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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Band of the Week - O.A.R. (Of A Revolution)
This alternative rock/jam band group formed at during their time at the Ohio State University after four of the five members started the band in their high school years in Rockville, Maryland.
Th band consists of Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), Chris Culos (drums, percussion), Richard On (guitar, backing vocals), Benj Gershman (bass guitar), and Jerry DePizzo (saxophone, guitar, snare drum kit, backing vocals). The band has enjoyed much success due to the transfer of music through the internet as well as having songs relate to those in high school and university.
O.A.R. has released six studio albums (The Wanderer (1997), Soul's Aflame (2000), Risen (2001), In Between Now and Then (2003), Stories of a Stranger (2005), All Sides (2008)) and four live albums (Any Time Now (2002), 34th & 8th (2004), Live from Madison Square Garden (2007), Rain or Shine (2010)). The one thing that sets O.A.R. apart from other bands is their ability to produce a sound greater than or equal to the sound from the studio album. Some great things about their live songs are that they will add introductions, bridges, or even change some of the lyrics to make that specific performance unique for the fans.
Below is one of my favourite tracks from them titled Wonderful Day from Stories of a Stranger
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Th band consists of Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), Chris Culos (drums, percussion), Richard On (guitar, backing vocals), Benj Gershman (bass guitar), and Jerry DePizzo (saxophone, guitar, snare drum kit, backing vocals). The band has enjoyed much success due to the transfer of music through the internet as well as having songs relate to those in high school and university.
O.A.R. has released six studio albums (The Wanderer (1997), Soul's Aflame (2000), Risen (2001), In Between Now and Then (2003), Stories of a Stranger (2005), All Sides (2008)) and four live albums (Any Time Now (2002), 34th & 8th (2004), Live from Madison Square Garden (2007), Rain or Shine (2010)). The one thing that sets O.A.R. apart from other bands is their ability to produce a sound greater than or equal to the sound from the studio album. Some great things about their live songs are that they will add introductions, bridges, or even change some of the lyrics to make that specific performance unique for the fans.
Below is one of my favourite tracks from them titled Wonderful Day from Stories of a Stranger
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New Album Reviews
Posted by dannyp
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11/15/2010 07:58:00 AM
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Three new albums came out this past October from some of my favourite artists, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, and The Arcade Fire. Below are my initial reactions to the new albums from these artists.
Kings of Leon - Come around sundown
This album sounded like Kings of Leon were trying to get old fans back by integrating their new style that we heard in Only by the Night with the style most fans grew and loved in Because of the Times or Aha Shake Heartbreak. This integration did not work very effectively, in my opinion, and produces another album that fans of the old hits such as Fans, My Party, Mcfearless, won't enjoy since they have yet again let out that old sound that defined Kings of Leon.
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park have once again produced a sound that defines their unique style. Similar to the album Minutes to Midnight, they have some upbeat tracks along with some that slow down the mood. Nonetheless, Linkin Park continues to impress with their new album and a North American Tour announcement today at Noon EST. With Linkin Park producing these types of albums fans will continue to show their support for a great band.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The third studio album from this band was a knock out similar to their first two albums Funeral and Neon Bible. The Arcade Fire maintain their style and produce another great album that all fans will enjoy. With hits on this album such as Deep Blue, Ready to Start, and Empty Room, it is easy to see how fans can say that they enjoy the way Arcade Fire produces albums. Contrary to Kings of Leon, they have maintained their original sound and never disappoint fans by producing new albums.
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Kings of Leon - Come around sundown
This album sounded like Kings of Leon were trying to get old fans back by integrating their new style that we heard in Only by the Night with the style most fans grew and loved in Because of the Times or Aha Shake Heartbreak. This integration did not work very effectively, in my opinion, and produces another album that fans of the old hits such as Fans, My Party, Mcfearless, won't enjoy since they have yet again let out that old sound that defined Kings of Leon.
