City Sonic

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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City Sonic: Serena Ryder At The Dakota Tavern

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By CHARTattack Staff October 23, 2009 3:56 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Serena Ryder talks about the isolation she felt when she moved to Toronto from Peterborough, Ont., playing shows at The Communist's Daughter and eventually moving on to The Dakota Tavern....
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City Sonic: D-Sisive At Planet Mars

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By CHARTattack Staff October 16, 2009 12:39 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, D-Sisive talks about the Toronto open mic session Planet Mars, which used to be held at what was formerly called Lion's Bar (it's now called Neu+ral) and how it launched his career....
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City Sonic: Laura Barrett With Martin Tielli At Art Gallery Of Ontario

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By CHARTattack Staff October 9, 2009 3:46 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Laura Barrett explains how a Rheostatics show at the Art Gallery Of Ontario influenced her as a songwriter. The interplay and banter between Barrett and former Rheostatics singer/guitarist...
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City Sonic: Fucked Up's Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham At Rotate This

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By CHARTattack Staff October 2, 2009 12:46 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Fucked Up's Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham talks about how shows at Queen Street West's Rotate This influenced how he felt about punk music and good times with the store's manager...
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City Sonic: Sarah Slean At The Rivoli

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By CHARTattack Staff September 28, 2009 3:28 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Sarah Slean talks about life at the Royal Conservatory Of Music, her disillusionment with the classical music world and beginning her career as a singer/songwriter at Queen Street West's...
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City Sonic: Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker On The Toronto Subway

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By CHARTattack Staff September 18, 2009 4:32 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this animated episode, Great Lake Swimmers frontman Tony Dekker talks about writing songs about the Toronto subway system as a way to cope with the 9-5 grind and basing his first songs on its "...
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City Sonic: Rush's Geddy Lee At Massey Hall

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By CHARTattack Staff September 15, 2009 4:26 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Rush's Geddy Lee talks about seeing Cream at Massey Hall, the building's significance in his life and its prestige made the idea of playing it seem unattainable. Nonetheless, Rush wound...
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City Sonic: Woodhands At The Don Valley Brickworks

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By CHARTattack Staff September 14, 2009 4:34 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Woodhands discuss playing at the Don Valley Brickworks with Kids On TV and Holy Fuck back in 2006 and all the laws (trespassing, noise violations, alcohol consumption in public, etc.) they...
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City Sonic: Die Mannequin's Care Failure At 102.1 The Edge

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By CHARTattack Staff August 24, 2009 4:55 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this Bruce McDonald-directed (Hard Core Logo) episode, Die Mannequin's Care Failure talks about Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge and how it influenced her teenage years and development as a musician...
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City Sonic: Jason Collett In Kensington Market

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By CHARTattack Staff August 21, 2009 4:34 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues and neighbourhoods where they started their careers. In this episode, Broken Social Scene's Jason Collett discusses the many different cultures intersecting in Toronto's Kensington Market and how Paul's Boutique, the neighbourhood's...
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City Sonic: Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt At Sneaky Dee's

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By CHARTattack Staff August 20, 2009 4:57 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt talks about beginning his career at Ted's Wrecking Yard and getting involved with the Wavelength Music Series at the colourful, grimy, loveable and hip hole in...
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City Sonic: Justin Rutledge At The Cameron House

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By CHARTattack Staff August 19, 2009 4:44 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the venues where they started their careers. In this episode, Justin Rutledge and his bassist, Blue Rodeo's Bazil Donovan, discuss Queen Street West's Cameron House. Rutledge began his career playing at the Cameron House and played there for just over...
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City Sonic: Danko Jones At Maple Leaf Gardens

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By CHARTattack Staff August 4, 2009 3:50 pm
City Sonic is a cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the bars where they started their careers. Growing up, Danko Jones' biggest goal was to play at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. Why? His favourite band, KISS, had played there zillions of times. Jones and his band of the same name finally did play...
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City Sonic: Barenaked Ladies At UltraSound Showbar

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By CHARTattack Staff June 9, 2009 4:24 pm
Here's another episode of City Sonic, the cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the bars where they started their careers. In this episode, which was directed by Peter Lynch (Arrowhead, Project Grizzly), the Barenaked Ladies' Tyler Stewart dishes about CityTV's Speakers' Corner booth and UltraSound...
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City Sonic: Cancer Bats At The Adrift Clubhouse

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By CHARTattack Staff June 9, 2009 3:07 pm
Here's the first episode of City Sonic, the cross-platform series of 24 short documentaries in which Toronto artists discuss the bars where they started their careers. Cancer Bats dish about the part skatepark, part all-ages venue that is Spadina Ave.'s Adrift Clubhouse in this clip, which was directed by Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo). They...
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Artists Dish Secrets For City Sonic

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 22, 2009 12:55 pm
City Sonic, a new cross-platform documentary film series in which Toronto artists discuss the bars where they started their careers, will premiere at the city's Drake Hotel on June 17 as part of North By Northeast. The first episodes of Kensington Communications and White Pine Pictures' series of 24 short documentaries will feature Sarah Slean,...
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