First off, I apologize if things have seemed quiet on the TMS front. Both TJ and myself were hit with a nasty flu virus we're still fighting off. Though its worst was seemingly during CMW, we didn't let it stop us! We went to shows every night and will be bringing you reviews as soon as possible. We also chatted with the Ghost is Dancing and Machetes, so look forward to those interviews.
A lot of things have been happening behind the scenes too. TJ has been working tirelessly to add tons of band bios to our roster, so if you're ever looking for new music be sure to check that section out.
We've also been working on upping initiatives that will expose TMS to a broader network of websites and people. You will probably notice some small changes to TMS, but rest assured it is for the greater of Toronto music. We love the music in this city and want the world to see the great talents being featured on TMS.
That's all for now! Stay tuned for updates and photos!
Keep on rockin',
- Sheena
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Who Will Be Canada’s Next Radio Star?
Hey guys,
Just got this press release stating the finalists for the 16th annual Canadian national songwriting competition have been announced. Canadian Radio Star is part of Canadian Music Week.
Taken from the release:
The finalists will perform at the Canadian Radio Star showcase, with performances by hosts Andy Kim and Tomi Swick, taking place at the Library Bar, Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Friday, March 13, 2009. Presented by the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC), this showcase will allow all the finalists to perform their winning songs to a live audience.
The regional finalists are:
STATION WINNER SONG TITLE
CKZZ-FM The Latency "Tonight, I Love You"
CFBR-FM My Sister Ocean "IndoctriNation"
CJAY-FM Zoo Lion "Pry"
CJDJ-FM John Antoniuk "Out There"
CIZL-FM Jeffery Straker "Flatlines"
CKMM-FM Taylor Demetrioff "Now Boarding Flight 586 to Winnipeg"
CKFM-FM Tigerbomb "Nothing To Prove"(Patrick Cooke/Jay McGroarty)--> Toronto
CKQB-FM Watters Brothers "Life Is A Gas"
CJFM-FM Seven Days "Angel Lies"
CJYC-FM Stephanie Mainville "Wait"
CFRQ-FM Andrew Hunter "The Feel Good Song"
VOCM-FM The Insiders "This Time Now" (Jeff Martin/Tino Borges)
Regional finalists were picked by participating radio stations and public on-line voting based on the creativity, originality, composition, lyrics, melody and radio airplay potential of their songs.
For more information and to vote for your favourite check out www.radiostar.ca.
Just got this press release stating the finalists for the 16th annual Canadian national songwriting competition have been announced. Canadian Radio Star is part of Canadian Music Week.
Taken from the release:
The finalists will perform at the Canadian Radio Star showcase, with performances by hosts Andy Kim and Tomi Swick, taking place at the Library Bar, Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Friday, March 13, 2009. Presented by the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC), this showcase will allow all the finalists to perform their winning songs to a live audience.
The regional finalists are:
STATION WINNER SONG TITLE
CKZZ-FM The Latency "Tonight, I Love You"
CFBR-FM My Sister Ocean "IndoctriNation"
CJAY-FM Zoo Lion "Pry"
CJDJ-FM John Antoniuk "Out There"
CIZL-FM Jeffery Straker "Flatlines"
CKMM-FM Taylor Demetrioff "Now Boarding Flight 586 to Winnipeg"
CKFM-FM Tigerbomb "Nothing To Prove"(Patrick Cooke/Jay McGroarty)--> Toronto
CKQB-FM Watters Brothers "Life Is A Gas"
CJFM-FM Seven Days "Angel Lies"
CJYC-FM Stephanie Mainville "Wait"
CFRQ-FM Andrew Hunter "The Feel Good Song"
VOCM-FM The Insiders "This Time Now" (Jeff Martin/Tino Borges)
Regional finalists were picked by participating radio stations and public on-line voting based on the creativity, originality, composition, lyrics, melody and radio airplay potential of their songs.
For more information and to vote for your favourite check out www.radiostar.ca.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
SHRED Party at Tattoo Rock Parlour tonight!!!
Though not officially affiliated with TMS, I've been working with the SHRED charity and we're having ourselves a ROCK SHOW/DANCE PARTY tonight. Come check it out and say hi if you have a chance!
Are you also throwing shows? Send us your flyers and we'll post them in the blog.
Rock!
- Sheena
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Wanna be a rockstar?
