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Dan Mangan — Nice, Nice, Very Nice

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) July 24, 2009 2:48 pm
Dan Mangan sees the world differently. As if this wasn't evident enough on 2007's Postcards And Daydreaming and this year's teaser Roboteering EP, he shines a new light on his melancholic observations from traveling and growing up in Vancouver with 12 new tracks of genuine beauty. Nice, Nice Very Nice captures the best of Mangan's indie folk, from...
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Dan Mangan @ NXNE 2009

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 20, 2009 1:21 pm
Background/ Composition: Vancouver's Dan Mangan has one full-length under his belt and another on the way. He's only 25, but his unique brand of folk pop has already scored him opening gigs for Patrick Watson, The Acorn, Elliott Brood, Hey Rosetta! and Mother Mother. Grade: 90 Comment: I didn't know much about Mangan going into this and was...
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Dan Mangan — Roboteering EP

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) April 17, 2009 11:08 am
Dan Mangan has released a sweet little tease to tide fans over before he releases the full-length Nice, Nice, Very Nice in August. This precious five-track EP maintains the pretty, nostalgic feel of 2007's Postcards And Daydreaming, but shifts slightly away from the melancholy in pursuit of something more. "Robots" and "The...
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BEST OF 2011: Our favourite live acts

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 9, 2011 4:51 pm
 The year is winding down, which means that year-end lists are winding up. Without further ado, here are our favourite live acts of the year, selected by CHARTattack's devoted team of contributors, presented in no particular order. What did we miss?:...LCD SoundsystemThe deathbed was Madison Square Garden and the death rattle was a three-...
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LISTEN: Dan Mangan's eight-song mixtape for ArtistMixtapes.com

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By Lucas Samuels (CHARTattack) November 30, 2011 5:29 pm
Lucas Samuels is the curator of ArtistMixtapes.com. Today he shared the site's 56th playlist, compiled by Dan Mangan.Orchestral folk rock really seems to thrive in Canada. There are numerous bands trying their hands at it, but few do it with as much heart as Vancouver’s own Dan Mangan. His music career started modestly, with simple homemade...
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I Read The News Today... For July 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 19, 2011 4:57 pm
Ohbijou are going to spend the early part of the fall touring eastern Canada in support of their upcoming Metal Meets album. There will probably be nothing metal about any of the songs they'll play at the gigs, but hey. Camp Radio, a supergroup of sorts featuring producer Dave Draves (Kathleen Edwards, Gentleman Reg), are set to release their...
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I Read The News Today... For July 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 5, 2011 3:43 pm
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Head Of The Herd and Louder Than Love are the winners of Vancouver radio station 99.3 The Fox's Seeds contest. They'll all get their music played on air and be included on the station's compilation. One of the three winners will be chosen to receive $10,000 in equipment and get a five-song EP recorded by producer Garth...
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Song Of The Day: Dan Mangan "Oh Fortune"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 5, 2011 1:12 pm
Let's face it, we had just about stretched the limits of how many times we could mention Dan Mangan and that robot song of his. It's a most happy day, then, when Mangan's label Arts & Crafts has announced he's got a new album called Oh Fortune coming out on Sept. 27 and that the title track is available right now at danmanganmusic.com (and...
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I Read The News Today... For April 20, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 20, 2011 3:00 pm
If you've been waiting over three years to hear some falsetto folk crooning, you won't have to much longer: Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore album is out June 21. First Rusty reunited... now SIANspheric have reunited. Or will reunite on May 14 to play a show with stoner rockers Quest For Fire in Hamilton, Ont. —Facebook Diamond Rings has signed...
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I Read The News Today... For March 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 18, 2011 1:15 pm
Yo, you totally aren't sneaking into Coachella. —ComplexKlaxons have cancelled their upcoming North American tour due to "unforeseen circumstances." We don't know what that particular euphemism means, but we're going to pretend it means that one of the members randomly turned into a cat. ...What? That would be pretty "unforeseen." —klaxons.net The...
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I Read The News Today... For March 17, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 17, 2011 3:54 pm
How much is your band's name worth? Apparently $251,100 in this case, at least. —younameourband.com Japanese metallers Boris have released a statement about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in their home country, saying their families are safe. Unfortunately, both the band's upcoming new albums, Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, have...
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Video Of The Day: Dan Mangan's "Sold"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 10, 2011 5:58 pm
Dan Mangan has an argument about varieties of apples with two friends before going into the grocery store to buy some apples. But the store's a little weird, see, 'cause he can't reach the apples on the shelf they're on, and some man keeps trying to sell him strange Alice In Wonderland-type potions to make him taller. Eventually, he works it all...
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Dan Mangan's Top Albums Of 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 23, 2010 2:42 pm
We asked a pile of our favourite musicians about their top albums of 2010. Here's what Dan Mangan said:The Arcade Fire — The SuburbsBroken Social Scene — Forgiveness Rock RecordOwen Pallett — HeartlandAidan Knight — VersicolourZeus — Say UsThe Crackling — Keep Full AmbitiousApollo Ghosts — Mount BensonGord Grdina Trio w/ Mats Gustafsson — Barrel...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 26, 2010 1:15 pm
Halifax's The Stanfields' van broke down just outside of Kamloops, B.C. on Wednesday, and they need help getting home in time for Nova Scotia Music Week. You can make a donation here. Juicebox has released a free compilation featuring tunes by Living With Lions, Hostage Life (RIP) and Junior Battles to celebrate the Canadian bands that are playing...
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Polaris Battle: Dan Mangan Vs. Tegan And Sara

