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Calvin Harris returns to the Americas; with Burns for a minute

February 18, 2010

While the UK isn’t exactly bringing home the gold in Vancouver, they are sending their golden boys to Vancouver (cheesy. sorry.). Calvin Harris has two mini North American tours, the first of which with his buddy Burns kicks off in Miami before they go all the way to Vancouver for two Olympics-related gigs in the [...]

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Groove Armada turn on the black lights of your local club

February 16, 2010

The last time Groove Armada played live in the US it was kind of an experiment: Tom Findlay escorted a full band but did not appear on stage himself. Andy Cato wasn’t even on the continent. Findlay described the production as perhaps the future of the band, but for one reason or another, those plans [...]

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Major Lazer never dies (even if leaks do)

February 12, 2010

If you haven’t heard the illicit leak of Robyn and Diplo’s “No Hassle,” we’re sorry for you. It has now been scoured from the interwebs (supposedly), only to return at some future date on a Robyn LP. It’s a lovely little dancehall ditty that makes us believe Diplo is the clean-nosed half of Major Lazer [...]

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Felix Cartal makes popular music

February 3, 2010

It’s the Feez! We love this guy. Felix Cartal (né Taelor Deitcher) is the Vancouver-based, Crown Royal-drinking, Twitter-loyalist, wunderkind DJ who has spent the last few years playing with MSTRKRFT, A-Trak, as well as non-Canadian dance music makers and is now releasing his debut artist album. Releasing through Dim Mak on February 23, Popular Music [...]

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Sia and her royal we tour this spring; album release tbd

January 29, 2010

For Sia, proper releases are somewhat of a causal affair. After all, her breakthrough album, Colour the Small One, was released twice in two separate years. Her 5th(ish) solo album, We Are Born, is reportedly still being finished, (though she’s been quite busy working with Christina Aguilera on her forthcoming album). While “You’ve Changed,” the [...]

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YACHT to tour with The Straight Gaze; share an important message

January 27, 2010

Without further ado, let YACHT and The Straight Gaze explain themselves. Ok, maybe that wasn’t as vital as they made it sound, but we didn’t want to get in the way of information. Speaking of… tour dates below.

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Little Boots, Dragonette, Fan Death, form Holy Glitter Trinity Tour

January 20, 2010

We saw the flyer last week but didn’t quite believe it. Now we have a complete list of dates for what can only be called the Holy Glitter Trinity Tour featuring Little Boots, Dragonette, and Fan Death. The tour has Boots headlining on all dates but Toronto (you’re welcome, Boots), where Dragonette co-headlines for their [...]

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Nickodemus drops a remix album, keeps your winters warm

November 16, 2009

Earlier this year Bklyn DJ Nickodemus presented a highly aclaimed aritst album, Sun People, which is now getting a remix treatment all its own. Sun People Remixed comes out digitally next month on Thievery Corp’s ESL label. The assortment of remixers is pretty eclectic and mostly underground. J Boogie and Earthrise Soundsystem are probably the [...]

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