Fatlip, More or Les, D-Sisive, Cadence Weapon, Odd Future make Rap N.E.W.S.
Here’s what made the news today, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012: Fatlip, the former Pharcyde MC, appears at Hip-Hop Karaoke in Toronto tonight. Toronto's D-Sisive released a video for "To the Moon" from his...
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The Blow reveals new album details
New York City’s the Blow has been pretty quiet since 2006's Paper Television but, according to band founder Khaela Maricich, a lack of releases doesn’t mean the band hasn’t been busy. Maricich has been...
View ArticleRadio 2 top 20 singles chart - August 17, 2012
Words cannot express the level of excitement we've got about the show tonight! It's such a great list - some bangers, some rockers and oh the SINGING! Check out the top 20 singles on the first ever...
View ArticleRadio 2 Top 20 VOTE, Week of August 24
Thanks for all the voting last week and for all the love on twitter! If you didn't see your band do well last week, now's your chance to give them a boost. Now VOTE HARD! <a...
View ArticleTake a listen: The White Wires prepare for WWIII
This week, the band I've been all over is The White Wires -- who are a bit of an institution in Ottawa's thriving garage-pop scene. Little known fact: the band gets their name from the white headphone...
View ArticleOn air: Good music, bad poetry
Today is Bad Poetry Day! I don't know how they decide these things, but there you have it. A day dedicated to cruddy poetry... and let's be fair, there's a lot of it out there.* And when you think...
View ArticleReal Cool Time: Greetings from China
Nihao everyone, I am currently in China, specifically Qingdao, city of the beer by the same name. It's my second time here and I feel pretty darn lucky to be back playing music again. Check out my...
View ArticleStart your Saturday night with 'Not Your Parents' Music,' Hawksley Workman
If you're free next weekend and looking for a music festival to hit up, you should check out the Windsong Music Festival. It's in Powassan, Ont., not too far from North Bay, and it's known for being an...
View ArticleReal Cool Time with Louise Burns in China (kinda)
Tour food is a sub genre in itself. All bands have been through their humble grassroot beginnings, living off peanut butter, white bread and beer. If they're lucky, they graduate to Taco Bell and...
View ArticleThe ‘return’ of Sebadoh
Legendary indie-rock icons Sebadoh are on the road right now, armed with their first new collection of songs in 13 years. The tour brings them to a surprise show at Guelph, Ont.’s Jimmy Jazz tonight, a...
View ArticleVote for the Radio 2 Top 20, week of August 24
Thanks for all the voting last week and for all the love on Twitter! asdf Check out last week's Top 20 list and click the play button to listen to the countdown. If you didn't see your band do well...
View ArticleRadio 2 Morning story round-up, Monday August 20
Each day, Radio 2 Morning starts your day with music and stories about the interesting things going on in the world. Now, you can follow along at home. Here are the stories we're talking about...
View ArticleOn air: Sunday fun facts and weird album inspirations
Why hello there... hope your Sunday's treating you well! This week, just because, I've slipped some FUN FACTS! into the show -- things you may not know about your favourite new bands or their latest...
View ArticleWe speak with Peaches about Pussy Riot's sentencing
On Friday, members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison for an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow church. Ever since the trial began, Canadian ex-pat, now Berliner,...
View ArticleSPF '12: Clear Lake Festival offers mix of chamber music and jazz
Are you planning to be a classical music tourist this summer? To pack your shades, shorts and flip-flops and hit the road in search of fresh air, sunshine and great music? CBC Music is all over this...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM reaches back in time and finds some very old sound
Have you ever handled one of those heavy old records? You know, the ones that will shatter if you drop them? They seem almost impossibly old, like it's a miracle that these fragile circles can suddenly...
View ArticleTake 5: Canada's top 5 jazz entertainers
In jazz you'll hear plenty of musicians who can wail like Ferraris on their instruments while they perform feats of strength and dexterity. Miles Davis hated "grinning," as he called it, where Louis...
View ArticleGuns N' Roses in Las Vegas: metal hits its casino years
Las Vegas will apparently “never be the same,” now that Guns N’ Roses has been booked for its first ever residency, Appetite for Democracy, this fall at Sin City’s The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel...
View ArticleWin a trip to the 2012 CCMA Awards in Saskatoon
Fly away with the CCMA! CBC Music wants to send you to Saskatoon this September for the 2012 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. The awards take place Sept. 9, and will be broadcast nationally...
View ArticleJoel Plaskett, Amy Millan, Buck 65 (& more) all wrote songs about YOU!
To many, songwriting is magical. Part of that magic happens when a songwriter taps into a life experience that speaks to you, personally. It's like they know you and your life. Sure, sometimes these...
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