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News July 30 2009

New Moon Music
When Twilight came out the song Decode by Paramore basically blew up. But don't expect to hear Paramore on the New Moon soundtrack as once rumoured, instead you'll hear music from Thom Yorke (Radiohead). New Moons director Chris Weitz announced last week that the soundtrack will feature Thom Yorke along with other musicians and bands that he (and the cast and crew) love. Although Weitz was yet to hear the track he says that he will almost defiantly put it on the soundtrack.

Cirque Du Soleil In the Sky?
The first Canadian civilian to buy a ticket to space said Thursday he's eager to begin practical training for his September trip to the International Space Station.
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté is scheduled to blast off on Sept. 30 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, becoming Canada's first space tourist and just the seventh civilian to fly alongside astronauts and cosmonauts on the Russian spaceships.
At a news conference, Laliberté said his training has been theoretical thus far, but practical training is set to begin soon. "It has been full weeks because I'm in an intensive training program, but until now it's been a fantastic experience," Laliberté said. "A lot of work, a lot of studying, but a lot of fun, too."
Laliberté paid nearly $35 million to Russia's space agency for the chance to fly on the spacecraft. He'll spend 12 days aboard the space station and meet with Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk, who is currently two months into a six-month stay aboard the orbiting facility. Laliberte hopes that his trip will raise awareness about the need for clean water around the world, and his One Drop Foundation.
cbc.ca

Depeche Mode
Have agreed for their likeness to be used in a zombie computer game.
The band said the Valve company could also feature their branding and music in its upcoming zombie survival shooter Left 4 Dead 2. Recent press shots for the game have featured Rochelle, one of the main survivors, wearing a pink T-shirt with the band's image and logo on it. The game's lead writer Chet Faliszek revealed that Depeche Mode fully authorised it and they were among the few to reply to Valve's requests to various artists and record labels asking them to feature in the game. Left 4 Dead 2 will be released for Xbox 360 and PC on November 17.

music-news.com

Playlist July 30 2009

1. The Airborne Toxic Event- Does This Mean You're Moving On?
2. Arkells- John Lennon
3. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- First Time We Met Musik
4. Death From Above 1979- Little Girl
5. The Hoosiers- Goodbye Mr A
6. Death Cab For Cutie- My Mirror Speaks
7. Hot Hot Heat- Happiness ltd
8. Joel Plasket Emergency- Fashionable People
9. Jet- She's a Genius
10. Keane- Spiralling
11. Kings of Leon- Notion
12. Matt Mays and El Torpedo- The Hunter, The Hunted
13. Mando Diao- The Shinning
14. Rural Alberta Advantage- Deathbridge in Lethbridge
15. Eels- That Look You Give That Guy
16. Liam Finn- Better to Be
17. The Aggrolites- Wild Time
18. The Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition
19. The Dodos- Fables
20. Bike for Three- Always I Miss You
21. City and Colour- Save Your Scissor
22. The Canks- Treaty Connector
23. The Racontours- Broken Boy Soldier
24. John Legend- Everybody Knows RAC remix
25. The Doves-The Greatest Denier

Event Listings

So as many of you probably know, the big thing happening in the city this weekend is Caribana. There are so many great events associated with this festival, so if you want to find out more information go to www.caribana.com

If you want to get out of the city this weekend, I suggest checking out the Cutting Edge Music Festival (a.k.a CEMF). Starting on August 1st and running until the 3rd, CEMF features two main stages with performers ranging from The Roots to Protest the Hero. Some other artists you can catch there are: Bedouin Soundclash, Dinosaur Bones, Rebel Emergency, and sooooo many more. CEMF takes place in Kitchener this year and camp passes are available. Also on site is a late night dance warehouse, water park, go-carting, paintballing, food vendors, and you can BYOB! For more info, go to: www.cemf.com

TONIGHT Thursday July 30, 2009

Craft Beer Festival
Performances by: Everybody All The Time, DJ Graham (from Thunderheist), DJ Jason Palma
@ Hart House 7pm
or tune in to hear it live on CIUT 89.5 FM 8pm to 12am

