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Final Fantasy Is Classic

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) August 28, 2008 1:14 pm
The Music Hall was packed full of indie kids on Wednesday night, all of them looking for some classy music that was sophisticated and superior to whatever the latest blogiverse flavour of the week. Indeed, the show put on by Final Fantasy and contemporary classic composer Nico Muhly was a portrait of imagination and spark, and far more than just...
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BEST OF 2011: Our favourite artists on Twitter

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2011 5:00 pm
The year is winding down, which means that year-end lists are winding up. Without further ado, here are our favourite artist twitters of 2011, selected by CHARTattack's devoted team of contributors, presented in no particular order. Who did we miss?:... Patrick Stickles: @titus_ndronicus Despite starting this account just a few months...
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Song Of The Day: Hooray For Earth's "Lewis Takes Action" (Owen Pallett Cover)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 6, 2011 2:36 pm
New York weirdo rockers Hooray For Earth have covered Owen Pallett's "Lewis Takes Action," which can be found on Pallett's 2010 Polaris Music Prize short listed Heartland LP. They've taken the strings from Pallett's original and warped things the fuck up by putting their melody through distorted electric guitar to make it sound like you might as...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #7: Owen Pallett Does "People Of The Sky"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 17, 2011 1:19 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This seventh edition features Owen Pallett scoring a version of "People Of The Sky" that'll take the Twice Removed gem to a totally classy new place....
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Video Of The Day: Owen Pallett's "The Great Elsewhere"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 6, 2011 4:26 pm
We've officially bid farewell to winter for eight months or so (though temperatures still feel pretty chilly here in Toronto), but don't let the winter motifs in Owen Pallett's clip for "The Great Elsewhere" turn you off. It's a beautiful video featuring close-ups of the Toronto singer/songwriter, winter landscapes, fungi, flowers and an aptly-...
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I Read The News Today... For March 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 28, 2011 3:25 pm
Guided By Voices, Neko Case, No Age, Kurt Vile and a bunch of other Pitchfork types got added to... the Pitchfork Music Festival. The Strokes are going to start working on yet another Strokes record that sounds like Is This It next month. —Consequence Of Sound You can add Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner to the list of people who dislike...
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Free Owen Pallett Demos EP Available

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 20, 2010 1:23 pm
Owen Pallett's been a busy guy this year. He began 2010 by releasing his Heartland album, which was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize. He also contributed string arrangements to Arcade Fire's The Suburbs and released his A Swedish Love Story EP in September. He also wrote 14 little scores for a New York Times project you can see here. To...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 8, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2010 2:02 pm
Pittsburgh has declared Dec. 7 "Greg Gillis Day" (it's now a public holiday!) in honour of Girl Talk, who calls the city home. Excuse me, Rob Ford, where is our Rush Day in Toronto? Don't worry, you'll like Rush — their lyrics read like Ayn Rand novels. —The Pitt News Richard Ashcroft has made the United Nations Of Sound's new single, "Are...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 3, 2010 12:47 pm
The reason Ozzy Osbourne hasn't died of a drug overdose yet? He's actually a mutant. No, really. —New York Daily NewsGarbage are recording a new album after a five-year hiatus. The question is: does anyone still care? —The Guardian Robyn, Elvis Costello and Florence And The Machine will perform at this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert, which takes...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 30, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 30, 2010 12:32 pm
Toronto electro-poppers Small Sins are touring Canada this November in support of their recently released Pot Calls Kettle Black album. —MySpace Against Me! have cancelled all their upcoming tour dates for 2010 due to "unforeseen circumstances." Bummer. Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase. —againstme.net San Diego nu-psych rockers...
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Awful Things People Said About 2010 Polaris Short Listed Records

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 21, 2010 3:18 pm
The 10 artists who appeared on this year's Polaris Music Prize short list have rightly been described as "critical darlings."Indeed, since the award is determined by about 200 Canadian music critics, bloggers and broadcasters, it's kind of hard to find a bad word written about the 10 discs. But just like every family has that one extremely...
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Polaris Short Listers Happier With Appreciation From Fans, Friends

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 21, 2010 3:11 pm
While the Polaris Music Prize might be an award determined by a panel of Canadian music journalists, bloggers and broadcasters, nearly every short-listed artist says the biggest compliments about their albums had come from their friends and fans. The Besnard Lakes' Olga Goreas and Richard White say they were happiest when someone told them they'd...
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Official CHARTattack 2010 Polaris Music Prize Betting Line

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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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Polaris Battle: Caribou Vs. Owen Pallett

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 14, 2010 11:00 pm
The 2010 Polaris Music Prize will be handed out on Monday.That, of course, means the next week is going to be filled with tons of speculation about who'll win this year, who actually deserves to win, who should have been short listed but wasn't and, afterwards, debate about whether the winning album truly merited the award.Over the next week, we'...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 11, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 11, 2010 12:19 pm
To the person who stole Tony Iommi's famous Iommi SG guitar on July 24 at London, England's High Voltage Festival: you're an asshole. How dare you steal from a rock god? Iommi's offering a reward for its return, so if you know anything about it, get in touch with his webmaster. —iommi.comInterpol have revealed the reason...
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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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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Women have made "Eyesore," the first single from their upcoming Public Strain sophomore album, available for free download. Morrissey's Bona Drag singles compilation will be reissued on Sept. 27. —NME Here's quite possibly the nerdiest collaboration we've heard of in a while: Ben Folds and High Fidelity author Nick...
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