Black Mountain
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Black Mountain are back and doing shows, Sarah Harmer wants people to bring bathing suits to a picnic, and Malajube are getting covered by Plants And Animals.
To find out what this all means, go here.
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Lady Gaga & Aaliyah
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
It was this week in 2008 when Lady Gaga first introduced herself to us with her debut album. Joe Strummer of The Clash was also introduced to the world in a literal sense — it was his birthday. Oh, and Aaliyah died.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
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B.o.B
Grammy-nominated rapper B.o.B. has a bit of the Agent Mulder in him.
We know this because Sarah interviewed him awhile back, and though he was reluctant to come out and outright say it (smart… probably doesn’t want to be called a crackpot), in his mind we’re already living in an episode of The X-Files.
He said, “Whenever mankind is ready for all of the veils and curtains to be lifted, they’ll be lifted. But, until then, the show must go on. And… the truth is out there.”
Sounds like a dude who believes in aliens, right?
To read the full story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
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Our Lady Peace
The late ’90s were a big time for Canadian music and sometimes I don’t think the artists from that period get their just due now that we have international superstars like Drake, Arcade Fire and miscellaneous.
One of the biggest bands back then were Our Lady Peace. They’re still kicking these days and I talked to them for Huffington Post Music Canada.
To read the story, click here.
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Kathleen Edwards
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Metric go vogue, Radio Radio feel the need to pee and Kathleen Edwards confesses to being a maniac about something.
To find out what this all means, go here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 