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Ron Hawkins Gets Personal At Months-Late CD Release Show

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) January 22, 2008 4:30 pm
Ron Hawkins knows he's not very good at self-promotion. The former Lowest Of The Low frontman's latest solo album, Chemical Sounds, has been available since the summer, but he waited for a freezing Saturday night in the middle of winter to perform a proper release show. Well... there was a release party back in the summer at The Rivoli, but only...
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Ron Hawkins — Chemical Sounds

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) January 15, 2008 7:33 pm
Titled in honour of being the last album recorded at Toronto's Chemical Sound studio, Hawkins' second solo album is a solid effort that showcases his intellect, social conscience and knack for clever turns of phrase. Some of the best songs on the disc, which Hawkins co-produced with Rudy Rempel, wouldn't sound out of place on a Lowest Of The Low...
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Ron Hawkins @ CMW 2006

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By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) March 3, 2006 3:00 pm
Hometown: Toronto, ON  Background/Composition: The new three-piece from the legendary Lowest Of The Low and Rusty Nails frontman. Grade: 82 Comment: While 82 is a perfectly respectable grade, it is a little low for someone with as much talent as Ron Hawkins. The new outfit has a lot of potential, but it's not quite at the...
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Ron Hawkins & The Rusty Nails @ NXNE 2000

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By Tim Melton (CHARTattack) June 11, 2000 12:30 pm
Hometown: Toronto, ON Background/Composition: Ron Hawkins and his Rusty Nails are a 5-piece sax and guitar driven rock machine that specialize in tales of urban living and relationships. They are as tight as anything going, and Hawkins always has a tale to tell. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations 80-100: Band exceeds skill and...
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I Read The News Today... For May 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 11, 2011 4:09 pm
Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club are coming to Canada to play a few dates as part of a North American tour that'll take place this fall. They're supporting last year's Tourist History debut album. Kenton Loewen, better known as The Crackling, is a session and live drummer who's played with the likes of Dan Mangan and Mother Mother. His Keep...
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Cuff The Duke, Lowest Of The Low Members In New Documentary

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 20, 2009 2:26 pm
Cuff The Duke's Wayne Petti and former Lowest Of The Low members Ron Hawkins and Stephen Stanley are among five musicians that are the focus of the new Born 2 It documentary. The film, which also features Alun Piggins and singer/songwriter Elissa Mielke, will premiere Nov. 8 at Toronto's Royal Theatre. Born 2 It screens at 7:15 p.m. that day, and...
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Pumping: Ron Hawkins - The Secret Of My Excess

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) August 29, 2008 1:04 pm
Aw, we remember this album. Wasn't this the one where they had the release party in X-Rays or Ultrasound or whatever that place that has become a Gap or whatever now. They had free beer and pizza for the party, too.    
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Ron Hawkins Provides Proof That "Any Idiot Can Write A Song"

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By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) January 16, 2008 5:30 pm
Ron Hawkins' latest solo offering, Chemical Sounds, has been available to the former Lowest Of The Low and Rusty Nails frontman's friends and faithful fans since last summer, but it's finally getting an official release now. According to the singer/songwriter/musician, this is due to a bit of an oversight on his part. "After 25 years of being...
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Ron Hawkins Returns With Solo Chemical Sounds

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By Moya Dillon (CHARTattack) November 28, 2007 11:30 am
Ron Hawkins, frontman for venerable indie band the Lowest Of The Low and The Rusty Nails, is returning with his third solo effort, Chemical Sounds. The album won't be in stores and can only be purchased at Hawkins' shows and his Victimless Capitalism website, which he helped create to provide a retail outlet for artists who can't get CDs racked...
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Ron Hawkins' Excellent Adventure

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By Erin Cardiff (CHARTattack) February 26, 2001 2:00 pm
Ron Hawkins likes his day job. So much so that he rounded up his fellow Rusty Nails and decided to make a video for "Bite Down Hard" — the first single from their 2000 release, Crackstatic. And when ChartAttack heard the handsome singer/songwriter was shooting a video we sat on our hands and waited for details. The call came at 5 p...
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Ron Hawkins And The Rusty Nails — Crackstatic

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By Debbie Bento (CHARTattack) October 24, 2000 9:01 am
Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Low are getting back together, master songwriter (and indie god to many) Ron Hawkins releases his post-Low material. Convenient and clever, isn't it? Those folks thinking this is a new Low album might want to pick this up. Truly a man whose material is better executed live, Hawkins and company tread...
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