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 16, 2010 11:00 pm
The 2010 Polaris Music Prize will be handed out on Monday.Over the last few days, we've put two short listed albums against each other each day, and you've now had the chance to vote on all 10 discs. On Monday, we'll run an all-encompassing poll featuring all 10 short listed discs, giving you the option to pick the one you think should win.Today's...
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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) September 15, 2010 3:03 pm
The 2010 Polaris Music Prize will be awarded in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 20 when a bunch of this nation's music critics will get together papal conclave-style in an old Masonic temple to drink beer and decide what the best Canadian album of the year was.While last year's winner seemed relatively easy to predict — Fucked Up were the lone rawk act,...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 18, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 18, 2010 12:10 pm
Dragonette, The Balconies, Spirits, Dinosaur Bones and Peter Katz are among the artists featured on Spill: Songs For Oil Spill Relief, a free compilation that's being released in support of ocean conservation group Oceana. Get it here. Dan Mangan is touring Canada this fall with The Burning Hell and Harbourcoats (which features...
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Daily Poll: Who Should Win The Polaris Music Prize?

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 19, 2010 4:21 pm
The Polaris Music Prize isn't a fan-voted award, and it's also not a popularity contest. It's what happens when about 200 jurors (or 11 in one room on one night, if you want to only count the gala) attempt to determine what's artistically the best Canadian album released during a particular year.People have strong opinions about...
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Dan Mangan Talks Polaris Music Prize Nomination

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 6, 2010 4:30 pm
A silhouette of the Queen shows up on the cover of Dan Mangan's Polaris Music Prize short listed Nice, Nice, Very Nice sophomore album. Appropriately, the Queen was in Toronto on Tuesday, which was the same day the Polaris short list announcement took place at the city's Drake Hotel. Mangan now has a one in 10 chance of having his album...
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Polaris Music Prize Short List Announced

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 6, 2010 10:22 am
The Polaris long list of 40 titles has been cut by a quarter, reducing the list of hopefuls to a short list of 10. The short list was revealed Tuesday (July 6) afternoon at Toronto's Drake Hotel.  CBC Radio 3's Grant Lawrence and Fucked Up's Damian Abraham helped unveil the short list . The short list was chosen by a jury of nearly 200...
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