February 2012
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ON THE RISE: The Civil Wars
This may shock you, but sometimes country music can be cool. It’s not always about barbeque stains on your white t-shirt and pick-up trucks, sometimes it can about something that’s actually, you know, meaningful. Enter, The Civil Wars: the folk duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White.
The Civil Wars debut Barton Hallow is an atmospheric, complicated record that brings listeners into the backwoods...
UniTunes on Rdio: Shhh It's Time to Study
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WatchNEW video from Hey Ocean ‘Big Blue Wave’ !!!!!!
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ON THE RISE: Of Monsters and Men
Already a huge deal in their native Iceland, Of Monsters and Men have set their eyes on Canada. The delightful six-piece is gaining popularity throughout the world thanks to the likes of Rolling Stone, Spin, Paste and the excellent musicianship of co-singer/guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, co-singer/guitarist Ragnar “Raggi” Þórhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rósenkranz...
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Looking for your chance to meet Bad Boy’s Machine Gun Kelly? Thanks to Beast Bond Marketing, Comeback Season Kids and Universal Music Canada THIS Saturday February 18th will be your opportunity to come face-to-face with the Wild Boy himself. Machine Gun Kelly, alongside Bad Boy’s newest signee Los, will be signing autographs and taking pictures at New Era Flagship Store at 202 Queen St W Toronto...
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WatchCheck out the new video for “Beekeeper’s Daughter” by The All American Rejects.
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Pssst this is an EXCLUSIVE: Stream "Metal Moon" by...
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The Many Layers of Anjulie
Anjulie is an artist who will constantly shock you. One minute, such as in “Brand New Bitch”, she’s a tough-as-nails, in-your-face Amazon and others, such as in “Stand Behind the Music”, she’s introspective, deep and incredibly heartfelt. She’s a layered artist who connects with her audience on several levels whether she’s making them dance or making them think.
This Toronto native and former...
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WatchNew Kanye and Jay-Z video should trip you out all afternoon.
UniTunes on Rdio: Anti-Love Songs
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So, sometimes Down With Webster gets some time on their hands when they’re on tour. So much so that they were able to film themselves adding beats to “Work”.
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UNIVERSAL SCORES BIG AT THE JUNO NOMINATIONS
Universal Music had PLENTY of reasons to celebrate after the Juno nominations were announced this morning. Here are a select few categories and you can check out the full list here. Universal artists are in italics.
JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD Arcade Fire Avril Lavigne City and Colour Deadmau5 Drake Ginette Reno Hedley Justin Bieber Michael Bublé Nickelback SINGLE OF THE YEAR City and Colour...
THEN& NOW: VAN HALEN
To celebrate today’s release of A Different Kind of Truth, we thought it would be fun to look back at the Van Halen you loved then and see what they sound like now in our first edition of Then & Now.
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BAD GIRLS DO IT WELL
As proven by her controversial appearance at the Super Bowl, Bad Girls do it well and M.I.A. is a bad girl. But isn’t that what we love about her? Check out her new video for “Bad Girls” below and buy it here. New album this summer, guys. Let’s get excited.
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There’s no denying the fact Madonna is a living legend. She’s the type of artist who constantly re-invents herself to stay relevant in the every changing industry. Now entering her fourth decade of music, she’s readying the release of MDNA and is going to show the world she’s still got it during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Set for a March...
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UniTunes on Rdio: AlternaROCK
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You Want The Wanted
Proving the era of the boy band is never dead, The Wanted are on the verge of conquering Canada. Already huge in their homeland of England, these five dreamboats are riding the success train thanks to their breakout single “All Time Low” from their album Battleground and are now up for a 2012 BRIT award for their single “Glad You Came”. Vote HERE
January 2012
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The wait is almost over.......
After an endless wait and a mountain of buzz, Lana Del Rey’s beautiful new album BORN TO DIE goes on sale tomorrow. Trust us. It’s well worth the wait. You’ve heard “Video Games”, “Born to Die” and “Blue Jeans” and you’ll fall in love with great tracks such as the quirky “Off to the Races”, “Diet Mountain Dew”...
Preview the new All American Rejects Album at MSN
We know you’re excited for this one! All American Rejects are FINALLY releasing a new album. Here’s a little preview.
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UniTunes on Rdio: Melt Your Winter Blues Edition
K'Naan's new digital EP NOW AVAILABLE
Acclaimed hip hop superstar K’Naan has made a five-song EP titled More Beautiful Than Silence available on iTunes to wet your appetite before his upcoming full-length this Spring. It includes the single “Is Anybody Out There” featuring Nelly Furtado, “Nothing to Lose” with Nas and “Better” produced by Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. K’Naan fans will not be let down by this cohesive collection of...
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Rest in Peace Etta James
Today we lost a true legend of the music industry. Thank you, Etta. We’ll never forget that voice and personality. May you find peace “At Last”
Etta James 1938-2012
Enter to win a trip to The Grammys here!
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From Tweet to the Hot Seat: Canada's Love Affair...
On one of the final days of 2011, Universal artist and international phenomenon Justin Beiber tweeted, “Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen is possibly the catchiest song I’ve ever heard lol” and a few days later his girlfriend Selena Gomez echoed his thoughts by tweeting, “This smile is because of Carly Rae Jepsen. We have not stopped listening to your song, girl!” Since then the young Mission,...
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Universal Music Bands To Watch in 2012
After an exciting 2011, Universal Music is proud to boast more great talent in 2012. Since we have so many different genres working with us, it’s our pleasure to provide something for everyone. No matter what your fancy may be there is always something new to discover and because of this we want to tell you about a few artists we think you’ll be talking about very, very soon.
Hey Ocean
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Check out this cool new site that recreates famous album art using old Clipart files. Some neat Universal pictures such as this one of ’90s favourite Live Through This by Hole.
December 2011
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