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Alert the Medic  Jun 24 @ The Hoff, INVERNESS, NS Jun 25 @ Governor's Pub, SYDNEY, NS Jul 1 @ Salmon Festival, CAMPBELTON, NB Jul 8 @ Plan B, MONCTON Jul 9 @ Hunter's Ale House, CHARLOTTETOWN Jul 15 @ The Capital, FREDERICTON Jul 16 @ Pepper's Pub, SAINT JOHN Jul 21 @ Zaphod Beeblebrox, OTTAWA Jul 29 @ The Jubilee, NEW GLASGOW, NS Jul 30 @ The Red Knight, YARMOUTH Aug 12 @ Red Herring Pub, SAINT ANDREWS, NB Aug 13 @ Red Herring Pub, SAINT ANDREWS, NB The Archives  Jun 26 @ SCENE Music Festival, ST CATHARINES The Artist Life Jun 24 @ Murphy's Inn, CORNWALL Jun 25 @ The Under World, MONTREAL Jun 26 @ Market Square Main Stage, ST CATHARINES (*SCENE Music Festival) The Balconies Jun 24 @ Red Rooster, BURLINGTON (w/ Die Mannequin) Jun 25 @ Call the Office, LONDON (w/ Die Mannequin) Jun 26 @ SCENE Music Festival, ST CATHARINES Jul 1 @ Live Lounge Main Stage, OTTAWA (*Canada Day w/ USS and Hollerado) Jul 16 @ Mooney's Bay Beach, OTTAWA (*Hope Volleyball Summerfest)     Brett Caswell & The Marquee Rose Jul 8 @ Mariposa Folk Festival, ORILLIA Jul 22 @ Horseshoe Tavern, TORONTO (w/ The Stanfields) Jul 29 @ Kempenfest, BARRIE (w/ Sloan) Sept 10 @ Shores Of Erie Festival, AMHERSTBURG   Charlotte Cornfield Jul. 23 @ Hillside Festival, GUELPH Jul. 29 @ Lydia's, SASKATOON Jul. 30 @ The Empress, EDMONTON (afternoon show) Jul. 31 @ The Marquee Room, CALGARY Aug. 1 @ Higher Ground Cafe, CALGARY Aug. 6 @ The Main, VANCOUVER Aug. 7 @ Cafe Montmartre, VANCOUVER Aug. 9 @ The Fort, VICTORIA Aug. 12 @ The Art We Are, KAMLOOPS Aug. 13 @ The Steaming Cafe, KAMLOOPS Sep. 4 @ Sunshine Music Festival, POWELL RIVER   Five Alarm Funk Jun 24 @ The Bridge, COURTENAY, BC Jun 25 @ The Legion, TOFINO, BC Jun 26 @ Gas Town Maple Tree Square Stage, VANCOUVER Jul 3 @ Victoria Jazz Festival, VICTORIA Jul 17 @ Ness Creek Music Festival, SASKATOON Aug 19 @ Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival, SALMON ARM, BC Aug 20 @ Festival of the Tomato, OLIVER, BC Aug 21 @ Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival, SALMON ARM, BC Gentlemen Husbands Jun 26 @ SCENE Music Festival, ST. CATHARINES Jul 1 @ Darcy McGee's, OTTAWA (**Canada Day!) Jul 6 @ Bluesfest, OTTAWA Jul 9 @ Downsview Park, TORONTO (**Edgefest) Jul 10 @ Rock The Coliseum, MISSISSAUGA Jull 16 @ Kee To Bala, MUSKOKA (w/ Arkells) Jul 20 @ The Mansion, KINGSTON (w/ The Stanfields) Jul 21 @ The Red Dog, PETERBOROUGH (w/ The Stanfields) Jul 27 @ The Mansion, BARRIE (w/ The Stanfields)    Hands and Teeth Jun 25 @ The Horseshoe Tavern, TORONTO (w/ Hey Ocean) Jun 26 @ SCENE Music Festival, ST. CATHARINES The Junction  Jul 30 @ Kempenfest, BARRIE   Kim Wempe  Jul 1 @ Stan Rogers Folk Festival, CANSO, NS Jul 27 @ Marigold Cultural Centre, TRURO, NS Aug 4 @ Lunenburg Folk Harbour, Main Stage, LUNENBURG Aug 5 @ Lunenburg Folk Harbour, 1:30PM @ Wharf Stage / 3PM @ Alt-Country Session, LUNENBURG Aug 6 @ Lunenburg Folk Harbour, 4:30PM @ Bandstand (Family Stage), LUNENBURG Aug 20 @ Larlee Creek Hullabaloo Festival, PERTH-ANDOVER, NB Sandman Viper Command Jun 25 @ Foxx Lounge, BARRIE (w/ Indian Handcrafts) Jun 26 @ SCENE Music Festival, ST. CATHARINES Jun 28 @ The Casbah, HAMILTON (w/ Paper Lions, Hey Ocean) Jul 9 @ Downsview Park, TORONTO (**EDGEFEST) Jul 31 @ Kenzington, BARRIE (**Kempenfest Afterparty) The Stanfields  Jul 1 @ Alderney Landing, DARTMOUTH (*Canada Day w/ The Trews) Jul 8 @ Cavendish Music Festival, CAVENDISH BEACH, PEI Jul 9 @ Cavendish Music Festival, CAVENDISH BEACH, PEI Jul 16 @ Plan B, MONCTON Jul 20 @ The Mansion, KINGSTON (w/ Gentlemen Husbands) Jul 21 @ Red Dog, PETERBOROUGH (w/ Gentlemen Husbands) Jul 22 @ Horseshoe Tavern, TORONTO (w/ Brett Caswell & the Marquee Rose) Jul 23 @ Hillside Music Festival, GUELPH Jul 24 @ Hillside Music Festival, GUELPH Jul 27 @ The Mansion, BARRIE (w/ Gentlemen Husbands) Jul 30 @ Riverfront Festival, NEW GLASGOW (w/ The Trews) Aug 3 @ Club One, ST. JOHN'S (w/ The Trews) Aug 4 @ Events Centre, CLARENVILLE, NL (w/ The Trews) Aug 5 @ Little Dory, MARY'S TOWN, NL (w/ The Trews)

