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Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell Showcases Classic Punk Shots

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 10:09am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) June 4, 2010 10:09 am
CHARTattack photographer and man about town Joseph Fuda will be curating an exhibit of early punk photographs starting next week. Titled "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell" after The Stooges song of the same name, the exhibit will feature photos from Blondie, Cardboard Brains, David Bowie, The Dead Boys, The Diodes, Iggy Pop, John...
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CHARTattack's Barry Taylor Recording Comedy Album

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 3:25pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) May 14, 2010 3:25 pm
If the feedback we get from readers is true, CHARTattack's contributing writers are decidedly NOT funny. But our people still keep trying anyway. One such contributor, Barry Taylor, the author of such mirthful stories as Ten Great Big Cat Bands: A Reclaiming Tigers From The Woods List, The Ten Funniest Dudes In Rock, and Jonathan Roy, Son Of...
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CHARTattack Introduces New Feature: Crowd Chronicles

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 1:29pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) April 29, 2010 1:29 pm
CHARTattack is pleased to announce another new regularly monthly feature... Crowd Chronicles. In our travels through rock 'n' roll's seedy underbelly CHARTattack's contributors see lots of awful, ridiculous, bizarre and stupid things — and we're not talking about Tea Party performances. So on a Thursday each month one of our revolving cast of...
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CHARTattack Introduces New Feature: Best Song Ever

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 4:12pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) April 22, 2010 4:12 pm
CHARTattack is excited to announce a new regular monthly feature... Best Song Ever. In Best Song Ever our rotating cast of scribes will go far deeper into one particularly awesome song than any self-respecting reporter truly should, sipping on all the song's most essential juices courtesy of the person who made it.   The first edition of...
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CHARTattack's Looking For New Writers

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 9:45am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) April 7, 2010 9:45 am
CHARTattack is looking for some new writers.We're looking for savvy and enthusiast music writers who've got an excellent command of the written word as well as a passion for Can-rock, indie rock, alternative rock and what's rocking campus radio.Interested applicants should send the following information to writers AT chartattack.com...
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Massive Free CHART Magazine Giveaway + We're Moving

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 2:26pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) February 24, 2010 2:26 pm
The folks at CHARTattack are moving. We're heading uptown effective March 8, 2010. We're pretty excited about our new digs, mainly because there's a Mandarin Chinese Buffet RIGHT IN THE BUILDING!!! Before we let fantasies of chicken ball and Shanghai noodle gorgings fill our heads, though, we've got some important business to take care of —...
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CHARTattack Is On Vacation

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 3:35pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) December 23, 2009 3:35 pm
Watch out fat, drunk uncles, we're on our way to the family parties and we're gonna steal your beers when you pass out after supper. We're also going to be on vacation from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3. That means you probably shouldn't bother trying to email, call or send your crappy CDs to CHARTattack during that time. Through the magic of our super-...
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Best Day Ever!

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 10:24am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) December 18, 2009 10:24 am
Thank you CHARTattack readers! Yesterday was our best traffic day since redesigning and relaunching the website in August 2008. To all our visitors old and new, please know we appreciate your patronage and love you more than Pitchfork writers love Animal Collective. One thing that's surprising us in all this, however, is how few of you want...
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CHARTattack's 15th Annual Readers' Poll Is Go!

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 12:33pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) December 11, 2009 12:33 pm
Hi readers, It's time once again for the digital voting blitzkrieg that is CHARTattack's 15th Annual Year End Readers' Poll. It's gonna be like the wild west out there, so don't be shy about motivating fellow fans and friends to vote for your favourites in long-time categories like The Golden Toque for best Canadian album and the Lord Mullet Of...
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I Love This Sonic City Too

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 11:24am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) November 10, 2009 11:24 am
A couple friends of CHARTattack are doing some cool things folks need to know about. First up, mistress of darkness, former Chart editor, and the glue that keeps the Polaris Music Prize running, Liisa Ladouceur, will be hosting editions of the City Sonic musical docu-adventure series every Sunday this month on Aux TV. The program is a...
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Interns Wanted For Music Writing/Abuse

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:24am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) August 18, 2009 11:24 am
CHARTattack is looking for a few (1-3) good interns to help us out in the fall. Openings are available starting immediately and last until December. We're looking for savvy and enthusiast wannabe music writers who've got an excellent command of the written word as well as a passion for Can-rock, indie rock, alternative rock and what's rocking...
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We've Got A New Homepage!

