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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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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 11, 2011 5:46 pm
About a year ago, Toronto's Oh No Forest Fires broke up. And that sucked. But now they're playing a reunion show on April 1 at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern! Yay!!! —Facebook Scalpers have been selling tickets to LCD Soundsystem's farewell performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden for $1,500. James Murphy is FUCKING PISSED. —Twitter Said...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 6, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 6, 2010 2:33 pm
Feist has spoken to The Guardian about her new documentary, and how excited she was to meet Kermit The Frog at the Grammy Awards. Danko Jones want their fans to send them clips and photos of the band playing "Active Volcanoes" live during their upcoming U.S. tour. They'll use the best ones in a new video for the tune. You can send your material to...
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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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Lowest Of The Low's Shakespeare My Butt Being Reissued

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 12, 2010 12:49 pm
If you came of age in the '90s in Canada, chances are you heard more than your fair share of Lowest Of The Low songs, and their 1991 Shakespeare My Butt album might be somewhere in your record collection.That disc's 20th anniversary is coming next year, and it'll be reissued Nov. 23 in an expanded, six-panel digipak.The package will include a...
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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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Does Toronto Need A Theme Song?

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) April 1, 2009 12:00 pm
The City Of Toronto has a budget crunch, but somehow has an extra $5,000 kicking around to give to someone who can write a song about the city as part of its 175th anniversary celebration. "Our city is known worldwide for the talents of its artistic community," says Mayor David Miller. "Toronto's musicians, singers and songwriters are an...
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Lowest Of The Low Will Lie Low After Last Shows

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By CHARTattack Staff November 23, 2005 5:30 pm
Though Lowest Of The Low haven't announced that they're breaking up, the Toronto band may play their final Canadian shows ever at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern this weekend.The Low were the darlings of the Toronto independent music scene in the early '90s following the 1991 release of their Shakespeare My Butt debut, which was chosen the seventh best...
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Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All Time (10 To 2)

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By CHARTattack Staff June 30, 2000 6:00 am
10. THE TRAGICALLY HIP Fully Completely (MCA) 1993 Fully Completely for me is the definitive Hip album, bridging the blues-based earlier albums and the more introspective later albums. The swagger of "At The Hundredth Meridian," the punch of "Fully Completely," "Courage," "Locked In The Trunk Of A Car" and...
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