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park have once again produced a sound that defines their unique style. Similar to the album Minutes to Midnight, they have some upbeat tracks along with some that slow down the mood. Nonetheless, Linkin Park continues to impress with their new album and a North American Tour announcement today at Noon EST. With Linkin Park producing these types of albums fans will continue to show their support for a great band.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The third studio album from this band was a knock out similar to their first two albums Funeral and Neon Bible. The Arcade Fire maintain their style and produce another great album that all fans will enjoy. With hits on this album such as Deep Blue, Ready to Start, and Empty Room, it is easy to see how fans can say that they enjoy the way Arcade Fire produces albums. Contrary to Kings of Leon, they have maintained their original sound and never disappoint fans by producing new albums.
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Band of the Week - Satellite Stories
Satellite Stories is an indie pop band based out of Oulu, Finland, that provides an new energetic feel to their music. The band confesses that they enjoy the party scene and that it why their music has influence from electronic dance music. Other bands with a similar style include Tokyo Police Club and Two Door Cinema Club.
As of right now the only two songs you can find from this great band are Kids Aren't Safe In The Metro (featured below) and Helsinki Art Scene. Hopefully when their EP debuts some new songs will appear, but for now enjoy the songs we have.
Nuff Said!
DPP
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As of right now the only two songs you can find from this great band are Kids Aren't Safe In The Metro (featured below) and Helsinki Art Scene. Hopefully when their EP debuts some new songs will appear, but for now enjoy the songs we have.
Nuff Said!
DPP
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Band of the Week Miike Snow
Miike Snow is an indie pop, electropop band out of Stockholm Sweeden. They have released their first self titled album in 2007, which features hits such as "The Rabbit", "Animal", and "Silvia". The band consists of Andrew Wyatt, and the producing team of Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg.
The band has remixed bands such as Kings of Leon and Passion Pit and have been remixed by artists such as Peter Bjorn and John, DJ Mehdi, and Sky Ferreira.
Below is the remix of Animal by Sky Ferreira and then the original by Miike Snow.
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The band has remixed bands such as Kings of Leon and Passion Pit and have been remixed by artists such as Peter Bjorn and John, DJ Mehdi, and Sky Ferreira.
Below is the remix of Animal by Sky Ferreira and then the original by Miike Snow.
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Band of the Week - Editors
A British indie rock band based in Birmingham, formed in 2002. The band consists of Tom Smith (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano), Chris Urbanowicz (lead guitar, synthesizer), Russell Leetch (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Ed Lay (drums, percussion). Editors have released three albums, The Back Room, The End Has a Start, and In This Light and On This Evening.
Renowned for their explosive live performance, Editors have been compared to Echo & The Bunnyman, Interpol, Joy Division, and U2.
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Here is the video to the song Papillon.
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The Tragically Hip Meets Star Wars....
The best of both worlds? Yes indeed...
A band out of Buffalo, NY called "The Tragically Sith" plays Hip covers but changes the words to match Star Wars. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/tragicallysith.
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A band out of Buffalo, NY called "The Tragically Sith" plays Hip covers but changes the words to match Star Wars. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/tragicallysith.
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Band of the Week - Minus the Bear
Minus the Bear is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. Originally formed in 2001, Minus the Bear has released four studio albums, the latest being Planet of Ice, which released on August 21, 2007. The band is currently working on their fifth album and have released a new EP Into the Mirror.
Here is the video for the song Knights off Planet of Ice.
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Here is the video for the song Knights off Planet of Ice.
See the original post to view the video.
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Band of the Week - The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, aka T.S.O.O.L., is a Swedish rock band that originally formed in 1995. The have released 5 studio albums to date with Communion being the most recent in 2008.
North American success came for T.S.O.O.L. with the release of the album "Behind the Music", which was nominated for the Best Alternative Album at the 2003 Grammy's.