Rural Alberta Advantage
@ The Horseshoe
9pm $12

Friday July 31, 2009

Rise Against
@ Molson Amplitheatre

Sunday August 2, 2009

Eagles of Death Medal
(w/ Flash Lightnin')
@ Kool Haus
9pm $27.50

Monday August 3, 2009

The Decemberists w/ Heartless Bastards
@ Kool Haus
7pm $30.50

Tuesday August 4, 2009

Fleet Foxes
@ Massey Hall
7pm $32.50 - $39.50

Tuesday August 4, 2009 and Wednesday August 5, 2009

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
@ Kool Haus
8pm $32.50

Playlist Thursday July 23 2009

1. Spinerette- Ghetto Love
2. Black Lungs- Hold Fast (Sink or Swim)
3. Arctic Monkeys- Balaclava
4. Bedouin Soundclash- Shelter
5. Arcade Fire- Black Mirror
6. Bloc Party- I Still Remember
7. Hey Rosetta!- Handshake the Gangster
8. Franz Ferdinand- Ulysses
9. Blood Red Shoe- Try Harder
10. Dragonette- I Get Around
11. Amy Millan- Skinny Boy
12. Jenn Grant- Parachutes
13. Hooded Fang- Land of Giants
14. Ruby Coast- More Than Television
15. The Dutchess and the Duke- Reservoir Park
16. Silversun Pickups- Panic Switch
17. Cougar- Stay Famous
18. Mutemath- Chaos
19. Tokyo Police Club- Nature of The Experiment
20. New Pornographers- My Rights vs Yours
21. The Dodos- Fable
22. Darker My Love- Summer is Here
23. The Strays- This is Forever
24. The Novaks- Off My Mind
25. Regina Spektor- Laughing With
26. Buck 65- Lipstick

News Thursday July 23 2009

Mercury Prize.
Kasabian have admitted that they can't decide whether being a Mercury Prize favourite is a good thing.
Guitarist Sergio Pizzorno said he hadn't even thought they'd be nominated, let alone be given odds of 5/1 to pick up the prize. d then someone rang us up and goes, 'you're nominated', and it's like 'yeah?! Nice one!' Pizzorno also praised fellow nominees The Horrors, as well as other "NME-type" bands. He said: "That Horrors album's really good isn’t it? I like the single they released, it's great. I'm glad they're in it [the nominations list]. The NME-type bands are sort of saving it a bit, do you know what I mean?!"


White Stripes Doc to premiere at TIFF
The documentary The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights follows the band to cities like Whitehorse, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Charlottetown, which are unconventional stops for a prominent band. Jack White said he was living out a childhood fantasy by touring all of Canada. In addition to 18 official concerts, the tour featured several impromptu mini-shows, including jamming on a Winnipeg bus and rocking out from the back of boat in Charlottetown's harbour. TIFF documentary programmer Thom Powers said many of this year's documentaries reveal unusual new trends in the post-crash economy, including Google Baby, a documentary on surrogate mothers who carry babies for wealthy mothers in India and How to Fold A Flag, about Iraq veterans attempting to rebuild their lives after returning home.
cbc.ca

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee's older sister and younger brother have authorized a Chinese company to make a series of biographical films about the late kung fu icon, saying they want to produce a historically accurate account of their brother's life. Phoebe Lee and Robert Lee appeared at a signing ceremony with J.A. Media in Beijing on Monday, 36 years to the day after Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong at age 32 from swelling of the brain. Lee became a source of Chinese pride by portraying characters who defended the Chinese and the working class from oppressors in films like Return of the Dragon. It wasn't immediately clear who will play Lee in the film series. Producer Manfred Wong said the company plans at least three instalments, with the first to tackle Lee's teenage years, adding he wanted to focus more on the late actor's personality.

Event & Concert Listings

CIUT will be broadcasting live this Saturday (July 25) from the Jamaica Day Festival from 3-11pm. The festival is taking place at Downsview Park and some of the performers featured this year are: Beres Hammond, Culture, Mighty Sparrow, Nadine Sunderland, and more. For more info, check out: www.ciut.fm

Next Thursday (July 30) CIUT will be broadcasting live from the Craft Beer Festival & Summer BBQ at Hart House. The broadcast can be heard from 7-11pm on 89.5 FM or go to www.ciut.fm to find out how you can get tickets.

Currently running up until Sunday July 26th is the International Beaches Jazz Festival at various locations in the Beaches (coxwell to warden, south of Danforth to the lake)

Every Thursday throughout the summer if you head to Nathan Phillips Square you can enjoy free music and cheap eats at Tasty Thursdays from 11am to 2pm.

