The Sheepdogs

August 17, 2011
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The Sheepdogs make it to the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. If you’ve been under a rock for the last month, you might not have heard that canadian rock band The Sheepdogs were one of 16 finalists in the running to become the First Unsigned Band ever to grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. [...]

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Hey Ocean!

August 4, 2011
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The band Hey Ocean! are no secret to the West Coast music scene, and they are poised for world dominance if they want it. HEY OCEAN! may be the most talented Indie Rock band in all of Canada (with the notable exceptions of Hey Rosetta! and Brasstronaut), although to brand them only as a rock [...]

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Canmore’s Folk Fest turns it up a notch

August 1, 2011
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This year’s Canmore Folk Festival featured some captivating performers, in particular Carolyn Wonderland and Delhi2Dublin. Whenever I tell friends I’m going to attend a Folk Festival, the response ranges anywhere from a deeply perplexed expression to that of barely suppressed sarcasm, as I can see them processing their mind’s images of the stereotype that typically [...]

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Arcade Fire win at The Grammies

February 16, 2011
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Arcade Fire shock everyone including themselves at the 2011 Grammy Awards by winning album of the year for The Suburbs I only managed to watch a few snippets of the 2011 Grammies while channel sufing, but was pleasantly surprised to find out later that The Arcade Fire and Neil Young had actually won awards. I [...]

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