Their single Bigtime was the theme song for WWE Wrestlemania 21. As well is hit number 1 on the Swedish Charts.
Other notable achievements include touring with Oasis in 2002 throughout the United States to promote Behind the Music.
Below is the music video for Sister Surround, from the album Behind the Music. See original post to play.
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North American success came for T.S.O.O.L. with the release of the album "Behind the Music", which was nominated for the Best Alternative Album at the 2003 Grammy's.
Their single Bigtime was the theme song for WWE Wrestlemania 21. As well is hit number 1 on the Swedish Charts.
Other notable achievements include touring with Oasis in 2002 throughout the United States to promote Behind the Music.
Below is the music video for Sister Surround, from the album Behind the Music. See original post to play.
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Band of the Week - The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets is a supergroup formed out of Sheffield, England. The members are Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane of the Rascals, and James Ford a composer/producer.
Currently signed on with Domino Records, The Last Shadow Puppets have released one album to date title "The Age of Understatement". The album was quick to reach number one on the UK charts only 2 months after is was released in February 2008. The band has three singles off the album, The Age of Understatement, Standing Next to Me, and My Mistakes Were Made for You.
The Last Shadow Puppets plan to record in 2009 for their next album.
See original post for the video of The Age of Understatement
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Currently signed on with Domino Records, The Last Shadow Puppets have released one album to date title "The Age of Understatement". The album was quick to reach number one on the UK charts only 2 months after is was released in February 2008. The band has three singles off the album, The Age of Understatement, Standing Next to Me, and My Mistakes Were Made for You.
The Last Shadow Puppets plan to record in 2009 for their next album.
See original post for the video of The Age of Understatement
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Our Lady Peace Canada Tour
Our Lady Peace is coming back to Canada and for this new Canadian Tour the band has picked select cities to play two of the best our lady peace albums, Clumsy and Spiritual Machines.
These special shows will have the band playing these albums (every song) on two separate nights. The special Canadian Venues for these shows include:
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These special shows will have the band playing these albums (every song) on two separate nights. The special Canadian Venues for these shows include:
- Cunard Centre -Halifax, NS
- Olympia Theatre - Montreal, QB
- Massey Hall - Toronto, ON
- Centennial Hall - London, ON
- Centre In The Square - Kitchener, ON
- Centrepointe Theatre - Ottawa, ON
- Capitol Centre - North Bay, ON
- Thunder Bay Community Auditorium - Thunder Bay, ON
- Burton Cummings Theatre - Winnepeg, MB
- Conexus Arts Centre - Regina, SK
- TCU Place - Saskatoon, SK
- Edmonton Event Centre - Edmonton, AB
- EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Concert Hall - Calgary, AB
- Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC
- Port Theatre - Nanaimo, BC
- Royal Theatre - Victoria, BC
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Neil Young Sings Fresh Prince Theme?
Jimmy Fallon dresses up like Neil Young and sings the fresh prince theme song. This is hilarious
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Band of the Week - Foals
Foals is an Indie rock band out of Oxford England. They have one full length album entitled Antidotes, released in March 2008.
Here is there video for Cassius
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Edgefest '09 Post Show
Posted by dannyp
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6/21/2009 01:56:00 AM
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So Edgefest 09 was yesterday and it was an exciting day of new rock.
The second stage had some great performances by Flash Lightnin', The Johnstones, The Waking Eyes, and Moneen. If you haven't heard of these bands i suggest you go out and buy their CD's, they are awesome.
Arkells had an amazing kick off for the main stage and were followed by other great performances by the Stills & K-OS.
Metric was an interesting performance because they sounded decent but before their last song Emily preached to the crowd about how Canada and the United States need a common national anthem. This led to a speech about how we need to save the planet and then led to their closing number stadium love.
Alexisonfire followed and brought high energy to the crowd. Playing some new tracks from their newest CD, Old Crows, Young Cardinals, coming out tuesday June 23rd. The only downside to their performance was Dallas Green, he didn't seem to be on for all the songs.
