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If Then Do (Ottawa, Hull, Vancouver)

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If Then Do is an attitude toward sound; a sensibility borne of noise, dance, abstract electronix, om, plainsong, power, improv and composition but most of all any and all music borne of ideas and love.

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This is music that propells you in Limbo where only sounds can meet you. You can find yourself in a confused hospital wing or floating up into space station construction sites. I had the chance to play along side If Then Do at Le Petit Chicago a year ago and the duo blew me away. Stay on the lookout for If Then Do shows and be prepared to travel within the depth of their sounds.
Download their tunes here.

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HILOTRONS “HAPPYMATIC”

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In April of this year , HILOTRONS released their album “Happymatic” under Ottawa’s biggest label “Kelp Records”. The album is influenced by many different eras within the Pop Rock genders. From surf to 80’s Punk, along the lines of Elvis Costello. The diverse song styles make for a great summer album.
Listen to HILOTRONS here!

Or pick up the previous album Bella Simone at CDBaby now!
HILOTRONS: Bella Simone

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The Carps, Salt Lounge (London) July 16

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The Carps are from Scarborough, a pretend hood in Toronto. They are a duo that plays music for human ears. With the EP the “Young & Passionate Days of Carpedia,” and the most Recent offering “Waves & Shambles” the two ragamuffin punks deliver on the promise to set themselves far apart from elephants, swirly red and white candy, beards, brothers and sisters, and Phil Collins. The Carps stand alone. They sound like nothing you could imagine, and everything you’d like to.

(Want to hear? Pick up The Young and Passionate Days Of Carpedia from CDBaby right now)
THE CARPS: The Young and Passionate Days Of Carpedia

With Neil White captaining the Argo like ship, instructing the infused bass and synths with a focus akin to that of a Scientist, Jahmal Tonge plays the drums with the passion of a black baptist preacher, and sings & screams with the soul of the sweating young singer in the neighboring Juke Joint.

More on the Carps including their upcoming concert dates

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The Left: Bigger than the sum of its parts

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The Left - Pretty Things

The Left is consistently making heads turn in the Canadian music scene. It’s rare to find a group with a live show that is a good representation of its studio albums, but The Left doesn’t disappoint. The group’s live performances leave listeners with a lasting impression and the best of what rock can be – elegant storytelling, passionate vocals, melodic guitars and a rock-solid rhythm section. The young group has been touted as “Vancouver’s next Nickelback” by the press, and much like the Juno-award winning rockers, their hard work stands out just as much as their immense talent.

Buy Jesus Loves the Left and Roses Aren’t Good Enough from CDBaby:
THE LEFT: Jesus Loves the Left THE LEFT: Roses Aren't Good Enough

Coming off a victory at Vancouver’s 99.3 The Fox Seeds Competition in 2005, The Left ventured out on a 53-date Canadian Tour, garnering opening slots for major-label heavyweights Hedley, The Trews, and Tal Bachman. This exposure has solidified airplay in major radio markets, including Vancouver, Toronto and Winnipeg and even Japan on iRadio and NHK. With nearly 300 shows under their belt and 3 albums to date, the boys say they have just started to scratch the surface of the bans potential.

More on Vancouver’s The Left

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Hey Ocean continues their tour across Canada

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Hey Ocean - Too Soon

Hey Ocean is a young band with a remarkable talent for blending various musical styles into a brand of infectious pop that is uniquely their own.

The beautiful melodies and clever lyrics of singers Ashleigh Ball and David Beckingham have been described as both poetic and thought provoking, however it is apparent that these two play off each other effortlessly. The duo - who have had a long-standing musical relationship - are joined by the wildly energetic David Vertesi on bass and the groove-obsessed Daniel Klenner on drums. Together, they have created a musical repertoire that cannot be ignored – be it on radio, television or your neighbor’s iPod, Hey Ocean will soon be everywhere.
More on Hey Ocean including upcoming concert dates throughout Canada!

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NXNE: Hip Hop Confidential - Maestro Fresh Wes interviews Fab 5 Freddy

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Maestro Fres Wes and Fab 5 Freddy

Sat in on a conference entitled Hip Hop Confidential - Maestro Fresh Wes interviews Fab 5 Freddy and as always, Bambi the blogger delivers with - for your listening pleasure - an audio version of this exclusive interview straight from Toronto’s North By North East conference series!

Click the links (in order) to listen to the interview!

