Here you go: stream Austra’s new album Olympia!
~LG
Jun
17
2013
May
23
2013
May
10
2013
A completely hilarious and unfair list of 8 bands with the worst fans!
Play the ‘Guess Who’s Fan’ game: “summer is your favourite season, you don’t believe in the tyranny of soap, you love weed and you hate shoes.”
GO!
~Lana
Apr
30
2013
Broken Social Scene is pretty much the Kevin Bacon of Canadian Indie Rock.
We’ve put together an infographic to show the creative span of supergroup Broken Social Scene! The band has had more than 20 members who have formed their own bands, and in some cases those bands have featured members of other notable acts.
To emphasize the collective nature of the scene, we’ve also included several members who simply collaborated on recordings. For instance, KC Accidental was Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin’s band, but their recordings feature at least seven other BSS members.
Oh, and if you’re curious, BSS is only two degrees removed from Kevin Bacon.
~Lana
Apr
24
2013
We asked you what bands you’d have in the lineup for your Canadian dream festival. You were allowed to choose any Canadian bands you wanted (even if they don’t exist any more), at any venue you could imagine.
The result: the Too Good To Be True Canadian Music Festival!
~LG
Apr
16
2013
Stream the new (34-track) album Arts & Crafts: 2003–2013!
Featuring hits, rarities and covers from the label’s respectable roster.
Want to win it? Sure you do!
Check out the Arts & Crafts prize pack giveaway:
To win one of five Arts & Crafts 10-year prize packs, including a double CD, tote bag, Broken Social Scene book (This Book Is Broken), T-shirt and stickers, write a Haiku about any Arts & Crafts band on the album and tweet it to @CBC_Music, tagging it #AC10Haiku.
The five best poems will win!
~LG
Apr
11
2013
Awesome and awkward: Canadian bands + choreographed dance moves
Who says choreography has to live in the land of pop? Check out these examples of musicians with sweet, sweet choreographed dance moves.
Go on, let them boogie and choo choo train their way into your heart.
~LG
Apr
02
2013
R.I.P. Robert Zildjian.
New Brunswick-based Sabian Cymbals founder dies at 89.
Coming from 10 generations of Armenian cymbal makers, Robert Zildjian set up shop in tiny Meductic, N.B. His cymbals have been used by drumming heavyweights including Neil Peart of Rush, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bill Cahn of the Nexus percussion group, Terry Bozzio of Frank Zappa’s band, jazz great Jack DeJohnette and dozens more.
Read more about his life here.
~LG
Apr
02
2013
Check out the story behind Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.”
Cash said, “I sat with my pen in my hand, trying to think up the worst reason a person could have for killing another person, and that’s what came to mind.”
~LG
Jan
31
2013
Smoothness showdown: Justin Timberlake vs. Robin Thicke
‘Best Baked Goods Innuendo’ is quite a category, really.
~Lana