AFI was the worst selection for edgefest and killed the buzz Alexisonfire started. Things were wierd because they decided to pull a David Bowe cover.
But the final performance by Billy Talent was unbelievable. From the moment they started to the moment they left they showed the crowd why they were the perfect selection as the headliners. They came in and mentioned how it was a dream come true, since six years ago they were playing at edgefest on the third stage as the first band. Billy Talent rocked the crowd with some of their old tracks and provided us with a taste of what's in store next month when Billy Talent III comes out.
Overall it was a great day even though the rain came and went, turning the grass to mud.
Can't wait until edgefest '10.
Nuff Said!
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The second stage had some great performances by Flash Lightnin', The Johnstones, The Waking Eyes, and Moneen. If you haven't heard of these bands i suggest you go out and buy their CD's, they are awesome.
Arkells had an amazing kick off for the main stage and were followed by other great performances by the Stills & K-OS.
Metric was an interesting performance because they sounded decent but before their last song Emily preached to the crowd about how Canada and the United States need a common national anthem. This led to a speech about how we need to save the planet and then led to their closing number stadium love.
Alexisonfire followed and brought high energy to the crowd. Playing some new tracks from their newest CD, Old Crows, Young Cardinals, coming out tuesday June 23rd. The only downside to their performance was Dallas Green, he didn't seem to be on for all the songs.
AFI was the worst selection for edgefest and killed the buzz Alexisonfire started. Things were wierd because they decided to pull a David Bowe cover.
But the final performance by Billy Talent was unbelievable. From the moment they started to the moment they left they showed the crowd why they were the perfect selection as the headliners. They came in and mentioned how it was a dream come true, since six years ago they were playing at edgefest on the third stage as the first band. Billy Talent rocked the crowd with some of their old tracks and provided us with a taste of what's in store next month when Billy Talent III comes out.
Overall it was a great day even though the rain came and went, turning the grass to mud.
Can't wait until edgefest '10.
Nuff Said!
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Edgefest 09
Posted by dannyp
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6/13/2009 10:22:00 PM
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So this Saturday, June 20, 2009 a great yearly music festvial will be held at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Edgefest.
here are some details
11:00am - Doors
Main Stage
1:30pm - Arkells
2:20pm - The Stills
3:10pm - K-OS
4:10pm - Metric
5:40pm - Alexisonfire
7:10pm - AFI
8:50pm - Billy Talent
Second Stage
12:00pm - The Johnstones
12:35pm - Still Life Still
3:30pm - La Casa Muerte
4:10pm - Flash Lightnin'
4:45pm - The Midway State
5:20pm - Cancer Bats
5:55pm - The Waking Eyes
6:40pm - Moneen
some good performances will be flash lightnin', the arkells, the waking eyes, cancer bats, if moneen and alexisonfire do a switcheroo, and metric.
Check it out if you havent got your tickets already
Nuff Said!
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here are some details
11:00am - Doors
Main Stage
1:30pm - Arkells
2:20pm - The Stills
3:10pm - K-OS
4:10pm - Metric
5:40pm - Alexisonfire
7:10pm - AFI
8:50pm - Billy Talent
Second Stage
12:00pm - The Johnstones
12:35pm - Still Life Still
1:10pm - Clothes Make the Man
1:45pm - Beast
2:20pm - Dean Lickyer
2:55pm - Dinosaur Bones1:45pm - Beast
2:20pm - Dean Lickyer
3:30pm - La Casa Muerte
4:10pm - Flash Lightnin'
4:45pm - The Midway State
5:20pm - Cancer Bats
5:55pm - The Waking Eyes
6:40pm - Moneen
some good performances will be flash lightnin', the arkells, the waking eyes, cancer bats, if moneen and alexisonfire do a switcheroo, and metric.
Check it out if you havent got your tickets already
Nuff Said!
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