Articles By Brock Thiessen
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The Boomtown Rats Return with Their First New Album in 36 Years Published Dec 11, 2019Believe it or not, the Boomtown Rats are releasing a new album, marking Bob Geldof and co.'s first new record in nearly four decades. The...
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MGMT Return with New Song "In the Afternoon" Published Dec 11, 2019If you've been wanting more MGMT in your life, you just got some. The band have returned with the new song "In the Afternoon," which has arr...
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Black Label Society Re-Announce Their Cancelled Tour with Obituary and Lord Dying Published Dec 11, 2019Black Label Society made headlines this fall when Zakk Wylde and co. announced a North American tour — only to then cancel it minutes later....
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Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio Team Up for North American Tour Published Dec 11, 2019Making for quite the double bill, Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio have announced they are joining forces for a co-headlining North American t...
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Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon Unveils New Solo Album 'Local Honey' Published Dec 10, 2019Gaslight Anthem leader Brian Fallon is continuing on with his solo career and has just announced his third proper album. It's called Local H...
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The Flaming Lips Are Playing Vancouver on an "Intimate" West Coast Tour Published Dec 10, 2019As the year winds down, the Flaming Lips are looking ahead to their 2020, and it turns out that includes a series of "intimate theatre shows...
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Dirty Projectors Release New Live Album 'Sing the Melody' Published Dec 10, 2019Dirty Projectors have suddenly returned with a new live album. The record is called Sing the Melody and was captured live in-studio. In fact...
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Blood Orange Maps Out 2020 North American Tour, Plays Toronto Published Dec 10, 2019Following a busy 2019, Devonté Hynes has announced he's taking his Blood Orange project on a North American tour next year. The trek will...
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'Veep' Creator Armando Iannucci's 'Avenue 5' Gets Premiere Date and Trailer Published Dec 09, 2019While Veep may be no more, creator Armando Iannucci is luckily giving us a new show to satisfy all our high-brow comedy desires. This one is...
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Tame Impala Announce Canadian Dates on North American Tour Published Dec 09, 2019Tame Impala are gearing up for the group's new album The Slow Rush next year, and in support of the record, Kevin Parker and co. have announ...
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The Orb Unveil New Album 'Abolition of the Royal Familia' Published Dec 06, 2019The Orb — the long-running and prolific electronic project helmed by Alex Paterson — are set to return in 2020, announcing their new album A...
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The Flaming Lips and Deap Vally Unite as Deap Lips for New Album Published Dec 06, 2019The Flaming Lips and Deap Vally are joining forces for a new collaborative album. The joint project is being logically called Deap Lips, and...
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Kanye West Made Another New Opera... If You Still Even Care Published Dec 06, 2019Apparently, you can never have too many new projects, especially when they're about God. Just take a look at Kanye West, who's added yet ano...
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Vancouver's storc Are Back to Tear Us Apart Published Dec 06, 2019Following a brief respite, noise-hungry Vancouver group storc are back with their appropriately titled storc II. As such, you can dive into...
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Billie Eilish Steps into the Director's Chair for New "xanny" video Published Dec 05, 2019Billie Eilish isn't done with her When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? just yet, delivering yet another video from her 2019 breakthrough...
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Sundance Unveils 2020 Lineup Published Dec 04, 2019Once again, it's time to get ready for the annual Sundance Film Festival, and to get us going, organizers have just announced the fest's ent...
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Here Is Billie Eilish's Fancy Third Man Vinyl That You're Likely Never Going to Be Able to Own Published Dec 04, 2019While Billie Eilish may not know who Van Halen are, she is definitely into the old-man music format that is vinyl. For proof, she's just unv...
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Maroon 5 Are Coming to Canada on a Massive 2020 Tour Published Dec 04, 2019Maroon 5 are bursting back into our lives in 2020, with the band just announcing an enormous North American tour. And yes, it is indeed comi...
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Sarah Harmer Is Bringing Her New Album on Tour Across Canada Published Dec 03, 2019Sarah Harmer is returning with her first in new album in a decade next year, and the beloved singer-songwriter has now announced that she wi...
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Holy Fuck Map Out North American Tour, Share New Song "Free Gloss" Published Dec 03, 2019Holy Fuck are gearing up to release their new album Deleter, so it makes complete sense that the group have announced an accompanying tour,...