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Watch Don Cheadle as Miles Davis in the first trailer to Miles Ahead

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Miles Ahead, a new biopic about Miles Davis, is slated to hit theaters on April 1. The film marks the directorial debut of Don Cheadle, who also stars as the jazz legend. The film tells the story of a few lost days in the life of Miles Davis, the virtuoso, fighter and genius, as he bursts out of his silent period, conspires with a Rolling Stone writer (Ewan McGregor) to steal back his music, and relives the years he had with his great love, Frances Taylor (Emayatzy Corinealdi).

https://youtu.be/Bvt9LU45ruc

Lana Del Rey’s Isolated Vocals For Summertime Sadness

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Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” from her second studio album, Born to Die, reached the top ten in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. In the spring of 2013, “Summertime Sadness” became a number-one hit in Poland and Ukraine. Trap and house remixes of “Summertime Sadness” helped Del Rey break into the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. That chart is where Del Rey’s song became a modest hit and marked her first foray into the chart. On the accompanied Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, the single gave Del Rey her first US number-one single in August 2013. Earlier in 2012, the song also managed to become a rock hit in the US.

https://youtu.be/0M73bB5NsiI

SiriusXM Canada ranked one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies on 2015 PROFIT 500 list

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SiriusXM Canada, the country’s leading audio entertainment company, today announced it has been named one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies in Canadian Business and PROFIT Magazine’s 27th annual PROFIT 500 ranking. Ranking Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the PROFIT 500 profiles the country’s most successful growth companies. Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 is Canada’s largest annual celebration of entrepreneurial achievement.

“In our 10th year of operations in Canada we are proud to once again be included in the annual PROFIT 500 ranking,” said Mark Redmond, President and CEO, Sirius XM Canada Inc. “We congratulate all of our fellow inductees and are honoured to be included with them in the ranks of the country’s top revenue performing companies and will continue to strive for operational excellence in our next 10 years.”

“The PROFIT 500 represent the highest tier of entrepreneurialism in Canada,” said James Cowan, Editor-in-chief of PROFIT and Canadian Business. “They should be lauded for the positive economic contributions they’ve made to their communities — and the entire country.  They are examples of what can be accomplished with innovation, discipline and determination.”

Barenaked Ladies announce ‘Last Summer on Earth 2016’ Tour With OMD and Howard Jones

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Barenaked Ladies are once again taking their boisterous live shows to audiences nationwide this summer announcing Last Summer on Earth 2016 featuring special guests OMD and Howard Jones.  The tour begins on June 3rd in Minneapolis, MN at The Cabooze.  Pre-sale tickets are available on February 3rd at 10am local time, followed by a public sale on February 5th at 10am local time.  VIP meet and greet packages will be available at every tour date and every ticket purchased will come with a digital copy of the forth-coming live album BNL Rocks Red Rocks plus an instant download of “ODDS ARE (live)”.   See full list of tour dates below…

LAST SUMMER ON EARTH 2016 w/ OMD and Howard Jones
6.03     Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
6.04     Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
6.05     Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
6.08     Dayton, OH – Rose Music Center at The Heights
6.09     Chicago, IL – Ravinia Pavilion **
6.10     Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
6.11     Cleveland, OH – Jacob’s Pavilion at Nautica
6.13     New York, NY – SummerStage in in Central Park
6.14     Lewiston, NY – Artpark **
6.15     Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Center for Performing Arts
6.17     Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
6.18     Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
6.19     Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
6.20     Pittsburg, PA – Stage AE
6.24     Portland, ME – Maine State Pier
6.25     Wallingford, CT – The Oakdale Theatre
6.26     Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion *
6.28     Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
6.29     Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheatre at the Music Factory
7.01     Charleston, SC – Volvo Cars Stadium
7.02     St Augustine, FL – St Augustine Amphitheatre
7.03     Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheatre
7.05     Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheatre
7.06     Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
7.08     Indianapolis, IN – Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River St Park
7.12     Boise, ID – Hawk’s Memorial Stadium
7.15     Missoula, MT – Big Sky Brewing Company
7.16     Seattle, WA – Marymoor Amphitheatre
7.17     Portland, OR – Edgefield
7.19     Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery **
7.20     San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
7.22     Las Vegas – Downtown Las Vegas Events Center
7.23     Sacramento, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Amphitheatre
7.24     Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre *

* indicates pre-sale Feb 10, public on-sale Feb 12
** indicates tickets on sale at a later date, check website for details

Last Summer on Earth 2016 coincides with the band’s upcoming album BNL Rocks Red Rocks, a live recording from the June 10th, 2015 show at Red Rocks Amphitheater during last year’s LSOE tour.  BNL Rocks Red Rocks features some of the multi-platinum band’s biggest hits “One Week,” “Pinch Me, “Brian Wilson,” “If I Had $1,000,000” plus songs from their last two records including “Odds Are” (from Grinning Streak) which hit #2 at iTunes, and the most recent single “Duct Tape Heart” from their latest album Silverball.  The record includes a special moment when Barenaked Ladies accompany Colin Hay to perform his #1 hit “Who Can It Be Now”, joined on stage by Blaise Garza of Violent Femmes to cover the famed saxophone solo, recognized around the world!