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DALLAS GREEN IS SUCCESSFUL. AND WORRIED STIFF.

The City and Colour songster tells us why having the top-selling album in the country is giving him the heebie-jeebies.

BY ALEX NINO GHECIU

“I live in this world of self-doubt,”  admits Dallas Green over the phone from his Toronto home. “I know it sounds weird coming from somebody who has the number one record in Canada.”

Clearly, the songsmith known as City and Colour has got some confidence issues. Recently, his third studio album Little Hell debuted at #1 on the Top 200 SoundScan Chart in Canada, making him the first Canadian artist to reach the top of the heap this year. Between seeing his first two solo albums also go platinum and co-fronting mega-popular post-hardcore act Alexisonfire, he’s one of the most bankable names in Canadian music. You’d think that’d make the guy breathe a little easier.

“That stuff doesn’t mean that much to me,” says the 30-year-old. “Sometimes it’s a bit of a bummer to never really be excited or satisfied, but it’s the way I am and the way I work. The way I constantly try to get better and evolve is by always wondering if what I’ve done is good enough.”

One could argue that being a bundle of nerves is exactly what’s made the tattoo-laden folk troubadour a Juno-winning, chart-busting success. Not only has his neuroticism compelled him to continuously push himself as an artist, but there’s something about a dude with a guitar brooding over his innermost anxieties that legions of young ladies can’t seem to resist.

“I’m not really sure why [I'm popular]. I just write the songs that make me happy first and you hope that people will dig it. I’m an independent artist who doesn’t have this big team around me telling me what kind of songs I should write and how I’m going to be marketed best. I just write songs and that’s it. So it’s hard to say what it is that people are interested in. And maybe it is just that—maybe it’s the honesty in the music.”

