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Canada to Place New Tax on MP3 Players?
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3/12/2010
If you've ever purchased CD-Rs, chances are you're already complained about Canada's private copying levy, which places an additional 29 cents on each blank CD. Now, members of the Canadian Parliament are proposing that this tax be extended to include MP3 players. (More after the jump.)
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Holy Fuck Return with New LP
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3/12/2010
Surprise! After a prolonged period of silence, the Internet’s second most popular “F-word” band, Holy Fuck, have popped the news that a follow-up to 2007’s LP is on its way. (More after the jump.)...
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Ray Charles the Musical to Hit Broadway
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3/12/2010
Following the success the 2004 biopic Ray and his lifetime of musical accomplishments, formative rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles is set to be paid tribute in yet another artistic venue: the Broadway stage. (More after the jump.)...
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Missing: James Brown’s Body!
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3/12/2010
Stealing, say, Johnny Marr’s guitar or even Ian Curtis’s gravestone is one thing, but stealing a corpse? That’s taking things to a new extreme. However, if we’re to believe LaRhonda Pettit, one of James Brown’s many illegitimate daughters, the body of the Godfather of Soul has been stolen from its crypt. (More after the jump.)...
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Rush Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Film Fest
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3/12/2010
Rush: The Documentary, the anticipated movie about long-running Canadian rockers Rush, is about to get its theatrical debut. The documentary is the handiwork of Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, who have previously brought metal to the masses with the movies Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, Global Metal and Iron Maiden’s Flight 666. (More after the jump.)...
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Herbie Hancock to Score Miles Davis Biopic
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3/12/2010
Until now, there have been naught but whispers about Don Cheadle’s in-the-works biopic based on jazz legend Miles Davis. Now, somebody has spoken in an audible tone that fellow jazz icon Herbie Hancock has been tasked with composing a score for the film. (More after the jump.)
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Phil Spector Appeals Murder Conviction
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3/12/2010
Ah, the judicial system. It seems like not a single high-profile murder conviction doesn't go by without a team of high-priced defence lawyers filing some sort of appeal. Well, that's exactly what's happening in the music world's most infamous court case in quite some time: the murder trial of legendary producer Phil Spector. (More after the jump.)...
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Woods Line Up New LP for Spring Release
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3/12/2010
As the founder of the Woodsist label, Jeremy Earl is one of the most influential figures in current lo-fi music, releasing music by buzz-worthy bands like Real Estate, Wavves, Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and many more. As well as building up an impressive roster for his label, Earl is also the front-man of the psychedelic folk outfit Woods, who will return this year with the new full-length At Echo Lake. (More after the jump.)...
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Liars Prep New Sisterworld Single
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3/12/2010
If you’re a regular reader, you know by now that art/prog/thrash/rock trio Liars released their latest album, Sisterworld earlier this week, and that it’s coming in a crazy fold-out deluxe edition, which will include a bonus disc of Sisterworld remixed by an all-star cast. Now, to put a little icing on that cake, they also have a shiny new single coming out May 25 for album track “The Overachievers.” (More after the jump.)...
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Paul Murphy Sheds a Light on Wintersleep’s New Inheritors As He Takes Postdata Across Canada
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3/12/2010
As the front-man of Wintersleep, Paul Murphy has become one of the most recognizable voices in Canadian indie music, with his group's breakthrough Welcome to the Night Sky helping them take home the Juno Award for Best New Group of the Year in 2008. Now, Murphy is taking his recently erected Postdata side-project on the road before returning to the group for their much-anticipated new album, New Inheritors, due out this May. (More after the jump.)...
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Slash Sets the Record Straight About Michael Jackson’s "Black or White": "That's Gay, I Would Never Play That"
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3/11/2010
Slash, in all his leather and top-hat glory, would like to clear something up. No matter what anyone says, he did not play on Michael Jackson’s hit 1991 single “Black or White.” As a keynote speaker in Toronto today (March 11) for this year’s Canadian Music Week, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist said, "I did not play on [that song]," remarking that the guitars were not his sound. "That's gay, I would never play that." (More after the jump.)...
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Joanna Newsom, Vampire Weekend, the Big Pink and Coalesce Lead This Week’s Can’t Miss Concerts
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3/11/2010
Like every Thursday, we’ve done the heavy-lifting and delivered Can't Miss Concerts, our weekly guide to your best bets for gigging in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton. (More after the jump.)
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Nova Scotia’s Evolve Festival Named Best Music Festival in Canada
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3/11/2010
For the past couple of years, CBC Radio 3’s Searchlight project has sought out and given credit to the cream of the Canadian music industry crop based on the votes of the listening public. In 2008, they gave the Best Independent Record Store in Canada prize to Prince George, BC’s Meow Records and in 2009 the Best Live Venue in Canada honours went to Windsor, ON’s Phog Lounge. Now, we also have the Best Music Festival in Canada. (More after the jump.)...
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The Doors Documentary Soundtrack Offers Up Rarities, Interviews and Johnny Depp-Recited Jim Morrison Poems
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3/11/2010
Fans of poetic ’60s acid rockers the Doors set your tongues to wag. Details surrounding the soundtrack to director Tom DiCillo’s Doors documentary, When You’re Strange, have finally dropped, and they were worth waiting for. (More after the jump.)...
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Charlotte Gainsbourg Lines Up Canadian-Friendly North American Tour
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3/11/2010
Last year, French actress/chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg significantly upped her indie cred when she released IRM, which was co-written and produced by Beck. Now that she has a legion of guero-loving supporters on her side, Gainsbourg will be hitting the road next month for a brief North American tour. (More after the jump.)...
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Nas and Damian Marley Reveal Distant Relatives’ Tracklist, Release Date and Lil Wayne Guest Spot
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3/11/2010
Distant Relatives, the long-awaited collaboration album between Queens, NY MC Nas and son-of-Bob Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, has been in the works for quite a while, with no end in sight. Now, fans can stop holding their collective breath: the album has a release date, a tracklist and, incidentally, a guest spot by Lil Wayne. (More after the jump.)...
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Buck 65 and D-Sisive Are the Ricardo Christoff Apparatus and They Need Your Stories
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3/11/2010
Fans of eclectic, boundary-pushing Canadian hip-hop will know the names Buck 65 and D-Sisive, but they may not know this: the two have just announced that they’re collaborating on a new project called 100 Story Building, under the name the Ricardo Christoff Apparatus. (More after the jump.)
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Three Fans Stabbed, 50 Arrested and Four Tanks Deployed at Colombian Metallica Concert
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3/11/2010
A Metallica concert at Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Park in Colombia ended in a riot yesterday. Three people were stabbed, a policeman was injured and about 50 fans were arrested, according to reports, after hundreds of fans unable to secure tickets to the event stormed the stadium to see Colombia’s first Metallica concert in 11 years. (More after the jump.)...
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“Stand Up, Man Up, Clan Up” — Wu-Tang Clan Search for Nine New Generals in Some Vague New Contest
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3/11/2010
The Wu-Tang Clan aren’t necessarily the most dependable guys when it comes to promises. Take the latest project from Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon, where in a matter of weeks they flip-flopped multiple times on release dates, album names and whether or not to follow fans’ advice on a group name. Now, the Wu-Tang Camp have announced a contest, which we might find laughable were it not so vague that we’re not sure what’s even funny about it. (More after the jump.)...
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Update: Pink Floyd Win Online Royalties Lawsuit Against EMI
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3/11/2010
Well, that was fast. Just two days after Pink Floyd announced they were suing label EMI for unpaid online royalties, the band have emerged triumphant. (More after the jump.)...
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