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 12:46pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) August 17, 2009 12:46 pm
Surprise! By now lots of you regular readers have figured out that we've just dramatically overhauled the homepage of Chartattack.com. Through careful geek study we figured out that whole giant gobs of readers were under the impression that we were only doing three stories each day, which is totally negatory because we're churning out up to 30...
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Nardwuar The Human Serviette Returns

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 5:02pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) July 23, 2009 5:02 pm
One of the longest serving contributors to the Chart empire is returning. Today we proudly welcome back our friend Nardwuar The Human Serviette to active service. We've just posted a brand new Nard interview in our Features section, where he squares off with Queen of the D-listers, Kathy Griffin, and her sassy accomplice Lily Tomlin. You...
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The NINJA Photo Challenge

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 10:53am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) June 3, 2009 10:53 am
That wicked NIN-JA tour rolled in to Toronto last night, complete with Trent Reznor's forward-thinking blessing to fans that they would be allowed to photograph, videotape or record the shows freely. We sent ace Juno Award-nominated photographer Richard Beland to the show to shoot Nine Inch Nails, Janes' Addiction and Street Sweeper Social...
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CHARTattack Declares This Tragically Hip Week

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 10:34am
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) May 12, 2009 10:34 am
CHARTattack has declared this week "Tragically Hip Week" in honour of the Kingston band's massive six-day run at Toronto's Massey Hall that started on Monay night. We'll be running a review of that show on Wednesday. The big splash for Hip Week, however, will be the daily photo galleries we'll be putting up of each show. The Hip's...
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Grist 13 Making Its Return

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 3:45pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) January 28, 2009 3:45 pm
We've got some very exciting news for CHARTattack readers today. A classic feature from Chart Magazine will be reappearing starting Feb. 1. This date will mark the return of The Grist 13 And Shitty 7 list. Expect this incisive commentary to appear at the start of each month in the Features section of the site. Savvy readers will know that we...
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Meet Me At The Front Bar

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 5:41pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) January 22, 2009 5:41 pm
Greetings friends, We're starting to tinker with our Interact bulletin board section on the website. The first thing we've done is created a new conversation area called Meet Me At The Front Bar. It's a sly nod to all the business that goes down at the front bar of Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. More importantly though, we've created this space...
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We're Back! Plus, Some Fixes

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 5:12pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) January 6, 2009 5:12 pm
We're back in the office and working away. A couple programming notes: We got our math wrong ("intern math") in our CHARTattack's 20 Favourite Albums Of 2008 story. We forgot about Wolf Parade. Click here for the redone rankings.  Also, our bitchin' free mixtape courtesy of D-Sisive and DJ Grouch didn't actually come out on...
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CHARTattack's Holiday Schedule

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 2:42pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) December 23, 2008 2:42 pm
It takes a lot of energy to work up the collected fanbases of Matthew Good, David Usher and Thornley into such a lather. As such, the CHARTattack staff will be taking a break from Dec. 24 to Jan. 5 and will be publishing on a relaxed schedule. [For you industry types, this also means none of us are going to be around during this time.] You...
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14th Annual Readers Poll... Now With Unlimited Voting

Submitted by Blatant Propaganda on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 12:11pm
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By Blatant Propaganda (CHARTattack) December 19, 2008 12:11 pm
Hi readers, After much debate, we've decided to unleash the hounds and make the voting for our 14th Annual Year End Readers' Poll unlimited as opposed to once-per-day.  Some folks were able to figure out the complexities of trashing their cookies and were able to multi-vote, whereas others were stuck just dutifully logging their single votes...
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