comment

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: Years (By One Thousand Fingertips) is the spiritual follow-up to Attack In Black’s 2007 breakt … more →

Tags: Reviews, Record Review, Music, attack in black, Marriage, Can rock, Neil Young, Years (By One Thousand Fingertips, city and colour

Record Review: 3 Inches of Blood - "Battlecry Under a Winter Sun"1 comment

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: Battlecry Under A Winter Sun is volume one of Vancouver’s 3 Inches Of Blood, back when the gro … more →

Tags: Reviews, Record Review, Music, Can rock, 3 Inches of Blood, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Hot Hot Heat, Three Inches of Blood

Record Review: Dance Yourself to Death - Ready For Love

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: With Ready For Love, Toronto, ON’s Dance Yourself To Death have created a fantastically fun de … more →

Tags: Reviews, Record Review, Music, Toronto, Canrock, Dance Yourself To Death, We Are All Made of Stone, the go-gos, pat benatar

Can-rock 90s: Salmonblaster - "Freeway"3 comments

gormsey wrote 4 months ago: Celebrating the best(?) of 90s Cancon sanctioned modern rock. I don’t really know much about t … more →

Tags: Can-rock 90s, Video, Much Music, Can rock, Salmonblaster, freeway, Sugar Rush, 90's, modern rock

Record Review: In-Flight Safety - We Are An Empire, My Dear

gormsey wrote 5 months ago: Innocuous is the most concise way to describe In-Flight Safety’s sophomore record. There … more →

Tags: Record Review, Reviews, Bon Iver, Canrock, Daniel Ledwell, Halifax, in flight safety, Music, Nova Scotia


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