Mississauga Waterfront Festival Announces 2009 Performers

In 12 years the Mississauga Watefront Festival has seen a number of great Canadian musicians perform, including Tom Cochrane, April Wine, Loverboy, Kim Mitchell, David Wilcox, Jann Arden, Chantal Kreviazuk, Rik Emmett, Jim Cuddy, Glass Tiger, Colin James and others. I think I've made it to at least one night each year.

This year's Festival on June 19, 20, 21 looks like one of the best years ever and all for $25.

Friday: Sam Roberts, Kathleen Edwards, Justin Nozuka
Saturday: 54-40, The Spoons, Skydiggers
Sunday: Bruce Cockburn, Mark Seymour, Catherine MacLellan

The shows are held in Memorial Park on the shore of Credit River, just off Stavebank Road. Port Credit is a very small area and you really can't miss the Festival area. Expect large crowds and if at all possible take Mississauaga Transit or the GO Train. The Port Credit GO Station is located a block away from Memorial Park. Parking is typically gone early and GO doesn't officially allow parking in their lots for non-customers. The area around the concerts has lots of activities for adults and kids all day including a full midway located in the parking lot of the Port Credit Library

Hope to see you there its going to be a lot of fun. For more information check out the Mississauga Waterfront Festival website.

5 Signs of 'Real' Spring in Port Credit

1. Buds on the trees
2. Kids on bikes
3. Street hockey
4. Dogs crapping on grass instead of snow
5. I'm going outside and not even taking a jacket (despite the voice of my mother in my head telling me I should take one 'just in case')

What are the signs of spring in your area?

Music Y'all Should Hear - SUNBEARS!

Touring as a two member band, Jared and Jonathan played in several of the same bands around Jacksonville for 8 years before setting out as the SUNBEARS! just over a year ago. Their first album Dream Happy Dreams has just been released. SUNBEARS! are currently on the road with Mates of State and fellow Jacksonville band Black Kids.

Check out SUNBEARS! on MySpace


SUNBEARS! SONG 9 from john kaschak on Vimeo.

Music Y'all Should Hear Now! - Cage the Elephant

Cage the Elephant blasted out of Bowling Green, Kentucky and have been seemingly following the same trajectory as Kings of Leon or The Strokes. They've found themselves gaining fans and a solid foothold in the UK and Europe, where their swaggering southern blues-rock is embraced by enthusiastic fans. The track 'Ain't No Rest For the Wicked' became a top 40 hit in the UK and they earned opening spots of both the aforementioned Kings of Leon and Queens of the Stone Age tours.

Formed in 2005 by brothers Matt (vocals) and Brad Schultz (guitar), and joined by high school friends Jared Champion (drums) and Daniel Tichenor (bass). Soon after Lincoln Parrish soon joined on lead guitar and Cage the Elephant began making their name on the local club circuit. They signed to Relentless Records and in June, 2008 they released their debut album 'Cage the Elephant'.

MySpace Page
Video for 'In One Ear'

40 Most Influential Voices In New Rock

Click here to see the original blog post. This is about new rock, punk, new wave, grunge, electronic, etc. Soooo, who did I miss? Who did I list too high? Too low?

Coming soon, the most influential voices in Hip Hop

01 - Elvis Costello
02 - Joey Ramone
03 - Joe Strummer
04 - Morrissey
05 - Eddie Vedder
06 - Ian Curtis
07 - David Byrne
08 - Kurt Cobain
09 - Thom Yorke
10 - Chrissie Hynde
11 - Bjork
12 - Trent Reznor
13 - Bono
14 - PJ Harvey
15 - John Lydon (Rotten)
16 - Robert Smith
17 - Paul Westerberg
18 - Siouxsie Sioux
19 - Annie Lennox
20 - Sinead O'Connor
21 - Paul Weller
22 - Nick Cave
23 - Frank Black
24 - Sting
25 - Billie Joe Armstrong
26 - Deborah Harry
27 - Ian McCulloch
28 - Michael Stipe
29 - Dave Gahan
30 - Anthony Kiedis
31 - Peter Murphy
32 - Hugh Cornwell
33 - Beck
34 - Damon Albarn
35 - Zach de la Rocha
36 - Jack White
37 - Henry Rollins
38 - Perry Ferrell
39 - Julian Casablancas
40 - Chris Cornell

New Rock Influencers
Just in case you wonder why these folks aren't listed above...

• David Bowie
• Iggy Pop
• Bryan Ferry
• Lou Reed
• Patti Smith
• Brian Eno
• Peter Gabriel
• David Johnansen

Music Y'all Should Hear - The Ettes

Formed in Los Angeles in 2004 by Lindsay 'Coco' Hames (vocals, guitar), Maria 'Poni' Silver (drums) and Jeremy 'Jem' Cohen (bass), the Ettes create a sexy mashup the best of The Yardbirds, New York Dolls, Nancy Sinatra and the Stones into a raved up sound described as 'beat-punk'. In 2006 the trio put their money where their mouth is and self-financed a trip to record with Liam Watson, engineer and mixer of White Stripes 2003 Grammy Winning album 'Elephant' at his Toerag Studios.

The result was their debut album 'Shake the Dust' released on September 2006 by Sympathy for the Record Industry. Two vinyl-only 45s followed up the album release: 'Dead and Gone' and 'From the Songbook of Greg Cartwright' a split single with fellow garage rockers The Fondas.

The trio returned to Watson and Toe Rag Studios in the summer of 2007 to record their second album 'Look at Life Again'. Since then the Ettes have uprooted themselves from their native LA to spend more of their time touring throughout the UK and Europe.

• Ettes on MySpace
  


• Photos from their 2007 show at Lee's Palace