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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/06/18
Rebel Hero is a 3 piece rock/alt-pop band from Toronto, Ont. Recently added to the roster of Deadfly Records recording artists, they are currently being produced by Mike Turner at The Pocket Studios in Toronto. Rebel Hero is a 3 piece...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/06/10
Described as The White Stripes body slammed by Queens of The Stone Age, The Standstills comprised of Renee Couture on drums and Jonny Fox on guitars/vocals, just put forth their most exciting work to date and fourth release "Pushing Electric"....

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/05/30
In the middle of the city there is a tree. Surrounded by glass, steel and concrete, the tree grows lush and strong despite its environs. A young woman is sitting under this tree, strumming on her banjo and humming the haunting melodies that...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/05/28
Available in stores now!

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/05/27
Bolus is a Toronto-based progressive rock band. The group formed in spring 2003 after its founding members, Nick Karch, Mat Keselman and Richard Frankel met at Vaughan Secondary School. Adopting a progressive rock style, the band began writing...

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Posted by Sarah Evans on 2013/05/22
In a world full of evil, only one extraordinary group of men, fight for the cause……and Rock your asses OFF! The year is 1979, a group of scientists work on a machine that is designed to seek out and find the most talented and able young...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/05/09
Looks like Canada came through for us again, but this time with a generous supply of alternative rock provided by Toronto natives, Sky Terminal. With a “modern rock song of the year ” GMA award and a 2012 Juno nomination under their sweet...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/05/03
Steve and I formed the Marvelous Beauhunks back in 1990. We were big on the radio for about three months in the summer of ’91. After two years of club dates the group fell apart. It was messy. And ugly. That was March of 1992. From there it...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/04/25
Airing April 29th to May 3rd, at 8pm. WAXMEN is a hard hitting trio with an amazing live energy that entered the Toronto music landscape in 2008 and changed it immediately; they added more Rock. The band, whose lineup is comprised of James...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/04/19
Airing April 22nd to 26th, at 8pm. It’s loud.  It’ll make you dance.  It’ll make you scream.  It’ll make you bang your head, grow your hair long, and call in sick to work because you were up all night listening to sex on six strings.  TimeGiant...

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Posted by Sarah Evans on 2013/04/16
Airing April 15th to 19th, at 8pm. To stamp a definitive start date on when Toronto-based punk/rock band Organ Thieves formed isn't an easy task. The abridged story goes like this: While the idea of the band had been ruminating for several...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/04/05
Airing April 8th to12th, at 8pm. The debut release from Automan.ca titled "Pocket Change" is released as of March 17th 2009 via UD/Megaforce/Sony-Bmg. Backseat Surprise is now released Feb 14th 2012. It is also be available at itunes and...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/04/01
Airing April 1st to April 5th Rulers of the Moon' are a Toronto based Post-Punk/Indie band. Their debut EP 'Convolution of Broca' dropped on October 28, 2012 and the boys couldn't be more pleased with the end product. ...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/03/26
Airing March 25th to March 29th Hailing from Whitby, ON Canada this 4 piece band rises to showcase their rock and roll anthems. After two years of song writing and development, it was time to put these songs to tape. The Awareness-The Original...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/03/14
Airing March 18th to March 22nd Continuing the feel of the solo singers this month, we have an amazing EP from local songwriter TIM WATSON. Tim actually started out playing in bands when he was 14, and competed in our "local and loud" series...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/03/08
Airing March 11th to March 15th Craig started playing the piano when he was nine. He picked up the guitar when he was ten, wrote his first song when he was thirteen. He started playing drums at fourteen. As a multi-instrumentalist/songwriter,...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/03/01
Airing March 4th to March 8th "I'm a musician. A bio is best written by those who know and understand you; I hope that individual never writes my bio." - Patrick Done [ Facebook | Twitter | Bandcamp ]

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/02/22
Airing February 25th to March 1st When local Ottawa, Ontario rock scouts Neal Johnstone and Scott Terry (Last Drag Records) dug band members Angie “The Barbarian” Neatby (drums/vocals) and Luc Lavigne (Ol’ Sparky, the guitar) out of the dank,...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/02/15
Airing February 18th to February 22nd The Reply is a Toronto based soul band consisting of James Bond (keys/vocals), Carl Nanders (bass/vocals), Freek Siezenga (guitar) and Scott Mckean (drums/percussion) who bring you real music about real...

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Posted by Shane Macaulay on 2013/02/12
We've often heard in this business that you can easily be replaced by a monkey,  well how about a Macaque. 94-9 The Rock Toronto is pleased to announce that Darwin the Ikea monkey (well Macaque actually) is our new all night Monkey starting this...

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