INTERVIEW: Motion City Soundtrack (SXSW 2012)
Back in the summer of 2005, Minnesota punk act Motion City Soundtrack ruled high schools, headphones and Warped Tour. And all…
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REVIEW: Say Anything – “Anarchy, My Dear”
Said to be the band’s first attempt at a “punk record”, Anarchy, My Dear has also become an exhibit for fans to showcase their displeasure…
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GOING LIVE: Young Prisms, Boy Friend
One of our picks for Best New Artists for the month of March, Bay Area rockers Young Prisms ventured out into the cold of Toronto…
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REVIEW: Ceremony – “Zoo”
In this day and age, hardcore isn’t a new thing. It’s not a style that’s so foreign to parents they threaten their children with wooden spoons to…
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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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INTERVIEW: THE MARS VOLTA
In the course of more than ten years, El Paso outfit The Mars Volta have never stopped experimenting. Their grasp of psychedelia and…
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CONTEST: Odd Future
In support of their upcoming OF Vol. 2 mixtape, the group plan to bring it back to the Canadian city and BLARE and Union Events Ontario are…
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GOING LIVE: Pianos Become The Teeth, Xerxes
Coming from Topshelf Records and No Sleep, hardcore comrades Pianos Become The Teeth and Xerxes made their first headlining…
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GOING LIVE: Steve Aoki, Datsik
If last summer’s World Electronic Music Festival is any indication, the province of Ontario is flat out addicted to dub step. All the wob wobs…
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GOING LIVE: Matt Pryor, The Front Bottoms
In support of his second release May Day, The Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor paid a visit to Toronto’s The Drake Hotel, showing off…
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