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54-40 — Northern Soul

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) September 29, 2008 11:45 am
Yep, they're still around. Northern Soul is 54-40's 12th studio album and they're not showing any interest in slowing down. The 11-track effort is the first release to emerge from the band's decision to buckle down and write 100 new songs (sixth track, "100 Songs," acts as their rallying cry). Consummate lead singer Neil Osborne is...
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54-40 — Yes To Everything

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) June 14, 2005 9:48 am
There's something to be said for innovation and evolution within a long-running band's work, but sometimes it goes too far, or goes awry. We all remember (and are still trying to forget) Neil Osborne's glammed-up eyeliner look and 54-40's overly slick sound of the late '90s. Thankfully, there's none of that here — Yes To Everything is a solid,...
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I Read The News Today... For March 14, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 14, 2011 4:45 pm
Want to see a guy screaming into a microphone while a silent film plays in the background? Head to this year's Images Festival, then. 54-40 are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year by releasing a new album entitled Lost In The City. It's their 13th studio LP and it's out June 14.The Kills are offering a free download of "DNA" from their...
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I Read The News Today... For June 23, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 23, 2010 1:35 pm
Blink-182 singer/bassist Mark Hoppus is getting his own weekly TV show on Fuse, the station that used to be known as MuchUSA south of the 49th parallel. Expect plenty of poo and pee jokes. —Alternative Press Wintersleep have announced some European and North American tour dates for this fall. They'll link up with The Besnard Lakes for some of...
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Big Sugar, 54-40, Wide Mouth Mason To Honour Crafty Crabs At Crabfest 2010

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) June 9, 2010 3:34 pm
We don't have anything against bands with a touch of grey in their hair. We really don't. But for the second time in two weeks, we are nevertheless going to lightheartedly poke fun at a festival lineup that seems a little, shall we say, retro. Big Sugar, 54-40 and Wide Mouth Mason will headline the 1997 (at least, that’s what year it seems to be...
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54-40 Turning 30, Recreating Green Album Live

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 24, 2010 1:42 pm
54-40 will celebrate their upcoming 30th anniversary (I know!) by playing their 1986 self-titled "Green Album" (they did it first, Weezer) in entirety at a few upcoming shows. 54-40 wasn't the band's debut album, but it was their first to be distributed by a major label. It contained several hits, including "I Go Blind" and...
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Festival Of Beer: Quaffing And Riffing

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 2:17 pm
I've attended Toronto's Festival Of Beer every year since it began in 1995, but this was the first not to be held at historic Fort York. It moved slightly west to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds' Bandshell Park, which meant more room, but less intimacy. Whether that's a positive or negative is up to an individual's taste — just like the...
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Pumping: 54-40 - Yes To Everything

Submitted by The Stereo on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:47pm
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) July 3, 2009 12:47 pm
OK, maybe this wasn't their most dynamic record ever, but we haven't given up on the 54s. Like, if you were given a choice, who would you rather go see, them or a reformed Treble Charger? You know this Stereo is right. 
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Pumping: 54-40 - 54-40

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) June 5, 2009 10:07 am
Every song on this album is amazing and if you don't like classic 54-40 you should probably just throw yourself off a bridge right now because you'll never be in harmony with the rest of the universe.
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Pumping: 54-40 - Goodbye Flatland

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) March 20, 2009 11:41 am
OK, this record's a little bit "meh" but they're still better than tons of old fucks who've fallen off. And while we're at it, these guys and Sloan have both been around, like, 47 years, when are we gonna start treating them with the same respect and legacy that people give The Guess Who and, um... um... you know what I mean.
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Pumping: 54-40 - Radio Love Songs: The Singles Collection

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) November 14, 2008 11:42 am
If you at all like Canadian rock, 54-40 pretty much have to be one of your cornerstones. Any respectable hoser knows all of the songs on here, even the bonus tracks they slapped on to make sure there was new material. "Baby Ran" "I Go Blind" "Nice To Luv You" Now that I've said that, those songs are totally...
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54-40's Isolation Drills

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) October 7, 2008 11:34 am
In an industry where bands live fast and die hard, 54-40 are an anomaly. The quartet have survived 27 years and 12 studio albums. One might reasonably expect inspiration to be a problem at this juncture, but the band's latest disc, Northern Soul, is just the first of many products they're planning to harvest from a challenging new songwriting...
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54-40 Vocal About War

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) September 8, 2008 4:08 pm
No one should accuse 54-40 frontman Neil Osborne of treading lightly on sensitive issues. "I wrote a letter," he says, in reference to Canada's presence in Afghanistan, "and sent it out to the MPs and the press — this is a couple of years ago — saying Canadians just shouldn't be involved in this. "It's not what we signed up...
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54-40 — Goodbye Flatland

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) June 17, 2003 2:40 pm
54-40 lost their edge somewhere around the time Hootie And The Blowfish turned them into accidental millionaires. That's not to say 54-40 got bad, they just got soft. Albums like Trusted By Millions and Since When were filled with charming singalongs, but lacked the fire of their early work. For Goodbye Flatland 54-40 have become an independent...
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54-40 Continue Their Far Flung Adventures

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By Erik Missio (CHARTattack) June 28, 2001 9:30 am
Groupies of ubiquitous rock radio favourites 54-40 may find themselves faced with a small roadblock if they plan to follow the band on their current tour. It seems in between the usual stops of Ottawa (for the I Am Rock birthday fest) and Montreal, Neil Osbourne and the boys have penciled in another date that may be too much of a commute for most...
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54-40 Album Soon To Be Released In U.S.

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By CHARTattack Staff May 28, 2001 4:30 pm
Do not adjust adjust your monitor settings. The rumors are true. Old-school Canadian rockers 54-40 have announced that their latest album, Paloma, will be released in the U.S. before the end of the year. Until then, our neighbors to the south will have to settle with buying the CD online or picking it up during one of the band's live shows....
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54-40 — Casual Viewin'

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By Zoë Gemelli (CHARTattack) August 22, 2000 1:57 pm
Happy, shiny people. O.K., I know that was another band, but am I ever hearing the R.E.M. similarities again. I jumped at the chance to hear the new disc, being a fairly new 54-40 fan (And that came after seeing them live.) Sitting in my apartment, stereo cranked and what do I get? Definitely more of their rock/country tunes and an almost...
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Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All Time (50 To 41)

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By CHARTattack Staff June 30, 2000 8:30 am
50. BLUE RODEO Casino (Warner) 1990 "All I want in life is for Jim Cuddy to sing me to sleep at night — is that so wrong?" says Jane Tattersall, of Zomba Records, a diehard Blue Rodeo fan who's been "hooked" since Outskirts. While Tattersall was in university, her apartment was robbed. All of her CDs were stolen — except...
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54-40 Video Shoot Update

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By CHARTattack Staff May 29, 2000 4:00 pm
54-40 are alive and well... in Kenya. The band, who have been keeping fans updated via their website, recently checked in from Mombassa, a sun-soaked port city on the Indian Ocean. "We woke up this morning at 5:30 a.m., so we could take advantage of the sunrise and early morning light," posted bassist Brad Merritt, while the rest of...
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54-40 On Exotic Photo Shoots (photo by Graham Kennedy)
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