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Simple Plan Cause Screaming

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By Stephanie Joudrey (CHARTattack) September 2, 2008 3:45 pm
I know Simple Plan have pretty much made the words "pop-punk" taboo and are met with near universal disdain, but everyone has a guilty pleasure, and they're mine. It would seem, they're also the very genuine pleasure of an army of pre-teens. Indeed, it was hard to find many people old enough to buy a beer at the amphitheatre on Friday...
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Simple Plan — Simple Plan

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) February 12, 2008 4:03 pm
Simple Plan are a band under no illusions. They know their fans are angsty teenyboppers and they play to those kids with the same single-minded focus that AC/DC commit to drunken grease-monkeys, Marilyn Manson to gloomy goths and Arcade Fire to over-educated call centre ops in the midst of existential crisis. Any pretense of "punk" has...
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Simple Plan — Still Not Getting Any

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By Sean K. Robb (CHARTattack) October 26, 2004 3:19 pm
Never let it be said that Simple Plan follow trends. While their pop-punk brethren in Blink-182, Sum 41 and even mascara-heads Good Charlotte have released new records showing their desire to move beyond their pop-punk sounds and onto maturation, Still Not Getting Any follows in the path of Simple Plan’s debut. Singing over generic power chord...
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Simple Plan — No Helmets, No Pads... Just Balls

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By Hannah Guy (CHARTattack) March 19, 2002 3:28 pm
I always hate reviewing these kinds of CDs — the music is technically sound, but the band has delved into the previously explored-and-pillaged genre of pop-punk (Sumeveblink), but lack the catchy hooks that some of these other mall punk guys have sunk their teeth into. Simple Plan are missing the sweet earnestness of Jimmy Eat World or the pimply...
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I Read The News Today... For July 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 7, 2011 3:39 pm
M83 — also known as Anthony Gonzalez — is touring North America this fall in support of his upcoming new album. The LP is still untitled and doesn't have a release date, but you can see him in Mexican, American and Canadian cities from Oct. 15 to Nov. 22, playing songs from it. Turns out even singer/songwriter Veda Hille's two-year-old son is...
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Simple Plan Pay Homage To Wham! At MMVAs

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 20, 2011 11:17 am
Lady Gaga might be known for her ridiculous outfits, but Simple Plan upstaged her on the red carpet at the MuchMusic Video Awards last night. The Montreal pop-punks showed up at the annual awards show on Sunday night wearing short white work-out shorts, tank tops cut short enough to show their midriffs, sweatbands and '80s badminton shoes....
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I Read The News Today... For April 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 2:29 pm
Missed the Foo Fighters' Back And Forth documentary when it screened in theatres recently? No biggie; you can get it on DVD and BluRay on June 14. Halifax's Rebekah Higgs will release her as-yet-untitled sophomore album sometime this summer, and she's heading out on tour next week to play songs from it. It might not be Halloween, but that's no...
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I Read The News Today... For April 12, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 12, 2011 2:26 pm
Handsome Furs will release their third album, Sound Kapital, on June 28. The nine-track LP is the follow-up to 2009's Face Control. —Sub Pop My Morning Jacket have a free download of their seven-minute single "Circuital" up on their website. It's the title track from their sixth studio album that comes out May 31. If you've got a daughter, niece...
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I Read The News Today... For March 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 31, 2011 3:50 pm
Miracle Fortress is finally releasing a new album. Sophomore LP Was I The Wave?, which is the follow-up to the 2007 Polaris Music Prize short listed Five Roses, is out April 26. Listen to "Raw Spectacle" here. —Secret City Records Holy shitballs: Muse are building a special stage for their appearances at the Reading and Leeds festivals this year...
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Musicians Step Up For Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami Relief

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 15, 2011 2:37 pm
We doubt there's anyone out there who hasn't heard about what happened in Japan last week, but just in case, here's a recap for those who live under a boulder:An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 occurred off the Pacific coast of Japan near the city of Sendai on Friday afternoon. It triggered a tsunami which has caused extensive damage, flooding...
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Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier And Vanilla Ice... Together!

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 15, 2011 1:22 pm
The inevitable moment of collaboration between Simple Plan frontman Pierre Bouvier and Vanilla Ice has arrived. The two dudes known for telling people to shut up in lyrical form (no, really) will be part of Global's new Canada Sings series. They'll judge breakout talent along with Jann Arden on the show. Canada Sings isn't Canadian Idol v. 2.0. It...
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I Read The News Today... For March 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 7, 2011 4:30 pm
If you're looking for a website to vote for in CBC Radio 3's Searchlight Best Canadian Music Website contest, look no further than CHARTattack contributor and Monoxides drummer Ken Kelley's The Music Nerd Chronicles. Hi site has made the top 10 in the contest. VOTE VOTE VOTE!Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood says the band recording... something...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 12, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 12, 2011 4:26 pm
M.I.A. has released a surprise EP of remixes of "Internet Connection," which was a bonus track on last year's /\/\ /\ Y /\. —Pitchfork The Kills are releasing a new album titled Blood Pressures on April 5. It's the follow-up to 2008's Midnight Boom and was recorded at Michigan's Key Club Studios. Guitarist Jamie Hince produced it. Gorillaz have...
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Avril Lavigne, Pierre Bouvier, Danko Jones, LIGHTS 2010 Readers' Poll Winners

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 10, 2011 12:26 pm
The poll has closed, voting has officially stopped and now it's time to tell you who won our 16th Annual Year-End Readers' Poll.Avril Lavigne inexplicably took two categories this year. She was voted Canada's sexiest woman, with 53 per cent of the votes, and her "Alice" won for best song, with 26 per cent. LIGHTS put in some stiff competition for...
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Sloan, Hedley, Katy Perry Making Late Surges In Year-End Readers' Poll

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 6, 2011 4:33 pm
As the Russian junior hockey team showed us yesterday, just when you think someone or a particular team's won, everything can change. All of a sudden your opponent can come out of nowhere and take the lead or win, and you never saw it coming. (Or in some cases, it might be because you were lazy and stopped trying because you thought the entire...
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Simple Plan Nixes Quebec August Show For The Children

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) June 15, 2010 1:31 pm
Perhaps it was because there would be significantly less screaming, or maybe it was because there would be less people there in general. Whatever the reason, Simple Plan announced Monday (June 14) they'd cancelled an Aug. 7 in St. Adele, Quebec due to age restrictions. According to a post on the band's website on Monday, the promoter of the show...
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Nardwuar Vs. John Lydon

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By CHARTattack Staff April 21, 2010 10:02 am
Nardwuar: Who are you? John Lydon: [Laughs] I'm John Lydon. I'm half a century young and looking good at it. And John, PiL (Public Image Ltd.) are back on the road. Who's in PiL these days? Bruce Smith on drums, Lu Edmonds on various sorted of instruments from the Middle East, including a guitar for those who like western twangs, and Scott (...
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Simple Plan Start Working On New Material

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 15, 2010 11:24 am
Simple Plan have started working on songs for the follow-up to 2008's self-titled third album. Drummer Chuck Comeau tweeted that the band (or he was?) "working on a guitar part for [a] new song... starting to sound pretty good." Comeau announced the band would start writing songs for the as-yet-untitled fourth studio album on Jan. 9...
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