This song, "Dr Blind" by Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton is unique and eerie, not something that comes as a surprise from Emily, lead singer of Metric. The video was a bit creepy for my taste, but regardless, I think there is something to be said for the creativity that some music videos lack, and this video is definitely not lacking.
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The video below is for "Being Here" by The Stills. The group’s newest album was named after this single’s title and released this year. I like the lyrics to the song and the video is interesting.
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“Sleeping Sickness” by City and Colour is really, really good! The band, based out of St. Catharines, Ontario is an acoustic project fronted by Dallas Green who you may recognize as the guitarist and sometimes lead singer of AlexisonFire.
I love how honest and raw this song is because it almost sounds like it’s not fully mixed but, for whatever reason, it totally works. The single is from their current album Bring Me Your Love and there just aren’t enough songs on the charts like this anymore. Even though it’s about emotional turmoil, it actually felt good to listen to.
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I almost really like “Rain Delays” by Crash Parallel. The problem I have with it is that it almost has the same chords as Sarah McLachlan’s “Building a Mystery” which annoys me (the only real time I actually looked up and thought “well that’s interesting” was during the bridge) but I like the lyrics quite a bit. However, I do prefer their other single “World We Know” better.
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Did you see Hedley on the Canadian Idol finale last night? They performed their song “Old School” and, as usual, it was a great performance. I’m still not completely sold on Jacob Hoggard’s facial hair and scruffy look but I still love him so much. He will always be one of my favourite Idol contestants ever!
Check out the video of the band’s performance here:
Ci6 Finale Result Part2 HeadleyUploaded by igrecman
image credit: CTV
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Have you heard this song by Theory of a Deadman? It’s called “Bad Girlfriend” and the lyrics are pretty hilarious. It’s not as macabre as their video for “So Happy.” In fact, in comparison, this one almost seems low-budget but it does the trick. The girlfriend truly does seem pretty nasty and bad, lol.
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“Who’s Got It?” is Canadian reggae/punk/rock/ska group, IllScarlett’s third release from their All Day With It album which was released last summer. They were nominated this past year at both the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards (Best Video, Best Rock Video, Best Post-Production, and Best Director for “Nothing Special” and People’s Choice: Favourite Canadian Group) and the 2008 Juno Awards (New Group of the Year).
The song is pretty cool (do they remind you of No Doubt in their earlier years but, obviously, with a male voice as the lead). The video is cheesy and cheap as hell but somehow it works. …read more
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Faber Drive has released another single from their “Seven Second Surgery” album. The song, “Sleepless Nights” is about an abusive relationship and the poor kid who has to be caught in the middle of all the fighting. The song and video features Canadian Idol winner, Brian Melo.
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Here’s the video for Finger Eleven’s single “Talking to the Walls” from their album “Them vs. You vs. Me” which was released in November, 2007. I think this is a decent song but does anyone else think that it sometimes sounds a lot like Aerosmith’s “Livin’ on the Edge” (especially the bass line)?
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I have been reading reports about the federal government cutting $20-million in funding to the DFAIT administered program PromArt (Promotional Arts) and the Department of Canadian Heritage administered program Trade Routes.
The cuts are supposed to take place on March 31, 2009.
I think that, if this goes through, it would be on of the worst things that could happen to our country’s musicians! It’s bad enough that they are already leaving here and reinventing themselves in the American market (yes, I’m talking to the Barenaked Ladies, Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne). It’s extremely frustrating and actually pretty sad.
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