Starting today (Thursday July 23) and running until Sunday July 26 is the Toronto Burlesque Festival. The theme this year is "tassels without borders"... inticing isn't it??... check out www.torontoburlesquefestival.com for more information.

Also starting today (Thursday July 23) and running all the way until July 29 is the Hillside Music Festival in Guelph. This festival features TONS of great artists! Some of the performers include: The Arkells, Attack in Black, Dala, Gentlemen Reg, Hey Rosetta!, Ohbijou, and more! Go to www.hillsidefestival.ca for more information.

Starting tomorrow is the Canadian Voices series at Harbourfront Centre. With performances from Hey Rosetta!, The Dears, Gentlemen Reg, Amy Milan, and Jenn Grant. For the full schedule and more information on the event, go to www.harbourfrontcentre.com or call 416-973-4000

Also check out...

The Paint Movement
@ El Mocambo
Friday July 24
9pm

Depeche Mode
@ Molson Amphitheatre
6pm

Delhi to Dublin
@ Yonge & Dundas Square
FREE 8pm

Events July 16 2009

Tonight, Tomorrow, and Saturday
Arkells, Still Life Still, Ruby Coast
8pm each night at Sound Academy
www.soundacademy.com

Tonight
Japandroids with Two Koreas
9pm at El Mocambo $8
(May 9th tickets honoured)

The Darcys with The Balconies
9pm at Sneaky Dee's

Friday
M83
9pm at the Pheonix Concert Theatre
$22.50

Saturday
Fjord Rowboat with Flowers from Hell and Clydesdale
9pm at El Mocambo

Russel Peters
8:30pm Younge and Dundas Square
FREE!!!

Just For Laughs Festival
hahaha.com/toronto

Playlist July 16 2009

1. Film Noir- Red, Purple, Black and Blue
2. You Say Party, We Say Die!- Giant Hands
3. The Rosebuds- Life Like
4. Tusk- The Greiving Games
5. Grand Analog- Take It Slow
6. Lioness- Harder They Fall
7. Arkells- Oh The Boss is Coming
8. Joel Plaskett- Through &Through & Through
9. The Bravery- Spilt me Wide Open
10. Bedouin Soundclash- Until We Burn
11. Hannah Georges- Beat Stuff
12. Maximo Park- The Kids are Sick Again
13. Hey Rosetta!- Swing the Cellar Door
14. Brendan Cannings- Churches Under the Stairs.
15. The Coral- Who's Gonna Find Me
16. The Black Keys- I Got Mine
17. Arctic Monkeys- No Buses
18. Jason Collett- Roll On Oblivion
19. Brendan Benson- Don't Want To Talk
20. Franz Ferdinand- No You Girls
21. Pheonix- 1901 (Fortune Remix)
22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads With Roll
23. Stars- Ageless Beauty
24. Cage the Elephant- Back Against The Wall
25. Jahdan Blakkamoore- Never Gonna Stop
26. The Dutchess and the Duke- Reservoir Park.

News July 16 2009

V-Fest Toronto

....isn't in Toronto. The festival has left its three year home on Toronto Island to go to Oro Ontario (20km from Orillia) Nine Inch Nails and Ben Harper & Relentless7 will headline the Virgin Festival festival organizers announced Tuesday. The festival will be held Aug. 29 at Burl's Creek Park. A festival spokeswoman said the decision to move the festival was not made because of the strike but because the park has camping for music lovers who want to attend both days of the event.Other bands that will be there include Datarock, Pet Shop Boys, Our Lady Peace, and Lights for the full line up go to viginfestival.ca

Bruno!

"Bruno" is getting a makeover in Great Britain so younger teens can see the movie.
Universal Pictures UK is releasing an edited version of Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy that will tone down the racy moments so it can earn a 15 certification from the British Board of Film Classification. That would allow anyone 15 and older to see it. The version now playing has an adults-only 18 certification that prohibits those younger than 18 from seeing the movie. The edited version runs one minute, 50 seconds shorter. It opens in British theatres on July 24. Universal says it decided to offer an edited cut after theatres turned away large numbers of teens younger than 18 who wanted to see "Bruno."
from The Canadian Press