The man speaks the truth—more so on Little Hell than ever before. Whereas his previous releases were rife with vague heartbreak anthems that could easily be MacGyvered into panty droppers, this record confronts palpable issues so candidly it’d make Charlie Scheen blush. On “O’ Sister,” Green addresses his sister’s mental health problems in a barefaced manner (“Does it have something to do with the pills they gave to you?”). Meanwhile, “The Grand Optimist” sees him lament the schism between his father’s rosy world view and his own pessimism.

Rather than kvetch about his girlfriend being in a different area code, Green’s now more inclined to roll up his sleeves and face the things that are really keeping him up at night—quite literally. Lead single “Fragile Bird” tackles the frequent night terrors suffered by his wife, which is particularly revealing considering she’s So You Think You Can Dance Canada host Leah Miller.

“It can be a really, really terrifying experience,” he says. “You know when you’re asleep and your alarm goes off and you’re having a dream and then it starts to seep into your dream? Well imagine that, but imagine it’s your wife screaming at the top of her lungs that someone is in the house.”

“She’s happy I wrote the song. It’s not like I’m writing about her being messy or a bad cook, which she isn’t either of. I’m writing about something pretty serious.”

Pretty serious is an apt way of describing Little Hell, which Green says deals thematically with the roadblocks—or so-called little hells—that prevent us from experiencing the good parts of life.

But wait a second. He’s a famous rock star. Living life in the fast lane and such. What road blocks?

“For anybody who would say that, I would say A) I never look at myself as a rock star,” the songwriter argues. “I look at myself as a musician. And B) I don’t look at myself as famous. Some people just like my records and that’s that.”

“But the thing is, too, it doesn’t matter what you do in life, everybody has problems and goes through ups and downs. Yes, I’m successful, but there are still things that I go through with my family and in my life that put me in a mood where I need to write a song to get through it.”

Regardless, this time around Green’s managed to stretch outside the confines of his slow and somber shtick. From electrified blues-funk grooves (“Fragile Bird”) to bouncy roots-rock gems (“Natural Disaster”), he’s actually written songs that sound (gulp) danceable.

“I’m not a slave to just one style of music,” he insists. “I think for this record I had some different ideas for my songs and I didn’t just want to throw those by the wayside because people have a certain idea of what they think City and Colour should sound like. City and Colour can be anything I want.”

At the moment, City and Colour is primed to become a bona fide international big gun. Not only have critics around the globe been hailing Little Hell as Green’s coming-of-age album, but he’s got a slew of big-ticket festival slots in the pipeline, from Lollapalooza to Austin City Limits to the VOODOO Music Experience.

Still, he won’t be patting himself on the back anytime soon.

“It happens, you know? You start believing the hype and thinking, ‘Oh, I really am the best at what I do.’ Or ‘I’ve got the number one record in Canada and that means the next record’s going to be number one too.’ If you start thinking like that, then you’re not going to have that line where you can differentiate what is shit and what isn’t.”

“But I’ll still write a song and go back to it the next day thinking, ‘This is horrible.’ That’s just me being a whiner, I guess.”

Article Source: Sharp For Men - DALLAS GREEN IS SUCCESSFUL. AND WORRIED STIFF.

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Titans Eve Post 2nd Video Blog From Divine Equal Tour- Seattle To LA

Vancouver thrashers Titans Eve have posted their second video tour blog online that chronicles their adventures on the US westcoast from Seattle to Los Angeles for their Divine Equal tour. To view the video please visit the following location.- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dus_yIdRH4Q   

In additional news, Titans Eve has been nominated in the Best Metal category at Vancouver's Urban Culture Awards, and in celebration of the nomination have posted a free download of their track "Tides of Doom" from their album The Divine Equal at this following link here.http://titanseve.bandcamp.com/track/tides-of-doom

Fans can vote for Titans Eve in the "Best Metal Category" at the Vancouver's Urban Culture Awards by visiting the following location here. - http://urbancultureconference.com/

Titans Eve - "The Divine Equal Tour"

June 29, 2011 -  Hemisphere Gauche, Montreal, QC

June 30, 2011 -  Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON
July 2, 2011 -  Blue Moon, Toronto, ON w/ Fatality, Reanimator
July 4, 2011 -  Rosie's, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
July 5, 2011 -   TBA, Thunder Bay, ON
July 7, 2011  - Crescent Fort Rouge Church, Winnipeg, MB
July 8, 2011 -  Walker's Niteclub, Saskatoon, SK
July 9, 2011 -  TBA, Edmonton, AB
July 10, 2011 -  TBA, Alberta
July 11, 2011 -  TBA, Calgary, AB
July 12, 2011 -  LBH (Little Big House), Kamloops, BC

Titans Eve's debut concept album "The Divine Equal" based on literary themes from John Milton's 17th Century poem "Paradise Lost" and the Book of Genesis was self released last month on February 1st, 2011 and has been gaining momentum with a following from around the globe. 

