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Pumping: Copyright - The Hidden World

If you ever hear an act called a "musician's band" you can basically assume they're doomed to failure. For a very narrow social circle that is musicians from rock bands who lived in Vancouver between '89-'95, Copyright are the greatest band on earth. If you're anyone else, you don't give a shit. The song "Rock Machine" is...
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Internet Piracy And Lax Copyright Laws Contribute To Lower Music Sales

Music sales fell again in Canada last year, and the recording industry continues to blame online file-sharing and inadequate copyright legislation for the dwindling revenues. Net music sales in the country dropped by $23.36 million, or four per cent, to $608.71 million in 2005, according to the Canadian Recording Industry Association. While...
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The Circus That Was The Strokes

If you happened to be sauntering around Queen West yesterday in search of new pants or maybe some fancy boots, you'd have surely noticed the untold amount of Sloan Pretty Together posters stapled to, literally, every post along Queen between John and Spadina. If you didn't know there was a new Sloan record coming out before yesterday, you sure as...
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The Strokes invade Toronto amid mucho hype.

Copyright — The Hidden World

Any band that decides to tackle a saga of addiction, despair and salvation in the course of 11 songs has a pretty daunting task ahead of them. The group comes pretty close to living up to their ambition. Starting with a batch of songs exploring the upside of excess and indulgence, things quickly hit a downward spiral with the haunting little...
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Copyright - The Hidden World
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