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene is inviting its fans to help create an experimental concert film of the Canadian indie band, with acclaimed filmmakers Bruce McDonald and Don McKellar also signed on for the project. Though titled This Movie is Broken, the project is not connected to the recently released book about the local band, This Book is Broken. Professional camera crews captured footage of the band this past weekend at a free show the group gave on Toronto's waterfront, but McDonald is also inviting fans to upload amateur footage to the movie's website hismovieisbroken.com. According to producers, fans should "be interesting and be artistic" in uploading footage — be it from a video camera, Super 8 or cellphone — depicting a hot summer day in Toronto in July. "Experiment. Have fun. Our hope is that by integrating your footage with ours, we'll be able to create a visual mosaic that captures the city and the summer," producers said. Any footage used in the film's final cut will be given an on-screen credit and an invitation to a private screening. According to Stephen Lan, the film's publicist, the film follows a boy attending a Broken Social Scene concert with his crush, but things don't turn out as planned.

Cbc.ca

Event/Concert Listings

Friday July 10, 2009

Vans Warped Tour
@ Arrow Hall (Mississauga)
2pm - All Ages
$44.75

Starting Friday July 10th until Monday July 13

Breaks, Beats & Culture
(ft. Live performances, dance showcases, dance lessons, and more!)
FREE
@ Harbourfront Centre
www.harbourfrontcentre.com
or call 416-973-4000 for more info

Saturday July 11, 2009

The Dunes w/ Future History, Eutropy, and Sycho Logic
@ The Horseshoe Tavern
9pm $8

Saturday July 11 & Sunday July 12

Afrofest
@ Queens Park
Free
Broadcast live on CIUT 89.5 FM

Monday July 13, 2009

Matisyahu w/ Dub trio
@ Opera House
All Ages
9pm $34.50

News Updates

Thursday July 9th 2009
You Broke My Guitar
Halifax band Sons of Maxwell have taken their battle with United Airlines over a broken guitar to YouTube, and it seems the U.S. airline might just be listening. Dave Carroll, a songwriter for the folk group, pledged to write three songs about United Airlines breaking his guitar after months of runaround over the incident. We were touring last year, over a year ago and we had to fly United Airlines" he told CBC News. "Somebody cried out from behind me that 'they're throwing guitars outside.'"Carroll said his bass player saw United employees throwing the bass guitar, recognizing it through the plane window. "I tried to alert three employees who showed no interest at all and it began a nine-month saga of me trying to get compensation for a guitar that ended up being broken, badly broken," he said. The $3,500 Taylor acoustic guitar had been custom-made and was packed in a padded double case, but United refused to take responsibility. Carroll sent emails, wrote letters and talked to people at the airline over nine months until a Chicago employee told him to stop sending emails because he wasn't going to get compensation. "I said 'What would Michael Moore do if he was a singer-songwriter?' and so I decided to write three songs," said Carroll, one of the founding member of Sons of Maxwell. United Song #1 is a hurting song, with a catchy refrain that goes, in part, "United breaks guitars" and "You broke it you should fix it," went on YouTube July 6. It caught on pretty quickly, with more than 150,000 hits in its first day.
-from cbc.ca

Polaris Prize Shortlist
The Polaris Prize is now in its fourth year and is offering an awesome 20,000 dollar prize. The great thing is that this prize is based on artistic merit NOT on album sales. This years short list features some of my favorite Canadian artist

Windsor, Ont.'s Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
Toronto's F---ed Up, The Chemistry Of Common Life
Toronto's Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels
St. John's, N.L.'s Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs
Toronto's K'naan, Troubadour
Montreal's Malajube, Labyrinthes
Toronto's Metric, Fantasies
Halifax's Joel Plaskett, Three
Calgary's Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane
Montreal's Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms

The Kooks
The Kooks had a bit of a scare while flying over Munich, Germany on their way to Warsaw, Poland. Ten minutes after take off the plane was struck by lightening forceing an emergency landing. The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard said he saw the lightening hit the side of the plane and said it sounded like someone droping a bunch of plates... On the plus side everyone on board was fine and now injuries were reported, The Kooks got on another plane and arrived in Warsaw unharmed.

