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Audio Blood + Canadian Music Week

Audio Blood has a bunch of artists on their roster performing at Canadian Music Fest for CMW. They also have their own showcase happening at Sneaky Dee’s on Thursday. They’ve released a FREE mixtape to accompany their prep for CMW. Head over to their website, toss them your email and you’ll have the link sent […]

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The 11th Annual Canadian Independent Music Awards

The Indies (The Canadian Independent Music Awards), in its 11th year, will be taking place on Saturday, March 12th as part of Canadian Music Week. The event will take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel (Canadian Room) and will be broadcast live to air on XM Satellite Radio’s The Verge. The evening will include […]

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CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight 2011 – Thank You!

The Searchlight top 10 was announced today. We didn’t make the cut, but this didn’t really sadden us. Honestly, I think we were more disappointed to have seen some of our personal favourites get cut in this and earlier rounds. This has been an incredible experience for us! As relatively new bloggers, we never would […]

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CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight 2011!

It’s taken sometime for the news to really settle in… but wow, we’re in the top 20! Thank you so much! We are incredibly honoured to hve made it this far. Just… wow! Here’s a bit of an update of what we’ve been up to: Since starting up in August, we’ve bought shots for 41 […]

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An Instruction Manual for Krupke’s Last Show Ever

Krupke is one of the first bands that contacted us about covering their show or reviewing their album. We did both. Unfortunately, this group is throwing in the towel and, though this is a bit of sad news, the good news is that they’ll be throwing a party for their last show ever. Their last […]

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The Sheepdogs’ Chance to Grace to Cover of Rolling Stone

Saskatoon’s The Sheepdogs have the chance to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. How rad is that? Rolling Stone is running a contest called “Do You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star,” which has readers vote for bands by rating them. There are 16 finalists to choose from, after an extensive cut from […]

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ELEVEN: The Wavelength 11th Anniversary

We’re a little behind in reminding you all about this! Wavelength started up last night and it’s going on until Sunday! You still have a chance to see so many awesome bands! They’ve done great things for the independent music scene and have put on so many awesome shows. We highly recommend you attend. Click […]

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CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight 2011

WHOA! We made the top 30 for CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight 2011 for Best Music Website in Canada! THANK YOU! I did this for the last round, but I figure an introduction to our blog may be necessary. Here’s a little bit about what we’ve been up to: Since starting up in August, we’ve kept […]

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Morgan Cameron Ross’ Music Video and Puppy Naming Contest

  Morgan Cameron Ross is a singer-songwriter whose claim to fame has been with Birds of Wales. He’s been working hard on his solo effort, which is slated for release this year. The above video is for “Let It Go,” which is the first single off of the album. Watch the video because it comes […]

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CBC Radio 3 Searchlight 2011!

WOW! We made the top 60 for CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight 2011 for Best Music Website in Canada! We are completely honoured that our humble little blog made the list alongside so many great Canadian music websites that we personally follow. We are so flattered to have been nominated in the first place. We really […]

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