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VFest Toronto Day One

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) September 8, 2008 4:46 pm
There are a few steadfast indications that it's the end of summer in Toronto: university kids are running rampant downtown, the streets are abuzz with film nerds for the Toronto International Film Festival and the Virgin Festival invades Toronto Island for two days. After a horrendous ferry ride over (media had access to a VIP ferry, but it was...
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Spiritualized — Songs In A&E

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) July 1, 2008 12:55 pm
Spiritualized frontman Jason Pierce confronts his own mortality on Songs In A&E. The album was five years in the making, in part due to Pierce's deathbed fight with double pneumonia in 2005. That brush with the end adds a whole new level to an already epic musical palette characterized by buzzing guitars, soaring strings and big harmonies....
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Spiritualized — Let It Come Down

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) September 21, 2001 10:28 pm
Let It Come Down may be the most effective religious record ever recorded. But it's not because of some cloying love-the-Lord imagery and such, it's because the trials and tribulations of our anti-hero J Spaceman are laid out with more frightening lows and soaring highs than on any previous Spiritualized release. The overwhelmingly self-indulgent...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 29, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 29, 2010 3:07 pm
Alexisonfire played a free gig in Vancouver last night after performing at that city's PNE Forum. They might have done so to make up for the fiasco that was their Olympics show in February. —The Georgia Straight CHARTattack contributor Steve McLean ponders whether there should be a levy on MP3 players. Such levies already exist for blank CDs,...
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Spiritualized's Pierce Moves Forward

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By Jonathan Paige (CHARTattack) January 13, 2009 4:48 pm
Spiritualized main man Jason Pierce sits in a hotel lobby in Buenos Aires, Argentina dressed in archetypal T-shirt, jeans and silver trainers following an October show in support of Songs In A+E. The band were in the South American country to play two gigs. The first was at a small downtown venue called La Trastienda, where the performance...
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Virgin Festival 2008: Day One

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By CHARTattack Staff September 15, 2008 12:51 pm
Check out Day One of ChartAttack's coverage of the 2008 Virgin Festival on Toronto Islands, including performances by Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, MGMT, The Fratellis, Wintersleep and many more!
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Spiritualized Prep New Album; J. Spaceman On Mister Lonely Soundtrack

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 17, 2008 4:00 pm
Fans of J. Spaceman will be able to get a long-overdue double shot of his music in the coming weeks with the release of a new Spiritualized album and the Mister Lonely soundtrack. Mark your calendars for April 22, when the soundtrack will be released by Drag City Records. It features 19 tracks, many of which were penned by J. Spaceman (real...
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Jason Pierce Brings Out His Inner Lennon

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Photographer: 
Jess Baumung
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Phoenix
City: 
Toronto
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November 19, 2007

Tuesday Releases: Embracing The Dears

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By CHARTattack Staff April 14, 2003 1:00 pm
In the mid-'90s, a good friend of mine coined the phrase "smoking and Slowdive." It referred to lounging around, feeling angst-ridden, smoking cigarettes and listening to music as overwhelming and emotional as Slowdive. This is something to do when pining over an unrequited crush, getting over a lost love or just when you're feeling...
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Spiritualized Come Down Crying

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By CHARTattack Staff July 5, 2001 3:30 pm
The single won't be released in stores until the end of August, but Spiritualized fanatics won't have to wait that long for a taste of the band's latest trippy opus. If you have access to this newfangled Internet thing, then you can listen to "Stop Your Crying" weeks before it hits the stores. All you have to do is point your...
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Spiritualized Has A New Lineup

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By CHARTattack Staff January 4, 2000 4:00 pm
The new Spiritualized lineup has just been announced. NME News reports that leader Jason Pierce has recruited four new members since he sacked the previous lineup last year. New members include: percussionist Tom Edwards from the Royal Academy of Music, bassist Martin Shallards, drummer Kev Bales of Echoboy and guitarist Dogan from Julian Cope's...
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