Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Dec 10, 2009, 10:16 pm
“Tapes are the hiss of the analogue ghost,” jokes Teen Anger drummer Steve Sidoli on the promo for Telephone Explosion Records, celebrating its two-year anniversary this week. Like vinyl ...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Dec 9, 2009, 11:28 pm
The Balconies play the Horseshoe on Saturday, Dec. 12 For all its apparent simplicity, a pop song is one of the hardest things to perfect. A band can throw in all the math rock time signatures and pr...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Dec 5, 2009, 4:33 pm
myspace photo “Can you imagine how many times we’ve been asked this question?” says BBQ, a.k.a Mark Sultan, last night at Lee’s Palace before retro rockers King Khan and the B...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Dec 1, 2009, 11:21 pm
Hoa Hoa's CD release party is Friday Dec. 4 at Silver Dollar Often relegated to art lofts, house parties and vintage stores, Toronto’s psych scene inhabits a sphere more underground than ma...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 30, 2009, 3:28 am
ACTUAL WATER Dec 11 Telephone Explosion records 2nd Anniversary w/ Demon’s Claws @ Wrongbar NOISE PUNK
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 30, 2009, 3:16 am
THE HOA HOA’s CD release party Dec 4 w/ The Disraelis, Action Makes, Your 33 Black Angels @ Silver Dollar PSYCH/GARAGE
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 30, 2009, 3:05 am
DO MAKE SAY THINK Dec 12, 13 Enwave Theatre (Harbourfront centre) FOLK/PROG
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 30, 2009, 2:12 am
NADJA Dec. 17 @ The Garrison w/Alpine Continuum, Gardenia, Adam Saikaley DOOM/EXPERIMENTAL December 17th: Nadja, Alpine Continuum, Gardenia, Adam Saikaley @ The Tranzac, Toronto
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 30, 2009, 1:05 am
Toronto's !Attention! at Siesta Nouveaux Nov. 28, 2009 - photo Marsha Casselman Punchy riffs, haggard gang vocals, spits in the face, a song about urban sprawl, Goonies screening in the backgroun...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 27, 2009, 10:00 am
Bruce Peninsula play the Music Gallery Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28 Everything’s come full circle for Bruce Peninsula. This Friday and Saturday, barely 11 months since the release of ...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 25, 2009, 11:01 pm
What happens when you take a group of seasoned Toronto indie musicians and set them loose in a grassroots Kensington Market recording studio? Judging by “Don’t Be Mine,” the first tr...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 25, 2009, 2:06 am
“Things are a little safe in heavy music right now,” says Mike Crossley, bassist and vocalist for Toronto’s Vilipend, one of a handful of local hardcore-metal bands influenced by Con...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 21, 2009, 1:06 pm
Sacrifice play the Opera House for their CD release Saturday Nov. 21. Over 25 years since conception and four years since their infamous reunion show, Toronto thrash metal legends Sacrifice admit the...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 19, 2009, 12:17 am
Quest for Fire album cover by Andre Ethier In the current age of Myspace and blog hype, it’s important for a new band to have a reference point. Toronto’s Quest For Fire has three: The De...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 17, 2009, 11:38 pm
As the second recession-weary holiday season approaches, the onset of material gift-giving ads might seem to you like a slap in the face. Well, you’re in luck, because if anyone feels your being...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 13, 2009, 9:50 am
Vitaminsforyou plays with art-jazz outfit Maylee and Pegwee Power at Supermarket Friday Nov. 13. - photo Carl Heindl Ever feel like you’re at the club but watching the Nature channel, what with...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 11, 2009, 11:20 pm
Brides open for The Jesus Lizard Thursday, November 12 at The Phoenix. - myspace.com photo Brides has the uncanny ability to transport its audience back to the glory days of No Wave. It doesn’...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 10, 2009, 12:17 pm
Wavelength's round-robin saw the Bicycles and everyone else in the hood jump on stage - photo Marsha Casselman In the near-decade that Toronto’s Wavelength weekly music series has existed, itâ...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:31 pm
Unicorpse Nov. 29 @ Sneaky Dee’s, downer metal
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:28 pm
Madrid Nov 27 opening for Champion and His G-Strings @ Mod Club, electro-shoegaze
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:24 pm
Priestess Nov. 21 W/ Early Man and Trigger Effect @ Lee’s Palace, party, beard metal
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:21 pm
Quest For Fire Nov. 19, W/ Sports @ Sneaky Dee’s, psychedelic
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:17 pm
Ttitan CD Release Nov. 13 w/ Lost Cities, Memories of an Old Man, and Sound Asleep @ Sneaky Dee’s, doomcore
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:07 pm
On The Verge Nov. 10, W/ Kryptos (India) and Potential Threat (San. Fran.) @The Poor Alex, stoner rock
