Results tagged “cadenceweapon”

Here we have a day that begins, like all good days, with Slash doling out morning wisdom at the Fairmont Royal York (11:15 a.m. in the Ballroom). This is also the day when all things CMW/CMF actually get moving. Wednesday eased us in with a modest offering of good shows, and in comes Thursday for the kill, making us wish we had avatars to run around to competing shows for us (does that even make sense? Is that what happens in the movie?). more ›

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Photo of Cadence Weapon by David Topping. more ›

Weekly indie institution Wavelength started in 1999, setting up shop at Ted's Wrecking Yard, then bouncing between venues until landing at its current home, Sneaky Dee's, in 2002. Past performers read like a who's-who of home grown indie music: Great Lake Swimmers, The Bicycles, Cadence Weapon, Julie Doiron, Peaches, Final Fantasy, Feist—and the list goes on. more ›

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Owen Pallett (aka. Final Fantasy) has taken the inaugural Polaris Music Prize and $20,000 for his sophomore album He Poos Clouds. Pallett beat out nine other worthy artists including Cadence Weapon, the Deadly Snakes, Malajube and more. more ›

More evidence that we're the centre of the universe (kidding), the nominees for the inaugural Polaris Prize is out and four five out of the ten nominees are bonafide Toronto artists. Broken Social Scene, The Deadly Snakes, Final Fantasy, Sarah Harmer and K'Naan make up the Toronto contingent. If we add Metric (which live in a whole bunch of places) and Sarah Harmer (who lives near Kingston) then over half the list calls Toronto home. Good job scene. more ›

Torontoist needed a few tries to understand the hoopla surrounding Spank Rock, but we think we finally get it now. The non-stop Spank Rock dance party worked the crowd at The Horseshoe into a veritable frenzy last night, at least by proud Screwface Capital standards. more ›