Former Constantines frontman Bry Webb has premiered two new songs on Exclaim . The Guelph, Ontario based musician is gearing up to release his debut solo full length Provider on November 15th via Idée Fixe Records . Click below to check out live performances of "Asa" and "Undertaker" from Exclaim TV. Webb wrapped up a decade long stint with Constantines in 2009 to start a family. Since that time he's contributed songs to a few projects, including the film Big Smoke (which earned a Genie nomination for Best Original Song). More recently he joined Jim Guthrie and Sarah Harmer for the ...

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Jamie Drayton Christie Lakes Conservation Area in Dundas, Ontario, about an hour outside of Toronto, was transformed tnhis past weekend into a family-friendly concert venue for the very first Greenbelt Harvest Picnic. The saturday concert was headlined by Emmylou Harris , Ray LaMontagne , Tragically Hip 's Gord Downie , Sarah Harmer and Daniel Lanois , the acclaimed musician and producer ( Neil Young , Brian Eno , U2 ) who grew up in nearby Hamilton. The event was designed to raise awareness about the importance of the region's local conservation lands as well as local agriculture, home gardening and ...

Listening to Northcote’s latest album is kind of like listening to the first solo record Sarah Harmer put out some 12 years ago. There’s something about back-porch acoustic guitar song craft that just feeds the soul. It’s comforting, it puts a smile on your face. Is it groundbreaking? No. Quite the opposite, I suppose: it’s [...]

My heart hasnt been this full in a long time, and thats all thanks to the amazing Juno weekend that just stormed through Toronto. With 40 years under its belt, this year was truly one to celebrate - its the year Neil Young graced the Juno stage after almost 30 years to receive the Allan Walters Humanitarian Award, won 2 Junos including artist of the year, and I also watched as Daniel Lanois called him up on stage to share his Juno Gala Producer of the Year spotlight; the year that Fire">Arcade Fire is an internally celebrated band; the year ...

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Chromewaves Gentleman Reg kicked off Canadian Music Week 's Canadian Music Fest with pride Wednesday night, giving festival-goers and fans in Toronto something to feast upon. "You're hungry?" Reg Vermue answered to a fan's exclamation. "I'm going to feed you!" Vermue, the Toronto-based melodramatic pop singer and half of dance band Light Fires, headlined the Proud FM showcase at the Gladstone Hotel in the city's west end. Just recently off a Western Canadian tour opening for Sarah Harmer , he closed out the night with a 40-minute set after performances ...

By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) February 8, 2011 5:27 pm Former pro hockey player Paul Coffey has won the Stanley Cup four times, played in 14 all-star games, and is ranked 28th on The Hockey News ' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. And if the above photo is any indication, he's also got busy hands. Coffey's casual gloved probbing of Blue Rodeo vocalist Jim Cuddy's posterior took place earlier today at Toronto's Ricoh Coliseum, where a bunch of ex-NHLers like Coffey, Gary Leeman, Mark Napier and Brad Dalgarno and musicians Cuddy, Jon Gallant (Billy Talent ...

Sarah Harmer: Go To Sleep [ purchase ] I love this 2004 lullaby from Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer. But today it serves a stronger purpose, reminding me that of all the resolutions I've ever made regularly -from quitting smoking to spending more time with my children - the one that ultimately would make the biggest difference in my life would be going to sleep earlier. Being naturally nocturnal runs in my family: I have strong childhood memories of my siblings, my father and I all drifting through the house like ghosts until the wee hours of the morning, when exhaustion finally overtook ...

This morning's new music news; Thurston Moore will release a new Beck-produced solo album sometime next year, Sarah Harmer and Gentlemen Reg will tour western Canada in January and Alice Cooper, Neil... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story.

Toronto, it’s over. I’m dumping you. We had a good run, but it’s been nearly nine years and one of us has to get on with it. As Jay Farrar says, “When in doubt, move on.” I gave you most of my 30s, and you gave me a lot of affection, contentment, and high jinx, but also a lot of heartache. Son Volt - Drown.mp3 Buy : Trace (1995) We got off to a rough start, Toronto. Your big brother Canada didn’t help at all. On my third day here in March, 2002, on my first day ...

Polaris Prize-nominated group Hey Rosetta! have announced the release of their next studio album.  The record, Seeds, will be available on February 15th. The Newfoundland band has just wrapped up a tour in support of Sarah Harmer, but I'm sure with the new album coming that we'll see them around these parts in the not so distant future. Hey Rosetta!'s website

By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) November 23, 2010 1:11 pm Te top 50 campus radio chart features a new #1, few new entries, no albums with 20 or more weeks appearance and a couple of titles that haven't charted since the leaves were still green. Diamond Rings ' Special Affections jumps two places to move to #1 for the week of Nov. 23, 2010 . This forces Women's Public Strain , last week's #1, to #2 and Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest down to #3. Suuns' Zeroes EP jumps five places to #4, pushing Black Mountain's Wilderness Heart , last week ...

My day yesterday was chock full of music, so let me waste little time here. Montreal is great (best city in Canada? I think so), music yesterday was great (best music-festival experience of my life), and my day ended on Boulevard St. Laurent with Prefix commenter Al and his buddies buying me drinks and taking me out to the hottest spots. Read below for coverage of that too.   The Polaris Prize is such a weird thing to me, because it seems like sometimes the winners are chosen only because they’re a little bit out of the norm (see: this ...

There’s a quote from Sarah Harmer is the press release for Joey Wright‘s new album Hatch that’s a beautiful summation of what I was thinking while listening to the record:  “Joey Wright doesn’t need a bio. You just hear about him. A rumour, a sound. Musical charisma enveloping a career of cinematic guitars, slides of [...]

SARAH HARMER WITH GUESTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2011 COMMODORE BALLROOM – VANCOUVER, BC Doors: 7:00PM Show: 8:30PM TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH @ 10AM Buy tickets at livenation.com Charge by Phone 604-280-4444 Tickets also available at Highlife, Zulu, all Ticketmaster Outlets and Rogers Wireless Box Office. Wireless Box Office is a NO SERVICE FEE mobile ticketing service available exclusively to Rogers Wireless customers. [...]

If you get nothing else from this blog, at least you get my opinion.  So in my opinion you should check out these shows in Toronto this week: Os Mutantes w. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Opera House, Nov 17 In this you get one of the most beloved and admired underground band's in recent memory and one of the biggest buzz acts of the summer.  Worth a shot I say. Os Mutantes' Myspace Ariel