May 16,2012
The Darcys have had a busy six months. They announced their signing to Arts & Crafts, released their sophomore full-length as a free download, blew up the CN Tower, and re-recorded Steely Dan’s 1977 album, Aja. We featured the band in the first episode of Parental Advisory, a new show co-produced with our brothers and
May 15,2012
Band in a Box is an AUX original web series that asks bands to take us through the making of one of their music videos… while they’re displayed in a box inside said music video. Cool name, right? “We are Young” is the first Billboard-charting number one single by a rock band since 2008. Let
May 11,2012
This Sunday at 8:30 p.m. EST, AUX will air the first episode of Parental Advisory, a new show co-produced with our brothers and sisters at Exclaim! An interview-based half-hour mixing interviews and music videos, the show explores the integral but quiet (and sometimes hilarious) role parents play in the formation of many successful bands —
May 10,2012
Band in a Box is an AUX original web series that asks bands to take us through the making of one of their music videos… while they’re displayed in a box inside said music video. Cool name, right? AUX Blog player with bigger default dimensions. Autoplay enabled. brightcove.createExperiences(); Montreal-based Plants and Animals’ video for “Lightshow,”
May 9,2012
End Hits is a weekly podcast hosted by Sam Sutherland, featuring interviews with musicians and musician-types from a dining table in Toronto. Our eleventh episode of End Hits (listen to the rest another time) brings Paul McKenzie and Mark “Bone” Boland of the Real McKenzies to our dining table. OGs of that celtic punk sound
May 9,2012
If you’ve been following the lead up to the release of Metric‘s new album Synthetica, you’ll have noticed that the band has taken their usual care to give fans lots of extras to go along with the music. “If you’ve seen anything on the internet of the ‘reflection’ pieces, you might notice these [security cameras]
May 2,2012
End Hits is a weekly podcast hosted by Sam Sutherland, featuring interviews with musicians and musician-types from a dining table in Toronto. Our tenth episode of End Hits (listen to the rest another time) brings Ani DiFranco to our dining table. The iconic folk musician has been independently releasing music via her own Righteous Babe
May 1,2012
Band in a Box is an AUX original web series that asks bands to take us through the making of one of their music videos… while they’re displayed in a box inside said music video. Cool name, right? After a six-year hiatus, the Cranberries released Roses, their first album of new material since 2001′s Wake
April 26,2012
3 Inches of Blood have always had a not so quiet confidence about themselves. They genuinely think they’re a great metal band, and with the release of their fifth album, Long Live Heavy Metal, the rest of the metal community is right there with them. But it wasn’t always like this, and it definitely wasn’t
April 25,2012
Last weekend I went to a wedding. The groomsmen included the owner of Kiss of Death Records (and vocalist in New Bruises) and the guy who helps plan the Fest in Gainesville (and plays guitar in Senders). As the bride was walked down the aisle, Laura Stevenson (of Laura Stevenson and the Cans, natch) strummed
