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Patti Smith — Trampin'

What does one of rock's scariest rabble rousers of the late ‘70s and ‘80s do now that she's middle-aged and long over simple youthful angst? In Patti Smith's case, you mature gracefully, but still kick up a shit storm when it’s needed. Smith’s basic style remains intact with most of the music being straight-ahead rock featuring her mix of singing...
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Patti Smith - Trampin'

I Read The News Today... For June 21, 2011

Cancer Bats are working on the follow-up to last year's Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones, which they say should feature plenty of Sabbath-esque riffs. And, y'know... screaming. That, too. Anet Mook, singer for '90s indie rockers Cay, died earlier this month after she was hit by a bus in Amsterdam. Her funeral was held last Thursday.Your mom...
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I Read The News Today... For May 4, 2011

The full lineup for this year's Sled Island Music Festival has been revealed, along with the main stage's schedule. Calgarians, freak out. Read it and weep, rest of Canada. The Sheepdogs, who are in the final round of Rolling Stone's choose the cover contest, have recorded a new tune with Fountains Of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger. You can hear...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 18, 2010

OMG, like, now that Avril's officially divorced, she can get married again to, like, whoever she wants!!!1124 —TMZ It's like 2003 all over again! The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica and Snow Patrol will headline Rock In Rio 2011, which goes down Sept. 23 to Oct. 2 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. —rockinrio.com.br Acts won't be announced for a while...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 11, 2010

Montreal indie rockers Young Galaxy will release Shapeshifting, their third full-length album, on Feb. 8. The follow-up to 2009's Invisible Republic was produced by Dan Lissvik of Swedish electronica duo Studio. —Paper BagWhite Cowbell Oklahoma will tour Canada with The Schomberg Fair later this month and in early December. Bring a raincoat. Their...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 4, 2010

Crash Karma were recently in Afghanistan to perform for Canadian troops stationed there. Now that they're back, they'll head out on a cross-Canada tour this month. —MySpace Lil Wayne is a free man today after being released from New York's Rikers Island prison, where he was serving a gun possession charge. Apparently this is the biggest thing to...
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Feist, Linkin Park, Patti Smith Chip In For Haiti Relief

Feist is set to headline a concert for Haitian earthquake relief that will take place Jan. 31 at Hamilton, Ont.'s Hamilton Place. The Hamilton's Heart For Haiti show will also feature sets from hometown boys Arkells, along with Canadian Idol winner Brian Melo, Blackie And The Rodeo Kings, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet, Lee Harvey Osmond and...
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Patti Smith And My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields To Release Live Album

Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine guitarist/singer Kevin Shields will release The Coral Sea, a live recording of Smith's 1996 prose poetry book of the same name, through their new PASK imprint on July 11. The double album documents two performances on June 22, 2005 and Sept. 12, 2006 at London, England's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Smith read...
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Patti Smith, Tegan Quin And Sea Wolf On Augusten Burroughs Audio Book

Some prominent music artists will contribute songs to the audio book for the new Augusten Burroughs memoir, A Wolf At The Table: A Memoir Of My Father, which is due on April 29. The audio book, narrated by Burroughs (real name Christopher Robison), will feature music from Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse, Tegan And Sara's Tegan Quin, Ingrid...
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POP Montreal 2007

Photographer: 
Sandra Lynn Bélanger
City: 
Montreal
Date: 
October 5, 2007
Patti Smith

POP Montreal 2007

Photographer: 
Sandra Lynn Bélanger
City: 
Montreal
Date: 
October 5, 2007
Patti Smith

Patti Smith, Ted Leo And Pere Ubu To Play Pop Montreal

The Pop Montreal festival has released its initial lineup of performers for this year's sixth annual event, which will be held at venues around the city from Oct. 3 to 7. Among those confirmed to take part are 2007 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Patti Smith, Quebec rock icon Michel Pagliaro, veteran comic Mort Sahl, Pere Ubu, Ted Leo...
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Five New Entrants For Cleveland Rock Shrine

R.E.M., Van Halen, Patti Smith, The Ronettes and Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five are the 2007 inductees to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on March 12. The event will also honour Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who served as Rock And Roll Hall Of...
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