"Once you sell some records, you've got two paths you can choose," says I Mother Earth guitarist Jag Tanna. "You can believe your own hype, or you can just stay kind of grounded." In the past year, IME has had a lot of decisions to make, and a lot more paths presented themselves than just the two that Jag refers to. After giving Edwin the boot, the band took on new lead singer Brian Byrne, and in the September issue of CHART Magazine, the guys talk about what the change has meant for one of Canada's biggest bands. Having just released the new hit album Blue Green Orange, things are hotter than ever for IME, and only in the pages of CHART do Brian, Jag, Christian and Bruce dish the dirt on their summertime climbing out of the void.
One would be hard pressed to imagine any area of our lives that hasn't been affected by computers, the internet, or any of the other digital and communications technologies that surround us today. The world of music is no exception, and in many ways, musicians, their fans, and the music industry itself, are one of the strongest forces pushing their development. In a ten-page special feature, CHART takes a look at the way technology is affecting music, and music is affecting technology as we close out both a decade and a century.
This summer, while on the road with EdgeFest, Vancouver hip-hop outfit the Rascalz impressed many with the energy and skillz. In CHART'S new issue, we dig deep into their psyches, with a hilarious game of "20 Questions".
Rounding out this great back to school issue are interviews with young punks Serial Joe, Blinker The Star, and Toronto's own beautiful singer/songwriter Emm Gryner. As always, there's also a full round-up of music news and gossip from coast-to-coast, record reviews, book, film and zine coverage, and more!
CHART - Canada's Music Magazine
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