Part One: maestro-fresh-wes-and-fab-5-freddy2-01
Part Two: maestro-fresh-wes-and-fab-5-freddy2-02
Part Three: maestro-fresh-wes-and-fab-5-freddy2-03

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NXNE Blog: Bambi Blue, The Nomadic Blogger

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My adventure at NXNE is finally starting to get into full swing! It’s certainly been a… trying first few days in Toronto. I had half a half-bar connection to the ‘free wifi’ supplied with my booked accommodation which was totally bogus, of course. I had to sit facing a certain way to get the wifi to work for any longer than 5 minutes and then it would stop working at very key moments in posting and while attempting to set up Skype for interviews, of course. After 20 minutes of last-ditch trying to set up Skype on my cell phone, I gave up entirely on this ‘free wifi’ business. So I set out early from my room into downtown Toronto in search of a wifi connection - paid or unpaid - that was more reliable.

I waited two hours for my priority pass then was told there was no media room in which I could sit down and blog. Then after searching for a coffee shop with wifi in the neighbourhood with no success, I ventured back to find out there was in fact a press room but when I got to it, it was locked and no one seemed to know where the key was.

I sat on the floor in the hallway and set myself up to blog with all of my media equipment around me ready to unload and found out that there was a password. I finally found someone who apparently knew the password but when I returned to my seat on the floor, the password didn’t work and no one seemed to have any idea why. In a last ditch effort to blog, I hit up a Starbucks 3 blocks from the band I wanted to see only to find out that their wifi network was down…

I gave up on the internet for the night and tried to Twitter from my slightly more reliable cell phone instead.

Because I can’t, I won’t, and I don’t stop… complaining! Click here to listen to me gripe some more.

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The Best of NXNE: The Wet Secrets

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The Wet Secrets
Two Majorettes and a Bambi

The 10pm show of the night for me on Thursday night was a tough call — lots of cool sounding bands playing all over the city! But I was told I absolutely had to see these guys so off to the Horseshoe I went… and man, were they awesome!

Now, normally I don’t like to compare artists but I’ll do it when I can say ‘just as fantastic as…’ so, if you love the B52’s you will absolutely love The Wet Secrets! Though they told me “Us? If you love sex, you’ll love us!” Heh.

One would think that marching band costumes combined with B52-esque vocals would be far too over the top, but these guys really pull it off. I was absolutely enthralled by their funky beats and brass solos not to mention the cool majorette costumes — very slick.

This Edmonton based band really pumped up the crowd and got everyone dancing by playing original songs like “Secret March” and the hilarious “I Teabagged Myself (With Two Really Fucking Heavy Cans Of Paint)” — got a lot of laughing and chant-a-long from the audience.

Click here to check out The Wet Secret’s upcoming shows

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The Best of NXNE: Shawn Hewitt

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Got a chance to see this man and his band in action at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern last night at 9pm and it was a total blast! The place was absolutely packed with fans and dance enthusiasts who did just that — there was a giant swarm of chaotic dancers front row and center! If you get a chance to see Shawn Hewitt perform live, make sure you do it!

Shawn Hewitt and his current project The National Strike is now ready to be unveiled with the release of The Soft Society.

Click this link for more about Shawn Hewitt!

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The NXNE Blog - Day One: Trains, marathon walking, and beer

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Bambi - Tired, traveled, and mid-hydration

Bambi here — your fearless blogger — braving the wilds of a downtown hotel’s tv lounge to bring you this post.

I have arrived! Left on the train to Toronto at 8:30am, settled in to the nearly bare train with my laptop and headphones and schemed and scheduled all the great interviews, live show reviews, and networking I’m going to be doing for the next four days. The week’s going to be packed full of things to do and see and hear!

When I arrive, I hailed a cab and drove twenty minutes to my lodgings — a $10 cab ride! I’m amazed by that… in Ottawa that would have been at least $30. Dropped my stuff off in my room and ventured back out on the town to check out the venues and to time how long it took me to get from one to the next. It was a lot of walking but was totally doable. Not many other cities can boast scenes like Toronto can!

I ended Day One with a cold beer with friends and a tour via car of the venues I hadn’t yet located in my treasure hunt.

Day Two begins at… 2am! Yep, that’s right! I’ll be back out again at 2am to see White Cowbell Oklahoma at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern! Though not Canadian (though many members are), they’re rocking the kickoff NXNE show and I absolutely love these guys, so I’ll be there front row centre - will you?

Stay tuned for more blog updates, live reviews, video interviews, podcasts, and tonnes more. And be sure to keep up to date with our Flickr feed, too!

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