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:04 pm
Heaven Nov. 8, opening for Jeremy Jay (L.A.) @ Wrongbar $7, lo-fi garage
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Nov 4, 2009, 3:01 pm
DJ Sneak’s B-Day Beats Nov. 6, W/ Mark Farina @ Coba, deep house
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Oct 21, 2009, 11:21 pm
Augury will tour with Poland's Vader next month and return to Toronto Nov. 10 at Mod Club. - Renaud Sakelaris photo In the imagery-heavy world of death metal, a good indicator of a band’s s...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Oct 13, 2009, 11:59 am
Red Mass at NXNE. - Marsha Casselman photo Montreal’s retro rock revival collective Red Mass is set to hit Sneaky Dees with Toronto’s Teen Anger on October 30th, right after their stint a...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Oct 7, 2009, 11:27 pm
Drunk Woman and guests played Sweetheart Of The Rodeo by The Byrds Tuesday night at the Silver Dollar's weekly Honky Night in Canada. - Marsha Casselman photo Guest post By Richard Trapunski Fro...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Oct 5, 2009, 2:38 pm
Little Girls at Sneaky Dees -- NXNE 2009. The gang of four will play the Velvet Underground with Monotonix Oct. 7. - Marsha Casselman photo. Listen to post-punk revivalists Little Girls and you’...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Sep 25, 2009, 4:23 pm
Kids on TV tore up the Gladstone stage Thursday. - Dave Lock photo “This song’s from Silence of the Lambs, when Buffalo Bill looks into the mirror for the first time and sees himself as a...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 24, 2009, 5:57 pm
It’s been a slow month. Training’s been bland. Track season’s over. Waterfront race this weekend and my head is elsewhere. Wait, is that…? Yep. Joan Benoit Samuelson runni...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Sep 22, 2009, 3:48 pm
Commentary from Marsha Casselman Fans of Tom Green back in his observational humour prime (I’m talking, CHUO Midnight Caller days) may remember his early ’90s hip hop crew Organized Rhym...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Sep 16, 2009, 11:12 pm
Titan's James McDonough roars at Sneaky Dee's in early June. The band will be taking the stage at Siesta Nouveaux Friday. - Marsha Casselman photo When York U radio’s weekly metal sh...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 15, 2009, 3:00 pm
Flotrack’s Chris Kelsall had a lengthy chat with Kevin Sullivan recently. It’s exciting to hear Sully is “fully committed to the 2010 season” at age 35.
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Sep 14, 2009, 9:15 am
The Disraelis at Rolly's Garage. Photo by Marsha Casselman By Richard Trapunski You’ve got to hand it to Optical Sounds. It’s underground, it’s grassroots, and it’s small, but t...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 12, 2009, 7:59 pm
Hilite: Gary Reed rips through the last 200m for 2nd place and a 1:45.23. Event by event recap.
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 11, 2009, 9:14 am
The summer track season will, for the most part, wrap up this weekend at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece. The usual suspects from the Great White North will be spiking up in Ga...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 11, 2009, 8:19 am
It’s go time in Aussie land and a 20-year-old warrior from Edmonton decided to start the weekend right. Paula Findlay opened the Triathlon World Championships with a bronze medal in the U-23 di...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Sep 10, 2009, 9:06 am
BarbieWire debut to the TIFF crowd with a free show at the Embassy this Tuesday September 15th. - Photo by Nick Kozak Cabaret meets Annie Lennox meets electro pop, who would’ve thought? Vocali...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 8, 2009, 7:05 am
Here’s a great interview from a west-coaster heading into the NCAA scene with full force: Cameron Levins.
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 4, 2009, 10:35 pm
Both Gary Reed and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep finished off their Golden League seasons with impressive runs at the finale in Brussels today. Lopes-Schliep blasted a PB in crappy conditions for a 12.49 i...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 3, 2009, 7:27 am
This is it. Friday night lights. All the marbles. Bragging rights galore: The final day of Golden League action from Brussels, Belgium. Three remain in the hunt for one. million. dollars. Yelena Isi...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 2, 2009, 4:59 pm
I was pumped to see Anthony Famiglietti’s new DVD Run Reckless stuffed in my mailbox. Considering how much inspiration I drew from his filmmaking debut, Run Like Hell, I was ready to start shavi...
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Blister Popper posted an article on resonancity - Sep 2, 2009, 3:49 pm
Check out Liz Powell’s slick bob and the latest video from Land of Talk’s last album, 2008’s Some are Lakes: Here’s an interview with Powell from a little while ago …...
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Blister Popper posted an article on Poppingblisters - Sep 1, 2009, 10:08 pm
This, friends, should keep us going for weeks.
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