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Kings Of Leon Take Over Hamilton, World

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By Zack Vitiello (CHARTattack) September 21, 2009 4:32 pm
In my review of Kings Of Leon's probably last-ever Toronto club show, I noted their post-Only By The Night sound was destined for venues much bigger than Kool Haus. In less than a year, Kings Of Leon have proven that assumption totally accurate, conquering stadiums throughout North America, and having already proven to Torontonians just a few...
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Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

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By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm
Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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Sasquatch!: Of Montreal Amazes

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By Alyssa Noel (CHARTattack) May 29, 2009 3:05 pm
May 23 I'd prefer to start my day with a Rolling Rock than Starbucks. Cracking the former before noon indicates you're going to spend a day in the blistering heat enjoying a magical spread of the biggest buzz bands of the year. Pouring the latter into your mug means you're back at your desk cranking out doomsday copy in the moderately warm...
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Kings Of Leon Are Stadium Rockers

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By Stephanie Joudrey (CHARTattack) April 22, 2009 4:43 pm
If you were anywhere near Union Station, it was impossible not to notice the frat boys all heading in the same direction, and there were lineups of people hoping to get a last minute ticket to this sold-out show. Or maybe everyone milling around just didn't want to witness opening band The Walkmen. It may have been for the best because The...
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Kings Must Be Trashier

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By Zack Vitiello (CHARTattack) November 10, 2008 12:55 pm
The fact that Nashville, Tenn. rockers Kings Of Leon just put out the worst album of their career didn't stop scalpers outside of Toronto's Kool Haus from charging more than $200 for a ticket to Friday night's sold-out show. But what was even more shocking was that it didn't stop people from buying them. It may be cool to hate the Kings after...
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Kings Of Leon — Only By The Night

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 1, 2008 1:21 pm
Kings Of Leon's Youth And Young Manhood debut made them sound like a raunchy, Southern-fried version of The Strokes. But over the course of three more albums their sound has morphed into something entirely unrecognizable from their former selves.Their gradual transformation into neo-psychedelic space rockers is now complete on Only By The...
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Kings Of Leon Ditch The Southern Fried And Just Rock

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) June 15, 2007 10:00 am
Nathan Followill might have bet his bandmates the princely sum of $100,000 that he'd never bed another woman (aside from his fiancee). But at the Kool Haus on Tuesday night, I don't know how he, or any of the Kings Of Leon for that matter, could have possibly escaped from either sex unscathed. I knew that Kings Of Leon had a rather large and...
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Kings Of Leon — Because Of The Times

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) April 10, 2007 12:23 pm
It's shot in the dark, but I have a feeling that the Followill boys may have been done wrong by a woman. It's just a guess, but it seems pretty solid. The family affair's third and most accomplished album is chock full of girls, girls and more girls. The Kings' southern-fried garage rock's been given a spit-shine — well,...
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Kings Of Leon — Aha Shake Heartbreak

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) February 22, 2005 3:06 pm
The brothers Followill (and their guitarist cousin) don't shake off those Southern Strokes comparisons on Aha Shake Heartbreak, but they do follow up their disappointing debut, Youth & Young Manhood, with some more mature songwriting. Lead Followill, Caleb, still works his exhausting, over-aged blues drawl and there are still cringe-worthy...
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Kings Of Leon — Youth And Young Manhood

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By Joanne Huffa (CHARTattack) July 22, 2003 12:33 pm
With a couple of EPs under their belts and a barrage of good press from the British music rags, the boys (three brothers and one cousin) in the Kings Of Leon finally release Youth And Young Manhood. It’s a bluesy, countrified rock ‘n’ roll album that kinda sounds like the south, but not in a creepy redneck kind of way. Singer Caleb Followill...
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I Read The News Today... For June 24, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff June 24, 2011 3:10 pm
Jack White and Stephen Colbert have recorded a tune dubbed "Charlene II (I'm Over You)," which they debuted on The Colbert Report last night. It's available for download on iTunes now and hard copies are also up for purchase on seven-inch vinyl through the Third Man Records store. Check out the single below: Courtney Love burned her...
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Kings Of Leon Announce Pile More Tour Dates

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 2, 2011 12:29 pm
If you didn't catch Kings Of Leon last summer when they blazed through North American cities in support of last year's Come Around Sundown, here's your chance to totally get up close to the Followills OMG!!!11123Caleb, Nathan, Jared and Matthew will head out on a North American tour beginning July 25 and folding Oct. 15. Several Canadian dates are...
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I Read The News Today... For April 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 2:29 pm
Seth from Dengue Fever explains what a Mastadong is. And no, it's not as dirty as it sounds (it actually isn't dirty at all): Tokyo Police Club keyboardist and funnyman Graham Wright will release his Shirts Vs. Skins debut solo album on June 28. Chilly Gonzales is going to release what he's calling the world's "first-ever all-orchestral...
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I Read The News Today... For April 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 21, 2011 1:25 pm
Big Music Fest 2011 has been cancelled in both Owen Sound, Ont. and Belleville, Ont. The Tea Party were supposed to play the Owen Sound date. Clearly dark magic is afoot? —The Owen Sound Sun Times Yesterday — 4/20 — rapper Afroman, famous for the single "Because I Got High," was sued for allegedly forgetting he was to play a show. We'd make a joke...
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I Read The News Today... For April 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 18, 2011 4:26 pm
The Trews, David Myles, Rose Cousins and Chris Colepaugh & The Crew were among the artists who won multiple East Coast Music Awards this weekend in Charlottetown. —ecma.ca Hey Rosetta!, In-Flight Safety and Glory Glory have been added to the lineup for this year's M Fest, which will take place at Halifax's Alderney Landing on Aug. 7. Broken...
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I Read The News Today... For April 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 5, 2011 3:09 pm
Dinosaur Jr. are playing their 1988 Bug album in entirety early this summer. And OMG! Fucked Up will join them at the New York date. —Pitchfork Bedouin Soundclash have released a special single called "Here I Am Featuring The Saint James Music Academy" today through iTunes. It was recorded in September and proceeds from the single will go towards...
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I Read The News Today... For March 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 21, 2011 4:03 pm
Tool Lite A Perfect Circle are coming to a North American city near you. It's just like 2002 all over again! Yeah!!! —Spin A man's ear is being used to blow up balloons in this Cars video, there's some sort of marble rolling around, an evil scientist and... I don't... ... ... goddamnit, just watch it: Did you miss that Yuck show in...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 31, 2011 4:27 pm
Nova Scotia's Juno Award-nominated rapper Classified will release his Hand Shakes And Middle Fingers album on March 22 through Sony. He's also announced a tour for O-O-O Canada that'll take place in March and April. —classifiedofficial.com The Toronto Star takes a look at the decline of the turntable. DJ Kool Herc, who basically founded hip-hop,...
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Who Do You Hate More? Glee Vs. Kings Of Leon

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 26, 2011 12:08 pm
Last year, Kings Of Leon said some people working on Glee had approached the band about using their "Use Somebody" on the show. They said no.Glee creator Ryan Murphy didn't have very nice things to say about the band to The Hollywood Reporter in an interview this week."Fuck you, Kings Of Leon," he said. "They're self-centred assholes, and they...
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Kings Of Leon Win Ping-Pong Against Prince Harry

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 7, 2011 1:52 pm
Kings Of Leon are pretty pleased with themselves because they've beaten royalty at a game of table tennis.The Followills were recently in London, England and had a ping-pong match with Prince Harry backstage at the city's O2 Arena, where they were playing a show. "We're still pretty wide-eyed about meeting dignitaries but he's the cool prince I...
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