PHOTOS: The Indies during Canadian Music Week 2010 – Award winners include Marianas Trench, Rural Alberta Advantage, The Arkells, Metric, Danny Fernandes

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(HoundsTV – Toronto) The Indie Awards are held annually during Canadian Music Week to celebrate and recognize some of best in Independent music in Canada. The evening is usually a good time for artists and other music industry VIP’s held at the Royal York hotel.
Vancouver pop-punk band Marianas Trench were [...]

PHOTOS: Chum FM Fan Fest party in Toronto with Daughtry, Hedley, Joey McIntyre, Faber Drive, Stereos, Girlicious, & DJ Dopey celebrate BIG WINS at Canadian Broadcast Industry Awards

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One of the more buzzed about events at Canadian Music Week continues to be the Chum FM Fan Fest held at the Masonic Temple, the home of MTV Canada. Last year, it was really the place to be as the very hot Katy Perry was performing. This year, it [...]

Platinum Blonde inducted into Canadian Broadcast Hall Of Fame during 2010 CMW week – New record and tour in the works

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(HoundsTV – Toronto) Platinum Blonde, an eighties new wave – pop band that sold millions of records in Canada was inducted into the Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week 2010.
The three original members – lead vocalist Mark Holmes, guitarist Sergio Galli, and drummer Chris Steffler where [...]

Girlicious performs in Toronto, Canada 3 days after Natalie Mejia is busted for Coke – Now thats a good lawyer!

Girlicious – Natalie Mejia, Nichole Cordova and Chrystina Sayersphotos perform at ChumFM Fanfest in Toronto. photos courtesy shot7.com
(HoundsTV – Toronto) Girlicious performs at the Chum FM Fanfest in Toronto on March 12, 2010 in celebration of Canadian Music Week. The group was clearly a fan-favorite and put on a spirited performance.
The only thing that [...]

ex Guns N’ Roses guitarist SLASH talks Axl’s Chinese Democracy – “techno influenced, very digital and very Pro-Tools”

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(HoundsTV – Toronto) Guitar god Slash was a keynote guest during 2010 Canadian Music Week. He did a lot of press to talk up his upcoming solo record.
And we mean A LOT.
Jane Stevenson, of QMI Agency (or whatever new call letters media consolidation in Canada continues to dream up. I will [...]

SLASH & AXL of Guns N’ Roses together again (that is, their autographs) as guitarist arrives in Toronto for Canadian Music Week

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(HoundsTV – Toronto) Iconic guitarist and ex-Guns N’ Roses member SLASH touched down in Toronto today ahead of his Canadian Music Week keynote interview.
Slash was met at Toronto’s Pearson airport by at least one professional autograph collector (and his helpers) who are on a mission to get a few guitars signed by the [...]

Canadian Pop singer Lights upsets Kreesha Turner for surprise 2009 Best new artist Juno win

We sensed this upset coming a few weeks back when HoundsTV posted photos and a story on Canadian pop indie darling Lights when she was winning awards during Canadian Music Week.
But on a Juno Awards night where surprises were kept to their usual minimum (and the winner is…. “Nickelback”) – there was shock among a [...]

The Story of Anvil documentary revives the career of influential Canadian heavy metal band – Michael Moore and Brad Pitt now fans

Thirty five years in-the-making hard rock success story Anvil was honored and performed during Canadian Music Week in Toronto. Steve “Lips” Kudlow, Robb Reiner, and Glenn Five were inducted into the Canadian Indies Hall of Fame.
Anvil was presented the honour on stage at CMW by Bif Naked. Bif spent a few minutes talking about the [...]

Gene Simmons vs. Bob Lefsetz – A feud breaks out between keynote talks at CMW 2009 in Toronto

TORONTO (HoundsTV) Mar 12, 2009 – Canadian Music Week (CMW) officially kicked off in Toronto today with the keynote speeches given by KISS frontman Gene Simmons and influential online music writer Bob Lefsetz.
Both Lefsetz and Simmons were at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel to give talks to overflowing conference rooms of music industry delegates, fans, and [...]

Original KISS guitarist “Ace” Frehley arrives in Toronto for Canadian Music Week and autographs my posters (finally!)

(March 5-08) Original KISS member and lead guitarist “Space Ace” Frehley was in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week. Many years ago I started getting some posters of the band signed – starting with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
Space Ace proved to be quite a difficult autograph to obtain and required lots of time [...]