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Billy Talent — Billy Talent III

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 14, 2009 1:35 pm
It's probably telling that Billy Talent's third album is simply titled Billy Talent III. Singer Ben Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowniuk have become successful not just at home, but abroad. They were recently on the cover of Britain's Kerrang! magazine, which claims to be the "world's biggest...
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Edgefest 2009 Is Muddy

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) June 22, 2009 3:58 pm
Festivals are great — an entire day of music, hanging out with like-minded people ("You like Metric? I love Metric!! Let's be besties!"), and enjoying the sunshine. Oh wait — scratch that. Sunshine wasn't part of the deal at Edgefest this year. The rain came down all day and transformed Downsview Park into one giant mud puddle. It made...
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Billy Talent's Ben Kowalewicz (Photo by Carrie Musgrave)

Billy Talent — 666 Live

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) August 11, 2008 1:57 pm
Billy Talent make a grab for your Christmas cash with a new live CD/DVD package. It's less than impressive that Billy Talent can barely produce a 67-minute set but Ben Kowalewicz makes up for it by maintaining his skin-peeling shriek throughout. It's a daunting task of vocal evisceration that he performs from his perch atop a downstage monitor...
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Alexisonfire Cause Frenzy To Start Homestand

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) December 15, 2006 4:00 pm
Seeing one of Canada's most popular rock bands in one of Toronto's smallest clubs is definitely not something that happens every day, which is why Alexisonfire's gig at The Reverb, their first of six sold-out hometown shows, was one of the biggest tickets of the year. With the show selling out in minutes, their diehard fans, some of whom spent...
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Billy Talent — II

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) June 28, 2006 10:14 am
This is an aptly titled record from the Juno-winning Toronto quartet. Billy Talent II plays just like a Hollywood sequel. It has higher production values and a few more slow tracks that are sure to become MuchMusic staples, but it still has balls. At its core, it's not all that different from their debut. However, who said that was a bad thing?...
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I Read The News Today... For June 8, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 8, 2011 4:17 pm
Danko Jones drummer Dan Cornelius has left the band, and will be replaced on tour by Rocket From The Crypt/Angels & Airwaves/Offspring drummer Atom Willard. Hopefully this means Danko Jones will not start sounding like the latter two bands. Want some free tracks from Austra, Young Galaxy, Winter Gloves, PS I Love You, The Rural Alberta...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #8: Under The Influence

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 18, 2011 2:32 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This eighth edition features K-OS, Pink Eyes from Fucked Up, members of Billy Talent, The Two Koreas, The Dears, The Stills, Death From Above 1979 and...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #6: "Favourite Lyric"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 16, 2011 1:40 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This sixth edition featuring Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), Fucked Up's Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham, Buck 65, Death...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #4: "My Favourite Sloan Album"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 12, 2011 1:42 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This fourth edition is about the rich nerd debate, "What's your favourite Sloan album?" Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene, members of The Dears and...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #2: "My Favourite Sloan Song"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 10, 2011 2:21 pm
Sloanamania continues on CHARTattack as we celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.For the next 10 days we'll be publishing a series Sloan video tributes, one per day.This second edition features Jason Schwartzman, Joel Plaskett, Rob Benvie of The Dears/ Thrush Hermit, Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, Dave Foley of The...
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Sloan 20th Anniversary Tribute Video #1 With BSS, Dears, DFA79, KITH, Billy Talent

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 9, 2011 2:07 pm
Man, it's gonna be Sloanamania all up in CHARTattack for the next little while to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and new album The Double Cross.Positioning ourselves yet again as the enablers at least partially responsible for why Chris Murphy needs to vaseline the sides of his head in order to fit through doors, for the next 10 days we'll...
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K-OS Records Weezer Cover With Billy Talent Frontman

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 31, 2011 3:33 pm
Genre-bending rapper K-OS' next album will likely feature a duet between himself and Billy Talent lead vocalist Ben Kowalewicz covering Weezer's 1995 alternative nation hit, "Say It Ain't So."The pair covered the song during a mostly-hits K-OS performance at Toronto's Masonic Temple that was being recorded for a live album and (presumably)...
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Hedley, Justin Bieber Dominate MuchMusic Video Awards

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 21, 2010 10:51 am
MuchMusic officially proved it cares more about the teenie bopper demographic than its former core audience of people who actually wanted to see real music at Sunday (June 20) night's MuchMusic Video Awards. Justin Bieber and Hedley walked away with three awards each, while Drake and Billy Talent both picked up two trophies. Other winners...
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Billy Talent Club Show Is A Constant Mosh

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By Kyle Carpenter (CHARTattack) June 9, 2010 3:06 pm
The best secrets aren't always kept. As expected, last night's not-so-secret Billy Talent show packed the Horseshoe Tavern with fans who had lined up early to get inside. Labelmate KO opened the show, and despite my confusion about an acoustic hip-hop artist with a backing track playing at a rock show, the crowd gave him an enthusiastic response...
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Billy Talent Confirm Free Club Show In Toronto On Tuesday

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) June 8, 2010 11:18 am
It's not exactly a Hard Core Logo reunion show to raise funds for legendary legless punk rocker Bucky Haight, but this should still be a pretty rockin' night. If you don't get that movie reference, you're clearly not a massive Billy Talent buff, which means you should stay away from the just-announced free concert they've announced for Tuesday...
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I Read The News Today... For June 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 3, 2010 3:26 pm
Rush want Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand "I'm really, really scary" Paul to stop using their music in his campaign. No wonder — who'd want their music to be associated with this? (Besides Ted Nugent, of course.) —World Entertainment News Network Wilco are sponsoring little league teams throughout Chicago and Northampton...
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Billy Talent, Alexisonfire Succeed In Different Arenas

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By Liisa Ladouceur (CHARTattack) March 29, 2010 4:47 pm
Punk rock is not a spectator sport. It's a communion. And it's pretty fucking hard to pull off in a venue that fits 18,000. (Green Day can do it, but that's another review.) And it was the challenge facing Alexisonfire last night as their Canadian tour with Billy Talent, Cancer Bats and Against Me! came to a close in a sold-out, hometown show...
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Billy Talent At Air Canada Centre

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Photographer: 
David Leyes
Venue: 
Air Canada Centre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 28, 2010
Billy Talent (Photo by David Leyes)
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