VIDEO: The Swellers – “Inside My Head”
One of the stand-out tracks from their latest album Good For Me, “Inside My Head” embodies the cuts-like-a-knife pop punk attitude The…
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TRACK/MP3: Theophilus London & ASAP Rocky – “Big Spender”
On the eve of when one of hip-hop’s biggest new faces is supposed to takeover Coachella on a Saturday night, Brooklyn hip hop artiste…
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BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (April 2012)
It’s hard to ignore the classics, but it’s worse to overlook the rising stars. April’s picks highlight up-and-coming acts changing indie rock, pop…
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CONTEST: Brand New
Being major fanboys/fangirls of summer and having moshed at their last show in Toronto back in 2009, BLARE and Live Nation are giving…
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BLARE’s 25 Must-Hear Bands At CMW 2012
As it’s getting the big 3-0 this year, Canadian Music Week is looking to do some damage in the city battling the heat with a fistful of bands…
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PROFILE: Black Hippy (SXSW 2012)
There’s always been an East Coast v.s. West Coast rivalry in the underbelly of hip hop and as the genre snatches back its mic, it’s…
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PROFILE: The Men (SXSW 2012)
As one mind put it: The Men are “more composers than musicians”. Any band blazing off a trail of singles or a singer-songwriter with more…
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PROFILE: Michael Kiwanuka (SXSW 2012)
In light of his debut album Home Again, the 24-year-old taps into the honest vibes of retrospective soul, letting tenderness etch out…
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TRACK/MP3: BLARE’s SXSW 2012 Mixtape
This free mixtape explores the rise of the hip-hop underground (Main Attrakionz, G-Side, Cities Aviv), the twist of blues and indie pop (Polica…
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BLARE’s 40 Must-Hear Bands At SXSW 2012
Dusting off this year’s eclectic lineup injected with hip hop, garage rock, punk, R&B and electronic sounds, here’s our picks for artists to…
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