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Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

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By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm
Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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STP Rock Edgefest

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) July 14, 2008 10:14 am
Before I say anything about this year's Edgefest, let me take a moment to commend the organizers for one thing: the food. Never in my life have I seen such a smorgasbord of goodies up for grabs at a show. Nearly every cuisine was represented on the concert grounds. You want a burrito? No problem. Jerk chicken? They had it. Lasagna? Only five...
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Sam Roberts Band — Love At The End Of The World

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) May 20, 2008 11:25 am
Sam Roberts was hailed as the next logical Can-rock beer-hoisting king after his first album, We Were Born In A Flame came out. His second release, Chemical City, presented a particular dichotomy. He grew a bushy beard and created a record full of uncompromising, fuzzed-out space rock. It should have earned him cred points with the snooty indie...
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Sam Roberts Band Teach Panic At The Disco A Life Lesson

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) May 16, 2008 10:00 am
There were outwardly two major purposes for the Sam Roberts Band's performance at MTV Canada's Masonic Temple concert hall on Thursday night. The first, and official reason, was to tape the performance for future playback on the television network, and the second, to field test songs from the band's new album Love At The End Of The World on a...
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Sam Roberts Band Do Jekyll And Hyde Act

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) April 28, 2006 3:00 pm
The two faces of Sam Roberts aren't his totally cute clean-shaven phase and his bearded, smoldering eyes period as so many of the wide-eyed ladies at the Phoenix Thursday night would have liked to believe. No, the true polarity during his Toronto return was the subtle yet clear separation between Sam Roberts, creator of We Were Born In A Flame...
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Rejected Names For The Upcoming Sam Roberts/Zeus Tour

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 23, 2011 2:56 pm
What do you get when you take one bunch of bearded hippies and put them on tour with another bunch of bearded hippies? No, not an explosion of fringe-covered jean jackets and bellbottoms (because that's obviously The Sheepdogs): you get the Sam Roberts Band and Zeus tour that's happening in October. It's a short jaunt, and the bands will hook up...
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Sam Roberts Band — Collider

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) May 25, 2011 4:35 pm
Advance word on Sam Roberts' fourth proper album Collider hinted he was going in a different direction. Words like "horn section" and "Afrobeat" were bandied about and a nearly-too-long three-year absence since last LP Love At The End Of The World didn't hurt in stoking the imagination either. With little to prove at this point and safely...
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Song Of The Day: Sam Roberts Band's "Longitude" (Featuring Land Of Talk's Liz Powell)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 4, 2011 12:43 pm
Here's another tune that will appear on the Sam Roberts Band's new Collider album, which comes out Tuesday. Unlike "The Last Crusade," which sounds like a hybrid of rock 'n' roll, Afrobeat and jazz, "Longitude" is much more straightforward. It does, however, abandon Roberts' traditional folk rock in favour of a more Broken Social Scene-esque indie...
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I Read The News Today... For April 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 2:29 pm
Seth from Dengue Fever explains what a Mastadong is. And no, it's not as dirty as it sounds (it actually isn't dirty at all): Tokyo Police Club keyboardist and funnyman Graham Wright will release his Shirts Vs. Skins debut solo album on June 28. Chilly Gonzales is going to release what he's calling the world's "first-ever all-orchestral...
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Song Of The Day: Sam Roberts Band's "The Last Crusade"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 26, 2011 12:25 pm
Sam Roberts and company return with Collider, the Montreal singer/songwriter's fourth album, out May 10. "The Last Crusade" sounds like your typical Roberts tune at first. It starts with a jammy bassline and some '70s riffs before a cowbell makes an inauspicious entrance.But by the end of the song, horns and saxophones gallore have invaded,...
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Sam Roberts Announces North American Shows

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 21, 2011 2:41 pm
Sam Roberts has announced his first few dates in support of Collider, his fourth studio album. The LP hits stores May 10, and Roberts and his band will hit the road in early April to promote it. They've only announced a handful of dates so far, but are set to play gigs in New Brunswick, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and the U.S. Tickets to...
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Sam Roberts Album Out In May

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 15, 2011 2:56 pm
It's been three years since Sam Roberts released an album, so it's only appropriate that he's just announced a new LP will be coming out in May. Collider, Roberts' fourth full-length studio disc, will be released May 10. Its first single, "I Feel You," will be getting extensive play at radio stations very shortly, so keep your ears peeled for it....
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Sam Roberts Plays For The Police

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 8, 2009 3:34 pm
The Sam Roberts Band, Mother Mother and Arkells will be part of the World Police & Fire Games' musical entertainment when they play a show at Burnaby, B.C.'s Deer Lake Park on Aug. 3. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster and Live Nation and will cost you $45. The show comes towards the end of the Sam Roberts Band's...
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Sam Roberts Does Dylan

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 8, 2009 10:25 am
The Sam Roberts Band have recorded a version of Bob Dylan's "Dark Eyes" that you can hear on their MySpace page. The group recorded the cover for director David Bezmozgis' first full-length feature film, Victoria Day, which was shot at Toronto's Earl Bales Park, Centennial Arena and Ontario Place. Victoria Day was screened at this...
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Mother Mother Open For Sam Roberts

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 9, 2009 12:23 pm
Mother Mother will be Sam Roberts' opening act when he and his band head south on an American tour next month. Singer/guitarist Ryan Guldemond, singer Molly Guldemond, bassist Jeremy Page and drummer Ali Siadat will play shows with Roberts until the beginning of March, when Roberts heads to Austin, Texas to play the South By Southwest Music...
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Sam Roberts, Stars At Hillside Inside

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) December 23, 2008 12:41 pm
The 2009 Hillside Inside lineup is taking shape, and the newest additions are Sam Roberts Band and Stars. The two acts will join Bedouin Soundclash, K’Naan, Great Lake Swimmers and others for the Feb. 7 Guelph, Ont. indoor festival. The inaugural Hillside Inside festival was held earlier this year with headliners City And Colour and The...
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Stills Tour With Kings Of Leon

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By Mandy Savoie (CHARTattack) December 8, 2008 3:08 pm
The Stills have added a new show in Victoria, B.C. despite opening for the Sam Roberts Band at another venue in the city earlier the same night. The Stills recently finished touring Europe with Kings Of Leon and will join them again for dates in Australia and New Zealand in March following their Canadian travels with Roberts. If you can't wait...
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Sam Roberts Tour Update

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By Mandy Savoie (CHARTattack) December 2, 2008 2:18 pm
Does anyone remember when Sam Roberts said he was playing in Prince George, B.C.? Well, he lied. Roberts won’t be seeing the skyline of the city anytime soon. The Sam Roberts Band announced the cancellation of their Jan. 14 show in this website message: "We've had to pull the show in Prince George in January on the 14th. Our sincerest...
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Sam Roberts Heads West

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 15, 2008 11:46 am
Western Canadians kids had better hope that they know how to dance to rock and roll, because the Sam Roberts Band are coming their way. Roberts and co. will tour throughout Canada's western provinces in January and will have Montreal's The Stills in tow. The dates are in support of Roberts' latest release, this year's Love At The End Of The World...
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Sam Roberts Announces Canadian Tour

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 8, 2008 10:09 am
We hope you know how to dance to rock 'n' roll, because the Sam Roberts Band have announced a tour in support of Love At The End Of The World. Roberts and his band are heading to Europe later this month for a short tour in support of the disc, but they'll play dates in Ontario and Quebec after they return home. The Stills, who are touring...
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