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As TMZ and Rolling Stones magazine report, Tom Gabel, 31, front-man and founder of the band (1997) has come out of a personal closet of gender confliction.
Amongst the arts and architecture in Toronto’s downtown core, lies a practical art sometimes lost in the drift between traditional and eclectic arts and the fast-paced new and improved technological designs.
Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, this hard hitting punch in the face steel-clad metal band leaves nothing but a solid dent in the fabric of alternative Canadian rock.
Knamelis has been a staple of the Canadian battle rap scene for over a decade. He has grown tired of saying mean things to other rappers and is now focused on making music.
The video for “Nana Power” is dedicated to Amina Filali, the 16-year-old girl from Larache, Morocco, who committed suicide by swallowing rat poison after she was forced to marry the man who raped her.
The Killabits may not ring home as a household name, yet. Said to be at the forefront of a rapidly developing underground electronic music scene, the duo spent most of last year on the road around the globe.
As part of the government’s belt-tightening measures – that is to say massive cuts to social programs that came via the 2012 federal budget – Katimavik has been forced to close up shop. But not without a fight it seems.
In the view of The Kid Famous, he’s been an entertainer from the gate. Questions of credibility on stage as a rapper or in studio as an actor are moot, namely on a count of the Toronto actor-rapper’s extensive resume.
On the latest from Belly’s new ‘Sleepless Nights 1.5′ mixtape, the Ottawa-based rapper – and one of Canada’s most celebrated hip-hop exports – joins legendary West Coast MC Snoop Dogg for a drink and a smoke in Amsterdam.
For only being in its second year, Wizard World went quite well. The event has placed itself squarely in the middle of all things nerdy in Toronto and, with that, on a direct course to take on the largest con in Canada, Hobbystar Marketing’s famed and hugely popular fan expo.
It’s not uncommon for Hawksley to drop multiple records in a single year. Over his decade-plus on the scene, he’s released 13 studio albums and produced more than three dozen more for artists ranging from Tegan and Sara to Great Big Sea.
As Canadian Music Week comes to an end after five days of limelight for some of the best Canada has to offer, the ears of Torontonians are still ringing from the permeating music festival, which started Wednesday atop the CN Tower.
Chances are street chemists will in time figure out how to break OxyNeo down to a form that can be consumed but, as it stands, tens of thousands of OxyContin addicts in this country alone are looking to other drugs to find their fix after February.
The undisputed heavyweight kings of Canadian metal, Anvil have been pounding the pavement for 30-plus years. But it wasn’t until the release of their 2008 documentary that the Canadian trio got a hug from their homeland.
After breaking from the Hollywood Undead in late 2010, Deuce decided it was time to leave his old life behind, and start anew alone. The rebirth of the California rap-rocker comes in the form of ’9 Lives,’ his debut solo disc.
Perhaps the roar of fabled and proverbial fighter jets overhead in Ottawa has deafened the capital city’s press corps, but its puzzling me why this ridiculous “F-35 debacle” has overshadowed perhaps the most important budget in the country’s history.
For their fourth full-length release, the Cancer Bats took to the studio with a joie de vivre seldom found on the hardcore scene, much less in songs written and recorded by the Toronto-based punk rock four pack.
The only thing experimental pop rockers Rikers don’t seem to have on their side is SEO. Not to be confused with Rikers Island prison, the tough-to-Google Peterborough quintet may very well be the next IT kids on the Canadian indie scene.
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