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Record Store Day Canada - Experience It Again For The First Time
By: Jay Broderick The month of April brings us some fresh new beginnings, rebirth, a promise of warmer weather, and even a day to...

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Apr 1, 20234 min read
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The Honest Heart Collective Plow Through the Horseshoe
Toronto, Canada - The Horseshoe Tavern just screams music. The dark bar is home to one of the most legendary venues in Toronto. In the...

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Mar 26, 20235 min read
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Lonely Little Kitsch Releases Debut Single "The New Scene"
The Makers Lonely Little Kitsch (the band does not shy away from the fact that they took their name from the David Bowie track "Diamond...

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Mar 23, 20233 min read
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Arrival of Autumn Arrives in Toronto as Winter Doesn't Want to Depart
Toronto, Ontario - March in Toronto brings the most unpredictable weather. It's the time of year when winter just doesn't seem to want to...

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Mar 14, 20233 min read
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Night Demon to Release Outsider, And It Is Killer!!!
By: Jay Broderick THE BAND Night Demon is a throwback heavy metal band from Ventura, California. Consisting of Bassist/Vocalist Jarvis...

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Mar 7, 20234 min read
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Frank Zappa's Sheik Yerbouti Released on This Day in 1979
(warning: this one won't be for all... but you know your curiosity will get the better of you and you will read on... but you've been...

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Mar 3, 20236 min read
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The Doozies - They're Just That!!!
Oshawa, ON - Oshawa's Biltmore Theatre has been host to some fantastic live events over the years. There have been a number of great acts...

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Feb 28, 20232 min read
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Is the Next Big Indie-Folk Band From Ohio?
Toronto, Canada - February 20, 2023 brought the rising Floridian indie folk band The 502s to Canada's largest city of Toronto. Along with...

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Feb 26, 20232 min read
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The 502s Bring Their Warmth to the Cold Toronto Winter
Toronto, Ontario – The 502s are one of the brightest lights shining in the music landscape today, and they are travelling the world!...

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Feb 25, 20235 min read
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Ex-Megadeth Members are the Kings of Thrash
By Jay Broderick - It is no surprise that one of the greatest metal bands of all time has had a revolving door of members since its...

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Feb 18, 20233 min read
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Toronto Doom Metal Outfit ITUS Release New Video "Droner"
By Jay Broderick: ITUS is a Doom/Sludge Metal band based out of our very own "Big Smoke" city of Toronto. The band was formed in 2018,...

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Feb 17, 20231 min read
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Dave Matthews Band - New Album, New Single, New Tour
By Jay Broderick - Over the years, there have been bands that continually go on the road and tour for their fans. Amongst those, many...

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Feb 15, 20232 min read
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Why Live Music Matters
By: Jay Broderick The Covid-19 pandemic changed our live as we know it. With lockdowns, mandates, travel restrictions, worldwide supply...

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Feb 11, 20234 min read
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Arch Enemy Releases New Music Video, and Heads out on the Road
By Jay Broderick In 2022, Swedish Melodic Death Metal band Arch Enemy released their 12th studio recording Deceivers, to rave reviews....

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Feb 10, 20231 min read
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Florida's Indie Folk Band The 502s Out on the Road
By: Jay Broderick THE BAND The 502s are a 6-piece ensemble from Canadian Snow-Bird Heaven, Florida. The band was formed in 2015, the...

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Feb 9, 20232 min read
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So Far, So Good... So What! So Eventful!!
By Jay Broderick - 1988... 35 years ago! On January 19 of that year, I had not yet turned 17 years old. A skinny, gangly 125 lbs (as long...

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Jan 18, 20235 min read
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50 Years Ago, One of Rock and Roll's Biggest Bands of all Time Release Their First Album
By Jay Broderick - On January 5, 1973, a rock and roll band out of Boston, MA released their first of what would eventually become 15...

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Jan 5, 20233 min read
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The Best Moments of 2022
2022 was a year of great change for my photography career. In February, I created my first blog with the intention of highlighting some...

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Dec 28, 20225 min read
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46 Years of Dirty Deeds
December 17, 2022 - AC/DC is INarguably one of the greatest Rock 'n Roll bands of all time. What's amazing from these Aussie rockers is...

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Dec 17, 20224 min read
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UK's LOATHE - "I Let It In And It Took Everything" North American Tour 2022
LOATHE performs live at The Opera House in Toronto, Canada on December 14, 2022 Toronto, ON - Guitarist/co-vocalist Erik Bickerstaffe...

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Dec 15, 20222 min read
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Nuclear Assault Call It Quits
Toronto, ON - According to their Facebook page, New York thrashers Nuclear Assault have called it quits after and on and off career of 37...

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Nov 20, 20221 min read
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Metallica - Reload, 25 Years Later
25 years ago, Metallica followed up their 5 times Platinum album Load, with it's sequel, Reload. Load was a massive step away from the...

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Nov 18, 20222 min read
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10 Years Ago – Soundgarden Releases Their Final Album King Animal
I’m not sure if it feels like yesterday, or if it feels like a lifetime ago, but it was 10 years on November 13, 2012 that Seattle’s...

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Nov 13, 20222 min read
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Trivium's Deadmen & Dragons Comes to Toronto, Just in Time for Halloween
Toronto, Ontario - Earlier this year in May, I shot my first arena/stadium show for Digital Beat Magazine. The headliner that night was...

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Oct 29, 20222 min read
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