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by | July 27, 2013 · 10:54 pm

TIFF 2013: Andre 3000, Alice Cooper, Mos Def In Movies Coming To Fest

Jimi 3000

Jimi 3000

The first round of films has been announced for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and there are lots of music-related movies to be investigated.

Tom Hiddleston, best known as Thor nemesis Loki, will play a punk vampire in Only Lovers Left Alive, Outkast’s Andre 3000 will be Jimi Hendrix in All By My Side, Mos Def is in a film called Life Of Crime and Mike Myers turns a run-in with Alice Cooper’s guardian into Supermench: The Legend Of Shep Gordon.

There are more movies to be announced still, but Sarah’s got the lowdown on these and more for Huffington Post Music Canada.

To read the full story go here.

 

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by | July 27, 2013 · 10:39 pm

Polaris People For The Week Of July 26 (Feist! Drake! Broken Social Scene!)

Feist

Feist

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

This week we found out about the solid Feist is doing in Alberta, watched Drake start at the bottom and checked out a new Broken Social Scene song.

To read the column go here.

P.S. In other Polaris news we’re trying to start a Kathleen Edwards drinking game and Q Magazine is now on it.

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by | July 24, 2013 · 3:12 pm

Kanye’s Damn Croissants And Other Songs About Baked Goods

Hurry up with Kanye's damn croissants

Hurry up with Kanye’s damn croissants

By now everyone’s aware that when Kanye West is in a French restaurant he really wants people to hurry up with his damn croissants.

Inspired by Kanye’s need for flaky morning pastry in the song “I Am A God” Sarah went looking for other baked good-inspired songs.

To read the whole mouth-watering list head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.

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by | July 20, 2013 · 1:53 pm

The Origins Of The Unity Festival

Mike Prosserman of Unity Charity

Mike Prosserman of Unity Charity

The Unity Festival is happening this weekend in Toronto. The marquee event for this gathering of aspiring and established hip-hop artists will be a free Talib Kweli show tonight at Yonge-Dundas Square.

There is, however, a far greater purpose to Unity than putting on a big concert. The Unity Charity, an after-school arts and leadership program based in disadvantaged neighborhoods, has been help young adults grow and develop.

I talked to Mike Prosserman, a former competitive breakdancer and founder of the charity, to explain exactly what they do and why they do it.

To read the story head over to Samaritan Mag here.

 

 

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by | July 20, 2013 · 1:28 pm

Polaris People For The Week Of July 19 (Reaction To The Short List)

Metz

Metz

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

The 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List got announced this week and amongst a narrow band of music writers and music fans this was a really big deal. As such, we tracked some of the reactions to the names that made it on the list and the ones that didn’t.

To read the column go here.

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