Spotify’s Metallica documentary is airing on Thursday

Aug 17, 2016

Spotify’s original video documentary, ‘Metallica: The Early Years’ will arrive on the service on Thursday, August 18.

Landmark is an original video series about monumental moments in music history, created for a new generation of listeners. Whether delving into the origins of thrash metal or the release of a classic album, each installment of Landmark enlists credible, eclectic voices to explain not just what happened, but why it still matters.

Metallica: The Early Years celebrates penpals, the birth of thrash metal, heavy-riffing cellists, and the origins of one of rock’s most influential bands. Focusing on the period from band’s formation in 1981 through the release of 1984’s Ride The Lighting, each chapter features candid interviews, rare archival footage, messed-up animations from Anthony Schepperd, and unusual context showcasing the strange ways Metallica’s tentacles continue to worm their way through our collective unconscious.

Tim Kaine Plays Harmonica On Campaign Trail

Aug 17, 2016

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine is a big fan of Bob Dylan and the Replacements, and now he’s proved it by pulling out his harmonica to play the Old Crow Medicine Show song “Wagon Wheel,” which was written from an unfinished song by Dylan.

Pizza Hut makes playable turntable pizza box

Aug 17, 2016

Pizza Hut has developed a pizza box printed with turntables that you can actually play. Created in partnership with Novalia, experts in printed electronics, the limited edition pizza boxes sync via bluetooth to your laptop or smartphone.

Select your favourite music and mix them together just by pressing the cardboard controls.Watch Rinse FM DJ, DJ Vectra get one the pizza box 1s and 2s and show how it’s done. A limited number of the turntable boxes will be given away at select locations — but sorry, for the moment the promotion is limited to the U.K.

Kill Rock Stars president explains why radio plays the same songs over and over

Aug 16, 2016

You turn on the radio, and they’re playing the same Lady Gaga or Drake song yet again. How does a song become a popular hit? Why don’t they play any local bands? How am I supposed to get my band or music promoted to radio audiences?!

Never fear! Portia Sabin, president of the punk label Kill Rock Stars, has your answers. It’s all about advertising, and about the relationships between record labels and radio station program directors. And it’s about how many millions of dollars you can pay to get your song on the air.

Hell’s Angel Confronts Hunter S. Thompson In This 1967 CBC Broadcast

Aug 16, 2016

In this clip from 1967, Hunter S.Thompson comes face to face with a member of the Hell’s Angels. Thompson became known internationally for his book “Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs”. He spent a year living and riding with the Angels, experiencing their lives and hearing their stories first hand. The biker says 60% of the book is “cheap trash”

How Stranger Things got its retro title sequence

Aug 16, 2016

Vox talks to talked to Michelle Dougherty, the creative director at Imaginary Forces, on how she went old-school for its opening credits to the hit Netflix show.

Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix Perform ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ at Denny’s in Santa Monica

Aug 16, 2016

Dick Van Dyke and his quartet The Vantastix do a little singing after having breakfast at Denny’s. The group just finished a visit to Good Day LA to promote their upcoming show in Cerritos, Dick’s book “Keep Moving”, and their album “Put On A Happy Face”.

Boy Swallows A Dog Toy. Sounds Like Wheezy From Toy Story

Aug 16, 2016

A young boy named Anthony laughed and squeaked in a hospital bed after inhaling a dog toy. I want to hear the background story to this.

https://youtu.be/Vc93nuMdvMg

Polaris Music Prize Announces 2016 Gala Performers And Grand Jury

Aug 16, 2016

The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, announced the Short List nominees that will be performing at this year’s Gala on September 19th at The Carlu in Toronto. The performers include: Black Mountain, Basia Bulat, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessy Lanza, Andy Shauf, U.S. Girls and White Lung. Grimes and Kaytranada will be attending. PUP are not able to come as they are playing in Austria that night. Limited public tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly.com.

The prize also announced the Grand Jury. The following 11 jurists will convene on the night of the gala to decide the winner: Adrien Begrand (freelance), Lisa Christiansen (CBC Radio One – Vancouver), Del Cowie (CBC Music), Howard Druckman (SOCAN Words & Music), Lana Gay (Indie 88), Carla Gillis (NOW Magazine), Andrew King (Canadian Musician), Lisa Lagace (Turn The Record Over), Trevor Risk (Ion Magazine), Joni Sadler (CKUT) and Fateema Sayani (Ottawa Magazine).

The eligibility period for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize runs from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. An independent jury of music journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers from across Canada determines the Long List and Short List. Eleven people are selected from the larger jury pool to serve on the Grand Jury and they will convene the night of the gala to select the Polaris Music Prize winner.

The Polaris Music Prize will award $50,000 to the artist who creates the Canadian Album of the Year. Each of the nine other short listed artists will receive $3,000 courtesy of Slaight Music. Judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration of genre or record sales, the prize’s past winners are Buffy Sainte-Marie (2015), Tanya Tagaq (2014), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2013), Feist (2012), Arcade Fire (2011), Karkwa (2010), Fucked Up (2009), Caribou (2008), Patrick Watson (2007), and Final Fantasy / Owen Pallett (2006).

Kyle Chalmers grandparents tears of joy watching him win Rio Gold

Aug 16, 2016

Emotion charged reaction from Aussie swim sensation Kyle Chalmers’ grandparents at home in Australia as they watch him win gold in the 100m Mens freestyle at Rio Olympics 2016.