As vaccinations increase and COVID-19 infections decline, New York City is preparing to host the 10th Anniversary edition of The Governor’s Ball! The music festival is back for 2021 over three days (Friday, September 24 to Sunday, September 26) at Citi Field (home of the New York Mets) and will feature monster headliners, a balanced […]
Osheaga has released their 2021 headliners for July 30 to August 1, 2021. As always, Osheaga offers up top tier entertainment, and this lineup is no different. Foo Fighters who were scheduled for 2020, are retaining their spot in the lineup for the Friday night rock session at the Parc Jean-Drapeau stage. Cardi B will […]
Spotify is rocking it on social media right now. Search #SpotifyWrapped on any platform, and you’ll find millions of results. There’s always controversy over streaming music. I use streaming as a way to check out bands that submit music to for our New Music Spotlight posts, to complement revenue for music I’ve purchased either digitally […]
On Sunday night the 2019 American Music Awards celebrated fan favourites across genres and generations with award presentations, performances, and special moments. A lot happened between Selena Gomez starting the show and Shania Twain ended it… and I did my best to keep up with a running diary of thoughts and takeaways as I watched […]
In The News Post #14 – November 19, 2019 In the news today… ☞ The Doobie Brothers are hitting the road. ☞ Metallica and Disturbed at Epicenter Festival 2020. ☞ 8 songs for your week – From The Strait. ☞ Indigenous Music Contributed Almost $80M To Canada’s GDP in 2018. ☞ Luke Combs scores 7th […]
New Music from Birds of Bellwoods, Tool, Post Malone, Angels & Airwaves, Lewis Capaldi, and Amber Run While Mother Nature has been messing with our hot, hazy days of summer, my inbox hasn’t been letting us down. It’s full of hot music. In this week’s New Music Spotlight, I’m bringing you all kinds of rock, […]
I was surprised when Spotify told me that I’d listened to 51% more music this year over last year. I didn’t know that was possible but yay me! There was a lot of music in my 2018. Some of it was live, some of it was streamed, and much of it was listened to on […]
New Music from Post Malone/Swae Lee, The Meringues, Tom Boy, POESY, and Jessie Reyes With so much great music coming in this week, I’ve got a Saturday edition of the New Music Spotlight for you. Featuring music from the hip-hop, punk, rock, indie and R&B genres, it includes five entries and we think it’s a […]
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their official launch, Spotify has released a selection of lists highlighting the most played artists and songs of the last decade. The information was published by Spotify on October 10, 2018, and includes an infographic that you can find at the bottom of this post. In total, six Top […]
On May 27th and 28th, Post Malone came to Toronto and played two soldout shows at RBC Echo Beach. The New York born, Texas-raised rapper/singer/songwriter/producer got a good taste of our May heat wave, but it didn’t slow him or the crowd down. Touring to support his sophomore album, Beerbongs & Bentleys, which was released in April, […]
North by Northeast has revealed the final pieces of their schedule and it includes the one-day Future Land conference. They’ve got some cool sessions on Wednesday, June 21st, the price is a very reasonable $29 and you can get them here. Want to know all about the festival? Visit our previous post – NXNE 2017 […]
North by Northeast has released their first 2017 artist announcement and it’s a good start. Now entering its 22nd year, the annual Toronto music festival returns to the Port Lands with Passion Pit, Tyler, the Creator and Post Malone in the headlining position for fthis venue. Also included in today’s announcement, Bleachers, Sleigh Bells, The Soul Rebels […]