Right from Montreal this pop-punk quintet has achieved big commercial success and now the hometown boys are headlining their own show at the Bell Centre.  And it is not like they have a new album to  [ ... ]

I only recently found out that City and Colour is a play on Dallas Green’s name.  City = Dallas and Colour = Green.  Dallas Green first came onto Canadian rock fans’ radar though his punk band A [ ... ]

MMMBop!  The brothers Hanson, hailing from Oklahoma, have recorded one of the most inane pop songs ever, but, boy, was it ever catchy!  No matter what your feelings were about the song it worked its [ ... ]

Since the 2001 release of their debut album Inhuman Condition Sam Roberts Band has been a fixture on the Canadian music scene.  Their brand of straight forward, blue collar rock and roll has been app [ ... ]

Until my cousin said that we should bring her 4-year-old daughter and my 6-year-old niece to see this performer I have to admit I’d never heard of Cody Simpson.  Excuse my ignorance. Cody Simpson  [ ... ]

Ottawa native Kathleen Edwards has very quietly constructed an enviable career.  Fans like her and critics love her.  What more could one ask for? As the child of a diplomat, Kathleen grew up aroun [ ... ]

Cross Atlantic cooperation is what The Kills are all about.  Lead singer Alison Mosshart is from the United States and guitarist Jamie Hince is from England.  They got together when Alison heard Jam [ ... ]

Way back in the 1967 these guys got together.  As you would suspect they were from Chicago, Illinois.  In the beginning that rock band was one that featured a horn section and was concerned with pol [ ... ]

British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston certainly has a style about him.  With his ever present fedora on his head and his dapper clothes (usually a waistcoat and tie) he does catch your eye.  As  [ ... ]

Forming in 2006 while attending McMaster University, the five guys in this band play good old rock 'n roll. It is occasionally gritty but always full of soul. Playing in front of a live audience has a [ ... ]

The Canadian version of Linkin Park.  This 6 member rap rock outfit from Toronto signed with Universal Motown record label in 2009 and have since released three albums and been nominated for several  [ ... ]

With one of the more intriguing names in music (inspiration was from the book and not the movie), The Devil Wears Prada is slotted into an interesting musical category - Christian/hardcore/metal. Ther [ ... ]

Ever since the release of her debut album this year people have been trying to figure out Anna Calvi.  The British electric guitarist/singer is not a musical act that you can easily pigeonhole into o [ ... ]

They started way back in 1963.  The Canadian Irish band has been together a long time and the band members have the white hair to prove it.  The members of the band were all born in Ireland or North [ ... ]

Hailing from the well-known Canadian musical hotbed (?) of Pickering, Ontario, Sarah Slean is another of our country's great female singer/songwriter/piano players. Though she is not the best known Sa [ ... ]

Leslie Feist has made her mark on the music world as both a solo artist and as a part of the band Broken Social Scene.  Her first solo album was released in 1999 and it was a commercial failure.  Th [ ... ]

Just having turned 53 a couple of months ago, American musician/actor Prince must be considered an elder statesman in the rock music arena.  Prince Rogers Nelson was born in 1958 in Minneapolis, Minn [ ... ]

The Tea Party will play at Metropolis December 2nd and are sure to rock the joint. The Tea Party started out in Windsor, O­ntario 21 years ago. Led by vocalist/guitarist Jeff Martin, along with bassi [ ... ]

On the strength of one humungous single, "You're Beautiful", James Blunt became a worldwide star during the year of 2005. Playing smaller venues at first he is now popular enough to be playing whereve [ ... ]

I live right by the venue and can tell you that people started lining up for this sold out show at around 10 in the morning.  Dedicated fans!  The line was around the block by 6 pm (an hour before t [ ... ]

Electronic and dubstep musician/DJ Bassnectar (real name is Lorin Ashton) hails from San Francisco, California.  He is 33-years-old and combines mainstream with underground sounds in his music.  Bas [ ... ]

Though she is only 24-years-old Lights has packed a lot of life in her short amount of time on Earth.  First, she traveled all over the world with her missionary parents stopping to live in places li [ ... ]

Dutch master violinist André Rieu has been immersed in music almost since birth. His father was an orchestra conductor and the beauty of classical music drew him in. Now that he tours the globe with  [ ... ]

Two of the biggest names in rap/hip hop are touring together this fall and have an upcoming stop in Montreal.  Jay-Z and Kanye West released an album together and now are touring together.  The tour [ ... ]

Jon Anderson (vocals and guitars) and Rick Wakeman’s (keyboards and humour de jour) fantastic 2 1/2 hour musical joyride at the Theatre St. Denis was the place to be last night.   The two legendar [ ... ]

Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman were two key members of the British prog rock band Yes.  Now the two bandmates are touring together without the other members.  In 2010 they released their debut album, [ ... ]

British folk rock band Mumford & Sons’ popularity has exploded over the past year.  They appeared on the past Grammy Awards show (they had received two nominations) performing live with Bob Dylan a [ ... ]

Having never seen Moby perform live and not really knowing what to expect I attended his show at Metropolis last night with a little trepidation.  Not thinking myself too knowledgeable about his musi [ ... ]

Richard Melville Hall.  Ring any bells?  How about Moby?  Thought so.  Moby is the stage name of one Richard Melville Hall.  46-year-old Moby was born in Harlem, New York and went on to become a  [ ... ]

Duran Duran is one of the few 80s bands that have survived past that decade.  They continue to record and tour in 2011.  Over their 30ish years together as a band they have sold over 100 million alb [ ... ]

When I first saw this young lady on One Tree Hill as Mia Catalano I thought she was simply an actress playing the role of someone trying to break into the music industry.  Little did I know that Kate [ ... ]

During the 1990s the Matthew Good Band was probably Canada's most successful alternative rock band. They had a string of big hits such as "Apparitions", "Hello Time Bomb", "Strange Days", "Weapons", a [ ... ]

Apparently the family that rocks together sells plenty of albums together. Brothers Caleb, Jared and Nathan Followill are the backbone of the band and cousin Matthew rounds out the roster. Hailing fro [ ... ]

An American progressive rock band formed long after the heyday of prog rock.  Dream Theater got together in 1985 and were first called Majesty.  The original members were “serious” musicians tha [ ... ]

Portishead came to be in Bristol, England in 1991, so that means that they are celebrating their 20th year as a band.  Happy anniversary!  What do bands do to celebrate their anniversaries you ask?� [ ... ]

There couldn't be a bigger boost to a band's career right now than being part of the soundtrack for a film in the Twilight series.  Brit band Band of Skulls did have a track on the New Moon soundtrac [ ... ]

Three of four shows at Metropolis are sold out!  You know that this musical act is popular! Deadmau5 (pronounced dead mouse) is actually Joel Thomas Zimmerman.  A Canadian electronic/progressive/ho [ ... ]

P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel – keyboards/talk box) and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch – guitar/vocals) are two Montreal guys who have been bringing electrofunk to the people for a couple of years now.  Im [ ... ]

Formed originally in 1969 this Canadian rock groups has been around for over four decades.  Originally from Halifax, the band relocated to Montreal in the early 70s.  The original band members chose [ ... ]

American alternative rock band Wilco is one of the more respected bands around today. Their peers and music critics alike love them. While they don’t play huge arenas or sell millions of records the [ ... ]