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2012 Dine Alone Records Holiday Sampler

Posted by Ming Wu on December 4, 2012 No comments

It’s the holiday season and Dine Alone Records has drop a sampler to get your through the Christmas Holidays and spread some cheering.
It’s a free 18 track download featuring music from their national and international roster.
From a never-heard-before Alexisonfire track, to heart-stirring and heart-pounding singles from:

The Lumineers
The Civil Wars
Kate Nash (WHAT!?)
Yukon Blonde
Hannah Georgas

For more info on downloading the sampler which is interactive, click here.
There is also a contest you can enter.
Prizes range from 20 Jansport backpacks filled with Vans swag + Dine Alone 7″ bundle rarities, to a $500 grand prize.
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Compiling the Best of 2010 “Overall Albums”

Posted by Ming Wu on November 11, 2010 11 comments

Here is another installment of what to expect on the Best of 2010 list.
This time being “Overall”.
I don’t just focus on Canadian music, I do check out stuff from the USA and the UK.
Overall being albums outside of Canada that was released in 2010.
As before in the “Canadian albums of 2010” no albums that was released in late 2009.
There will be some Canadian albums that made a splash outside of Canada crossing over into this list.
I really need your help/input on which albums from the USA, UK or elsewhere should make it in the Top 50?
Please make a comment and I will try and see if I should check out the album.
Here is a teaser from the Top 50 albums I have chosen in “alphabetical order” (not the official ranking).
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Music Singles Chart #3

Posted by Ming Wu on May 9, 2010 No comments

Here is another installment of the singles chart.
There is no change in the Top 5.
Mostly a jump from Broken Social Scene and The New Pornographers due to both albums being out on May 4th.
New entries from Stephanie are The Love Language, Harlem and Hanoi Janes.
While my new entry is Kelis’s Acapella and the link for the Youtube is the Bimbo Jones Remix.
Here is this week’s Top 10 for the week of May 9-15.
This time you can listen to the songs and added the “Bubbling Under” in this entry.
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Kate Nash – My Best Friend Is You (Review)

Posted by Ming Wu on April 28, 2010 No comments

Its been three years that Kate Nash made a splash in the UK music scene.
She had a big breakthrough with the song Foundation which was halted in the #2 position for weeks in the UK Singles Chart due to Rihanna’s Umbrella.
Being clumped into the same British female singers like:

Amy Winehouse (Whenever she will get out of rehab and make a new album)
Lily Allen
Adele (Whenever she will release a new album)

She is back with the new album called “My Best Friend Is You“.
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Crafts for a Cause

Posted by Stephanie Espilondo on March 10, 2010 No comments

Little Joy‘s Binki Shapiro has started an online auction, Crafts for a Cause, to help raise money for Haiti relief. She’s rallied fellow musicians and the like to create items for the auction.

Have a look at Sia decorating a wallet in fast motion:

Some of the items up for bidding are:

Grizzly Bear‘s Ed Droste’s guitar
Custom decorated t shirts from musicians like Kate Nash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, M. Ward, Little Joy, Fleet Foxes, Sia, Norah Jones, and Regina Spektor just to name a few.
A tote bag and wallet decorated by The Strokes (side note: I need this in my life)
A recording session for one song, with Mark Ronson, studio time paid for by him
A camera decorated by Drew Barrymore
Signed ballet slippers from Natalie Portman from her new movie Black Swan
Signed and decorated Daft Punk Robots
Decorated shoes from Tegan and Sara
Decorated tote bags from Liv Tyler

All of the proceeds of the auction will go to Artists for Peace and Justice, an organization founded by Paul Haggis. I think it’s a great way of raising money for disaster relief. I really wish I had a credit card to bid though!

The auction begins March 15th at 8pm.