Track Listing:
1. Mourning Star
2. Judgement
3. Becoming The Demon 
4. Into the Fire
5. Serpent Rising
6. Tides Of Doom
7. Dusk
8. Nightfall
9. Living Lifeless
10. Searching for Nothing
11. The Divine Equal

    

Titans Eve came together when brothers Brian (guitar/vocals) and Kyle Gamblin (guitar/backup vocals) decided to start their own musical project in 2008 after the departure of previous projects. The line up of Titans Eve was completed with the recruitment of Jesse Hord (bass) and Casey Ory (drums), from there the Vancouver-based band have set out to create honest, powerful modern metal and have repeatedly piled into the “Titan Train” (i.e. their 2007 Ford E-350 van) and traveled across Canada, bringing their music to as great an audience as possible. They’ve played over 80 shows in the past year and a half and 2011 will see them travel further than ever before as tour across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

The Divine Equal can be ordered on Titans Eve Bandcamp link here, iTunes, CD Baby and various store locations across Canada.

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54-40 Release The New Album! 'LOST IN THE CITY'

Vancouver, Canada’s 54-40 are releasing their 13th studio recording, Lost in the City. An iTunes release date is set for May 28, 2011 and the in store is set for June 15 2011.

The entire album is also available here and now for download. click here!  


“Lyrically, the concept was to take expressions from traditional blues songs and apply them to a 54-40 approach in the 2011 world…. What’s so common today is the increasing pace of life and the pervading sense many of us have of being overwhelmed. Against this backdrop, ‘Lost In The City’ was born.” –Neil Osborne

For a full look into 54-40’s undiscovered world visit www.5440.com and get Lost in the City!

The 5440 Thirty Year Anniversary Tour Featuring Lost in the City will travel across Canada this summer and into Fall 2011.

 For more information visit www.5440.com

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THE LEFT RELEASE CELLOPHANE EP!

THE LEFT is pleased to announce the release of the long awaited Cellophane EP.  

"We've worked extremely hard over the past couple of years to get THE LEFT to this point ...and through the guidance and support of so many we've completed the next chapter of our story ...and are ready to present these newest songs to the world!" - Drummer Eric Davis

The first phase of the release features the Cellophane EP and includes 4 of the lead tracks from the master collection of our new material.  The Cellophane EP includes the songs, "Cellophane", "Love Don't Work", "Better Off This Way" and "I'll Carry You".  

There is a video in the works for the title track "Cellophane", scheduled to be completed in May 2011.

"We're extremely proud of these songs and can't wait to get them into the heart and minds of our friends and fans everywhere with plans to release the full-length CD later this year!"-Bass Player Jeremy Dyck  

Watch out for THE LEFT ...we'll be out there promoting the recording into the spring and summer of 2011, performing all of our new songs and having a blast doing it!  

THE LEFT is an inspired musical movement, gaining quick momentum and allegiance with loyal followers - and we're only just beginning to shine!

Click here to recieve a free download of the song Cellophane now! 

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'My Ottawa Listings' in top 60 for CBC Radio3 Searchlight

'My Ottawa Listings' has made it into the second round of voting for CBC Radio3's 2011 Searchlight competition. They are now in the top 60 - so please continue to vote for them to win the best independent Canadian music website.

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Please Vote For 'My Ottawa Show Listings'

Partner blog - 'My Ottawa Show Listings' has made the long list for the CBC Radio3's 2011 Searchlight competition for the best independent Canadian music website. Please help them get to the next round by voting for them.

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