BNL Rocks Red Rocks captures the band’s prowess for combining great songs, impromptu hilarious banter, fan participation and musicianship that keeps music fans coming back for more.  BNL Rocks Red Rocks will be available on May 20th.

BNL ROCKS RED ROCKS   (Out May 20th, 2016)

  1. Get Back Up
  2. The Old Apartment
  3. Odds Are
  4. Gonna Walk
  5. Brian Wilson
  6. Who Can It Be Now
  7. Falling For The First Time
  8. Passcode
  9. Light Up My Room
  10. Duct Tape Heart
  11. Pinch Me
  12. Big Bang Theory Theme
  13. One Week
  14. If I Had $1,000,000
  15. Drawing
  16. Rock and Roll  

DEATH FROM ABOVE Announce Tour With Eagles of Death Metal & Turbowolf

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“At first glance it may seem like this tour pairing is too funky to be true. However, when I gaze backwards in time, it seems that our fates are inextricably intertwined. It began back in 2005 on tour with Queens Of The Stone Age when EODM founding member, Joshua Homme, mentioned that he had a friend back home with a better mustache than ours (our band doesn’t share ONE mustache, we had one each). That friend back home was Jesse Hughes. Jesse is what I would consider a real rock-and-roll creature. He was born in a jean jacket. In fact, he was wearing a jean jacket when our fates collided for a second time: Christmas shopping at a Best Buy in the Atwater Village area of L.A., December 24th, 2012. I saw him from across the parking lot wearing a Canadian tuxedo (Google Image search!) and aviator sunglasses. I thought to myself: There’s only one other rock-and-roller on earth baddass enough to face a shopping tsunami at a major electronics big-box on Christmas Eve, Jesse from EODM. I creepily admired him from afar while I shopped for a Bluetooth speaker. The only difference between him and I at that moment is that he looked like the lead singer in a rock-and-roll band and I looked like Val Kilmer in Weird Science. The next stop on the Wheel-Of-Fortune-Of-Life brought us together in a dusty barbecue shack in the Mojave desert. I was hunched over a pile of charred bones, my face and hands so sticky with sauce I looked like a hyena feasting on the African savanna. I looked up from the carnage and who did I see? Two tremendous Eagles: Dave Catching and Joshua Homme. Eagles Of Death Metal are like peyote; You don’t find them, they find you. I did them the service of washing up the gore before walking over and saying “Hello, it’s me”.
If all of this seems like a crazy reason to go on tour together, I think you’re crazy.
Canada, get ready for real rock-and-roll and wear your tuxedos.”

Sebastien Grainger, Death From Above, February 2016

DATES:
CALGARY- April, 29th @ Grey Eagle Event Centre
EDMONTON- April 28th @ Shaw Conference Centre
SASKATOON- April 30th @ O’Brians Event Centre
WINNIPEG- May 1st @ Burton Cummings Theatre
LONDON- May 4th @ London Music Hall
HAMILTON- May 6th @ Hamilton Convention Centre

Jack White, T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford Produced Music Doc “American Epic” Trailer Is Here

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At the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jack White and the Avett Brothers presented a premiere excerpt from the six-hour documentary American Epic — a film about the field recording of traditional American music in the first decades of the 20th century. White is an executive producer of the documentary, along with T Bone Burnett and Robert Redford.

Via The Current

Chilly Gonzales’ “Pop Music Masterclass” featuring Lana del Rey “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”

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Chilly Gonzales uses musical theory concepts from his “Re-Introduction Etudes” book to analyze today’s pop music hits for radio station WDR 1Live. This time with “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Lana del Rey. Don’t miss any of Gonzo’s forthcoming Pop Music Masterclasses.

Drake As A Young Kid Rapping To The Fugees “Ready Or Not”

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Everyone has to start somewhere. Before he became the biggest star on the planet, Drake, then-8-years-old, was captured on camera singing The Fugees’ Ready Or Not. Seems pretty apt.

Steve Harvey Thought The Cameras Were Off, And What He Said Was Genius

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After taping every episode of Family Feud, host Steve Harvey likes to spend a few moments talking to the audience. It’s usually that moment when the cameras are shut off, but in this case, it wasn’t. He talks about his methods of success, and that all we have to do is take that leap and jump.

https://youtu.be/yFltqHCTTVo