Happy Canada Day! This year the country is celebrating Canada’s 146th birthday, and I thought it was worth putting together a little video playlist to celebrate the holiday with some of the best home grown music.
The Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan was packed with music lovers tonight as the 2013 Juno Awards telecast brought some of Canada’s best and brightest stars out to perform, and to pick up their hardware.
The 2013 Sirius XM Indies pulled out a packed crowd on Friday for independent acts ranging from gothic gospel to glam rock. Oh, and Metric performed, which might have something to do with the audience screaming at any reference to the band and growing in numbers as their set time neared.
Seven-time nominees Metric will headline The SiriusXM Indies at Canadian Music Week 2013 in Toronto on Friday, March 22 at the Kool Haus, it was announced today.
Want to check out Metric’s entire new album, Synthetica, before it even comes out on June 12? I’ve got some good news then. Metric has dropped the entire album on SoundCloud, letting fans embed it and listen to it before it’s available to buy.
After dropping hints for the last week, Metric have debuted their latest single “Youth Without Youth” from their upcoming album Synthetica, which drops on June 12.
Score: A Hockey Musical got the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival rolling at Roy Thomson Hall on Thursday, September 9, which was naturally followed by Astral Media’s annual opening night party at the Liberty Grand.
Canada’s biggest artists rocked the Rock (that would be Newfoundland, for the record) as the 2010 Juno Awards telecast brought the music to the fans in St. John’s Mile One stadium.
The Arkells kicked off the 2010 Juno Gala Dinner and Awards earlier tonight where most of the statues were handed out prior to the live telecast that will air tomorrow night. The band were also one of the winners during the evening, walking away with the Juno for best new group.
Nominees for the 2010 Juno Awards were announced this week and not surprisingly Michael Bublé led the way with a total of six nominations for his album Crazy Love.