Playlist Thursday July 9 2009

1. Die Mannequin- Do it or Die
2.The Black Keys- Strange Times
3. The Vines- Candy Daze
4. Sloan- All I am is All You're Not
5. Paper Lions (aka Chucky Danger)- I'm on Fire
6. Franz Ferdinand- Send Him Away
7. Death Cab for Cutie- A Diamond and A Tether
8. Regina Spektor- The Calculation
9. Pilot Speed- Light You Up
10. The Ghost is Dancing- Dream of A Failed Architect
11. Mother Mother- Oh My Heart
12. Cadence Weapon- Roll With The Winners
13. The Reason- We're So Beyond This
14. Young Galaxy- Outside This City
15. The Rural Alberta Advantage- Deathbridge in Lethbridge
16. The Darcys - A Series of Prayers (for something to happen) .... check http://drop.io/thedarcys
17. Gentlemen Reg - You Can't Get it Back
18. Mason Proper - The World Is Smaller Than You Think
19. People In Planes - Pretty Buildings
20. Nada Surf - See These Bones
21. Metric - Sick Muse ... video contest: www.dailymotion.com
22. Depeche Mode - in sympathy
23. The Clicks - Haunted
24. Silversun Pickups - There's No Secrets This Year
25. Eels - That Look You Give That Guy

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News Updates July 2 2009

Michael Cera and Seth Rogen

Canadians Seth Rogen and Michael Cera have been named members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On Tuesday, Hollywood's academy announced 134 new members from the film community, who will be able to vote on the Oscars.

Other invitees included Hugh Jackman, who hosted this year's Academy Awards, and Danny Boyle, who won an Oscar for his direction of Slumdog Millionaire. Invitations were also extended to Casey Affleck, Emily Blunt, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Amy Ryan and Michelle Williams.

Cbc.ca

Michael Jackson

Now I know Michael Jackson is a huge inspiration for a lot of artist and a very popular musician BUT I really didn't want to report on his death because the news of his death and mysterious circumstances are all over everything. I did however find a piece of news that is pretty cool, Michael Jackson is once again the King of the Pop charts. Based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, the entire top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart have Jackson-related titles. Nielsen SoundScan's sales tracking week, ended at the close of business on Sunday (June 28). Jackson himself has a record eight out of the top 10, while a Jackson 5 compilation also finds its way into the upper tier. The King of Pop's "Number Ones" will fittingly lead the pack at No. 1 with 108,000 (an increase of 2,340%) while "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller" are in the Nos. 2 and 3 slots with 102,000 and 101,000, respectively. Last week "Number Ones" was the only Jackson title on the chart, at No. 20 with 4,000 copies; both "Essential" and "Thriller" re-enter the tally this week.
Billboard.com

The Dears

The Dears have always seemed to be one of those bands that always has a new line up and Murray Lightburn recently revealed to Chart Attack that he isn’t sure how long the current line up will last, saying that being in the dears is like having any job where you work with other people sometimes it great and sometimes its not. But even with these problems Murray says hes already completed writing half a new album and will be a producing a new band over the summer.

Event/Concert Listings

Currently Running...

July 1 to July 12
Fringe Festival
Toronto's Theatre Festival
various venues
www.fringetoronto.com

TD Jazz Festival
www.tojazz.com
until Sunday July 5

Thursday July 2, 2009

CIUT 89.5 FM's Global Rhythms 10th Anniversary
@ Lula Lounge
$5 9pm

Playlist - Thursday July 2, 2009

ALL CANCON SHOW!! WOO-HOO!!

1. The Darcys - A Series of Prayers (for something to happen)
2. Woodhands - Can't See Straight
3. Cancel Winter - The Silence
4. Immaculate Machine - Sound The Alarms
5. The Stills - Eastern Europe
6. Young Galaxy - Wailing Wall
7. Ohbijou - The Otherside
8. Metric - Gold Guns Girls
9. Dala - Alive
10. Sweatshop Union - Gold Rush
11. Dinosaur Bones - N.Y.E
12. You Say Party! We Say Die! - Giant Hands
13. Wintersleep - Weighty Ghost
14. Tusks - The Grieving Game
15. The Reason - Is It Just Me?
16. Malajube - Montreal -40
17. Lioness - Harder They Fall
18. Joel Plaskett - Through & Through & Through
19. Jenn Grant - Parachutes
20. Hooded Fang - Land of Giants
21. Hey Rosetta! - Swing The Cellar Door
22. Hannah Georges - The Beat Stuff
23. City & Colour - Sleeping Sickness
24. Bedouin Soundclash - Until We Burn
25. Amy Milan - Skinny Boy