Idle Sons

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) May 2, 2006 4:00 pm
It was probably bands like Taking Back Sunday that created the hybrid of pop, punk and emo that begat groups like Idle Sons — the sort who sing about the sordid emotions that can only be expressed by angst-ridden man-children with spiked belts and asymmetrical haircuts. Even disregarding the complete riff rip-off of the Smashing Pumpkins' "...
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Idle Sons Are No More, But Still Contenders For Juno Award

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) March 26, 2007 4:30 pm
Fans of Burlington, Ont. rock band Idle Sons will have to cherish last year's Sixteen Seasons album for a long time, as the group are no more. "After 13 years, thousands of miles and a million great experiences, Idle Sons are no more," the band wrote earlier this month on their website. "We would like to take this opportunity to...
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Danko Jones And The Trews To Rock The Brier

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By CHARTattack Staff March 1, 2007 7:00 pm
Swedish metal band Hammerfall enlisted the women's world curling champions from their homeland to appear in their "Hearts On Fire" video last year. Danko Jones knows virtually nothing about curling, but the Canadian rocker and his band of the same name are very popular in Scandinavia. "What's the connection?" you're asking...
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Junos: Idle Sons Agree, Nelly Furtado Capable Of Maneating

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) February 7, 2007 6:00 pm
We've had some pretty big names in the rock world come out of unlikely Ontario towns — Ajax had Sum 41, Norwood had Three Days Grace — and now Burlington has sons to be proud of: Idle Sons, that is. Having been together since high school, the tattooed quartet have had more than their fair share of hard knocks, but now their work has paid off....
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Idle Sons Not So Idle Anymore

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) April 5, 2006 5:30 pm
Idle Sons have been going at this thing called rock 'n' roll together since 1996, and in that time the Burlington, Ont. foursome have grown up more than they ever expected to. In the beginning they called themselves Slurpymundae and wrote an album's worth of heart-pounding Can-rock. They signed a record deal, recorded an album, lost the record...
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EMI Offers Music To Accompany Beer Drinking And Poker Playing

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By Eva Lampert (CHARTattack) March 21, 2006 6:00 pm
EMI Music Canada will add to their "Best In The World Ever" CD series with the April 4 release of The Best Beer Drinking Album In The World... Ever! Volume III — Poker Night. The compilation follows 2004's The Best Beer Drinking Album In The World... Ever! and last year's The Best Beer Drinking Album In The World... Ever! Volume II —...
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