Articles by Greg Pratt

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  Artists Busted for Trying to Manipulate Hype Machine's Charts

  PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2009

  Oh, the things some people will do for money, or a bit of fleeting digitized fame. MP3 blog aggregator Hype Machine has discovered that sev...

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  Polish Black Metallers Behemoth Denied Entry into Canada

  PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2009

  Canadian customs officials have denied Polish black metal dudes Behemoth access into our country, according to a press release. The band we...

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  Moneen Detail New Full-Length, Confirm Release Date

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2009

  As we previously reported, Moneen - Brampton, ON's favourite indie/not-so-tech-anymore rockers - are releasing their new album soon. Well,...

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  Converge Finish Recording New Album, Move on to Mixing

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2009

  Listen up, hardcore fans, some metal guys and a certain injured Exclaim! editor: Boston's mighty-noisy hardcore heroes Converge have finish...

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  13-Year-Old Trades iPod for Walkman, Hilarity Ensues

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2009

  In what may be the coolest pop culture related social experiment ever, the BBC convinced a 13-year-old to swap his iPod for a Sony Walkman,...

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  Kurt Cobain's Bass Fetches $43,750 at Auction, Other Rock Rarities Make Bidders Temporarily Forget About Recession

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2009

  Despite the economic crisis, rock nerds are spending more money than many of us can even imagine having as disposable income on cool rock r...

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  Paul McCartney Handpicks Joel Plaskett to Open Only Canadian Show

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2009

  Paul McCartney - okay, okay, Sir Paul McCartney - has personally selected Joel Plaskett to open for him at McCartney's only upcoming Canadi...

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  UK Man Arrested After More Than 2,500 Promo CDs Leaked Online

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2009

  Think you're hot stuff when you get your hands on some music that hasn't been released yet? Well, just don't go leaking it online, because...