Taylor Swift & Tom Odell
British next big thing Tom Odell and serial boyfriend disposer Taylor Swift may or may not be circling each other in some publici-dating capacity. If they are in fact the real deal, however, Sarah will have been one of the first people to track the genesis of the fledgling relationship.
It seems Odell thinks Swift is deeper and darker than she gets credit for, and Swift just thinks Odell’s OMG good.
It must be love.
Read the full story over at Spinner.
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Grimes’ boots
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Because I went on vacation last week I broke from the traditional Polaris People format and instead found 10 Great Gifs involving past Polaris nominees. Grimes‘ boots are in there, so is Damian Abraham from Fucked Up flopping around as well as Feist shooting fireworks.
To see what I’m talking about, go here.
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Deaf Ears
In the exciting world of marquee guest appearances I recently got the chance to be part of the Deaf Ears Podcast crew’s 30th edition, “State Of The Game 2013.”
Run by Urban Guy‘s Ryan B. Patrick and Completely Ignored‘s Cameron Gordon, Deaf Ears’ format is usually a rant session between the pair based on a specific artist like Daft Punk, Black Eyed Peas, Blondie or whoever. For this edition, however, we can-openered a vast array of topics. Some of these included:
* The existential angst of Chad Kroeger.
* Which pop starlets have a chance of being legit in 20 years. (not Britney Spears).
* What the big musical trend for this year will be (Drake imitators).
… and a whole bunch of other stuff.
To check out the Deaf Ears site head here. To download the epicness that is three fellas “of a certain vintage” ranting about music, you can score the podcast on iTunes. It’s free, so your only excuse not to is because you hate the idea of listening to three dudes mumble about music for an hour.
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Cadence Weapon
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
For this one we pondered The Weeknd‘s lurid new music video, then took our minds out of the gutter with Cadence Weapon‘s new video, then we contemplated some of the awards Grimes is currently nominated for.
To read this week’s column, go here.
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Who is Arcade Fire?
My latest “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
In this installment we revisit two great moments — the debut of Rebecca Black‘s “Friday” and the “Who is Arcade Fire?” meme — as well as find an excuse to mention Gino Vannelli.
To find out why and to read a bunch of other stuff that made music history, click here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 