THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER ANNOUNCE 2018 TOUR DATES IN TORONTO, VANCOUVER, EDMONTON, CALGARY AND MORE JUNO AWARD NOMINATED BC DUO’S APOCALIPSTICK UP FOR THREE MAPLE BLUES AWARDS On the heels of three Maple Blues Award nominations, the [...]
DROPKICK MURPHYS ANNOUNCE DATES FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY TOUR 2018 OPENING ACTS AGNOSTIC FRONT & BIM SKALA BIM Dropkick Murphys have announced the dates for their headlining St. Patrick’s Day Tour 2018. Marking their first U.S. tour of the [...]
PEARL JAM SUMMER 2018 EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCED BAND TO PLAY TWO LONDON O2 ARENA SHOWS JUNE 18th + 19th Pearl Jam will embark on a fourteen-date European tour in June and July of 2018 including two shows at the O2 Arena June 18th and 19th. October [...]
BLONDIE PRESENTS PUNK, POLITICS AND PROTEST IN NEW VIDEO “DOOM OR DESTINY” STARRING DEBBIE HARRY AND JOAN JETT TAKEN FROM THE ACCLAIMED ALBUM POLLINATOR “In trying times, we try harder. Politics have become the new pop culture [...]
KIM WILDE & THRASH METAL BAND LAWNMOWER DETH TO RELEASE ANTI-CHRISTMAS SONG “F U KRISTMAS” OUT DECEMBER 1 VIA WILDEFLOWER RECORDS Kim Wilde, the most successful female UK artist of the 80s, has joined forces with thrash metal [...]
JERRY LEGER BRINGS NEW ALBUM TO THE DAKOTA TAVERN FOR FINAL SHOW OF THE YEAR ON DECEMBER 22 DOUBLE-ALBUM NONSENSE AND HEARTACHE OUT NOW VIA LATENT RECORDINGS Jerry Leger is wrapping up a very busy year supporting his new double album Heartache [...]
DAFT PUNK RELEASE HOLIDAY SPECIALTIES Daft Punk have unveiled their 2017 line of commemorative Christmas items alongside more of their celebrated vintage magazine style adverts – see item descriptions and ads below. As always, their [...]
AC/DC GUITARIST AND CO-FOUNDER MALCOLM YOUNG PASSED AWAY AT 64 (JAN 6, 1953 – NOV 18, 2017) AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young who has suffered a long battle with dementia has passed away at the age of 64. He was born in Scotland on January 6, [...]
OLE LABEL GROUP CELEBRATES CANADIAN MUSICAL ICON STOMPIN’ TOM CONNORS’ INDUCTION INTO CANADA’S WALK OF FAME On November 15, one of Canada’s most prolific and iconic artists, Stompin’ Tom Connors, was inducted [...]
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL TO RELEASE NEW LP CROOKED SHADOWS ON DINE ALONE RECORDS FEBRUARY 9 LEAD SINGLE “WE FIGHT” RELEASED Dashboard Confessional has announced details of their long-awaited new album, Crooked Shadows, to be released [...]
NILS FRAHM ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ALL MELODY AND CANADIAN TOUR DATES For the past two years, Nils Frahm has been building a brand new studio in Berlin to make his 7th studio album titled All Melody, which will be released on January 26th, 2018 via [...]
BORN RUFFIANS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘UNCLE DUKE AND THE CHIEF’ TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 16 NEW SINGLE “FORGET ME” RELEASED Born Ruffians will release their new studio album Uncle, Duke & The Chief on February 16th, [...]
NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL SET TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM THE VISITOR COMING DECEMBER 1st Neil Young + Promise Of The Real will release their new studio album The Visitor [Reprise Records] on Friday, December 1, 2017 in stores and via all [...]
THE FRATELLIS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND RELEASE NEW TRACK “THE NEXT TIME WE WED” IN YOUR OWN SWEET TIME OUT MARCH 9 VIA COOKING VINYL The Fratellis have returned! After four albums and hundreds of sell-out shows across the world, the [...]
THE DEAD MILKMEN RELEASE NEW EP ANNOUNCE REMIX CONTEST Philly punk icons the Dead Milkmen are pleased to announce their new EP, Welcome to the End of the World, out this month on The Giving Groove. And to celebrate, the band is launching a remix [...]
“BEST INDIE” NOMINEE FXRRVST ANNOUNCE TWO NOVEMBER DATES THE 2017 TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES WILL PERFORM FROM THEIR 2017 RELEASE, MAY XXVI When a two-piece band unearths such an instant synergy, snapping together like magnets, it [...]
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘I LIKE FUN’ OUT JANUARY 19 HEADING 2 Why is the world in love again? They Might Be Giants has announced the release of I Like Fun, a remarkable 15-track album to be available physically and [...]
NEW GORD DOWNIE VIDEO REVEALED AHEAD OF UPCOMING ALBUM INTRODUCE YERSELF In the lead up to the release of Gord Downie’s new double album, Introduce Yerself, Arts & Crafts has shared a video that documents the creation of the album’s closing [...]
CULTURE CLUB SET TO RELEASE LIVE AT WEMBLEY DVD ON DECEMBER 8 As Boy George says, “We were thrilled to be back home for the final show of such a highly successful reunion tour. Being able to document this show on film before our hometown fans, [...]
FRANZ FERDINAND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ALWAYS ASCENDING DUE FEBRUARY 9TH | TITLE TRACK RELEASED TODAY Always Ascending,the new album from Franz Ferdinand, will be released by Domino on Friday February 9th, 2018. Nothing short of a rebirth, the [...]
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GORD DOWNIE HAS PASSED AWAY AT AGE 53 Canadian music legend Gord Downie has passed away at the age of 53. He was diagnosed in 2015 with a form of aggressive brain cancer named glioblastoma. The band released 14 albums over their career and did [...]
