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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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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) April 15, 2008 12:47 pm
The Kooks are one of the hottest and hunkiest U.K. indie acts around these days and it'll be interesting to see whether they'll break through in North America as a result of Konk, their sophomore full-length. It won't be for lack of quality as the disc is another engaging slice of quarter century Cockney energy and angst. Frontman Luke Pritchard...
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I Read The News Today... For July 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 15, 2011 4:13 pm
Trent Reznor would like you to know that the reissue of Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine is a "bullshit" record label move. So he doesn't want you buying it. OK? Stephen Malkmus would like you to come up with another word for "blowjob" here, and the winner will get their lyric recorded by him and a seven-inch single.Swans are working on...
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I Read The News Today... For May 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 31, 2011 2:33 pm
Gagetown, N.B. will host a three-day music festival dubbed Folly Fest from June 30 to July 2. Hey Ocean!, Old Man Luedecke, Paper Lions, The Olympic Symphonium, The Mark Inside and That 1 Guy are among those who'll play. English singer/songwriter Frank Turner's just announced a gigantic North American tour in support of his upcoming England Keep...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 22, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 22, 2010 1:53 pm
The Dears will launch a webcast at 7 p.m. EST today to preview their upcoming Degeneration Street album. The series will continue until the LP comes out Feb. 15. —Livestream Luke Doucet and blues artist Harrison Kennedy both won three Hamilton Music Awards on Sunday night. No, the trophies were not made of steel. —Hamilton Spectator Wavves' Nathan...
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The Kooks Want To Have Fun

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) December 1, 2008 2:40 pm
Brighton, England quartet The Kooks have achieved a great deal of success since forming four years ago. Their 2006 Inside In/Inside Out debut peaked at #2 on the U.K. album chart and the band garnered numerous honours, including the award for best U.K. and Ireland act at the 2006 MTV Europe Awards. While their sophomore album, Konk, hit #1 on...
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Virgin Festival 2008: The Kooks

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By CHARTattack Staff September 19, 2008 11:59 am
ChartAttack's Jen White talked to The Kooks drummer Paul Garred about his injury, their new bassist and how they just want to have fun.
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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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The Kooks @ V-Fest 2008

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Photographer: 
Chris Ramey
Venue: 
Olympic Island
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 6, 2008
The Kooks (photo by Chris Ramey)

The Kooks @ V-Fest 2008

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Photographer: 
Chris Ramey
Venue: 
Olympic Island
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 6, 2008
The Kooks (photo by Chris Ramey)

The Kooks, The Fratellis And Against Me! Among Those Added To Toronto Virgin Festival

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 26, 2008 5:00 pm
You can no longer call the Toronto edition of the Virgin Festival "Brit-centric." Although English and Scottish acts The Kooks, The Fratellis and Sons And Daughters have been added to the festival, the addition of hometown heroes Danko Jones, American bands Against Me!, Shudder To Think, Silversun Pickups and The Airborne Toxic Event...
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The Kooks Aren't "Gonna Do A Stone Roses"

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By Nicole Kai (CHARTattack) July 13, 2007 3:30 pm
Having topped British pop charts for much of last year with songs like the ubiquitous single "Naive" from their Inside In/Inside Out debut, The Kooks are moderating their cockiness with some precocious wisdom. Barely old enough to drink in the U.S., the band have been touring tirelessly to promote their record abroad. "It's just...
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Leeds Festival 2006 Day One

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Bramham Park, West Yorkshire
City: 
Leeds, UK
Date: 
August 25, 2006
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SXSW Day 4: Hurra Torpedo, Steve Wynn, The Pretenders And Lots Of Microbrews

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 20, 2006 8:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean was in Austin, Texas last week for the South By Southwest Music Festival. Here's his report on his final day of concert-hopping. Stuff magazine threw a party at The Velvet Spade and I arrived at 12:30 p.m., just in time to catch the strangest band I saw the entire time I was in Austin. Norway's Hurra Torpedo were a...
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