According to the New York Times and Pitchfork, indie-rock gods the Arcade Fire and hip-hop star Jay-Z performed at a private inauguration party for President Obama and his staff. It seems that the big...
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Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Modest Mouse and Interpol are all set to have items auctioned off at the twentieth annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction.The annual event, which will take place December 5 at...
The 2008 Grammy Nominations have just been announced. Chicago hip-hop artist Kanye West leads the list with eight nominations, while UK soul singer Amy Winehouse received six. Timbaland also received several...
I'm white, I like indie music, and as a result I might just be boring (gasp), says this article.I found it in the Tyee--a leftish independent online news magazine based out of Vancouver (I actually interned there a couple years ago, so I'm a fan). Elaine Corden asks...
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Montreal's humble mega alt band rocked Burnaby on Thursday evening. I have to preface this entry by admitting that I'm not a music critic by any stretch, and judging by the fans at Deer Lake Park last night nor...
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Fashion Minute will be reporting on Montreal Fashion Week
over the next few days. The "Semaine de la Mode" is the aloof, stylish
cousin of Toronto's decidedly more mainstream fashionglamscene.
You're less likely...
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When I first heard The Killers' irrepressibly catchy and bombastic tune "When You Were Young" the first thing that came to mind was The Boss. Then I read a million Pitchfork-aping mp3 blogs who chimed in with a...
You can listen to the entire album from the hot band Arcade Fire and read about their influence on indie and alternative rock.
http://www.indierockcafe.com
Arcade Fire is playing five nights in New York 's Judson Memorial Church to which the tickets have been sold out completely. The feeding frenzy has began on Craigslist and the blogging world has exploded with...
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