So maybe you missed the application deadline for Canadian Music Week (or maybe you didn't, you just want more, more, more!) and you're wondering what other kinds of opportunities are available out there for you.
Well my friends, I have some great news. Certain gigs are accepting artists right now!
BATTALA ROCKSTARS
Battala Rockstars, the group that throws on those huge BotB competitions eventually resulting the winning band receiving a grand prize value at $25,000 which includes recording time, touring, exposure and more…see full grand prize details below, is accepting applications for their 2009 Battala Series.
Bands can sign up to receive a registration package at www.battalarockstars.com.
NORTH BY NORTHEAST - June 17-21
NXNE is gearing up for its 15th year of extended last call, drunken rock and roll debauchery and of course, 500 wicked bands. Time to apply my friends.
Click here to apply via Sonicbids.
Click here to check out more about NXNE.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
ALlllloOooOOoOoooooooOOoOOo!
Why hello friends!
We put out a call and you listened! Mass amounts of records have shown up in my mailbox over the past couple weeks and we've been reviewing as fast as we can. The front page is all CD Reviews, I think that's a TMS first! We've got some more coming your way, including the Artist Life, The Creepshow, Isle of Thieves, Jane's Party and more!
Don't worry though, we love us some live shows and interviews so this is what we've got coming up for you lovelies.
Feb 5 we're hitting Punkorama/Underground Operations' FU Awards where we'll be chatting with DIE MANNEQUIN (finallllly) and the FLATLINERS!
Feb 11 the Beatitful Unknown and DJ RacerMotorz are playing a benefit show for a snowboarding charity called SHRED that I, Sheena, am involved with. I booked these performers and would love if you could come to Tattoo Rock Parlour to support SHRED (www.shredforyouth.com), TMS and Me!!!!
Feb 13 we're checking out and chatting with the Von Bondies (and you better be too, because this is pretty damn epic!!!)
There will be much more to be announced soon. We're also looking to get back into throwing rock parties, let us know if your band is interested in playing!
Keep on Rockin'!
luv Sheena
We put out a call and you listened! Mass amounts of records have shown up in my mailbox over the past couple weeks and we've been reviewing as fast as we can. The front page is all CD Reviews, I think that's a TMS first! We've got some more coming your way, including the Artist Life, The Creepshow, Isle of Thieves, Jane's Party and more!
Don't worry though, we love us some live shows and interviews so this is what we've got coming up for you lovelies.
Feb 5 we're hitting Punkorama/Underground Operations' FU Awards where we'll be chatting with DIE MANNEQUIN (finallllly) and the FLATLINERS!
Feb 11 the Beatitful Unknown and DJ RacerMotorz are playing a benefit show for a snowboarding charity called SHRED that I, Sheena, am involved with. I booked these performers and would love if you could come to Tattoo Rock Parlour to support SHRED (www.shredforyouth.com), TMS and Me!!!!
Feb 13 we're checking out and chatting with the Von Bondies (and you better be too, because this is pretty damn epic!!!)
There will be much more to be announced soon. We're also looking to get back into throwing rock parties, let us know if your band is interested in playing!
Keep on Rockin'!
luv Sheena
Thursday, January 8, 2009
HAPPY 2009!!!
Hey Kids,
SOooOoo as you may have noticed, we never ended up doing a little chit-chat with Lacerda, so that will be rescheduled for a later time. And although I promised you fest of CD reviews, mass amounts of holiday parties, individual family events, a snowboarding trip to quebec and a case of anxiety seems to have hindered our efforts!
Never fear though, we've been busy beavers lately. One of our 2009 resolutions is to review lots of CDs! In order to do this WE WANT YOU TO SEND THEM TO US!!! Contact info is on the site.
We're going to start booking a bunch of interviews too...we don't like being MIA and we miss you muchly.
See you soon....Scout's honour!
- Sheena
SOooOoo as you may have noticed, we never ended up doing a little chit-chat with Lacerda, so that will be rescheduled for a later time. And although I promised you fest of CD reviews, mass amounts of holiday parties, individual family events, a snowboarding trip to quebec and a case of anxiety seems to have hindered our efforts!
Never fear though, we've been busy beavers lately. One of our 2009 resolutions is to review lots of CDs! In order to do this WE WANT YOU TO SEND THEM TO US!!! Contact info is on the site.
We're going to start booking a bunch of interviews too...we don't like being MIA and we miss you muchly.
See you soon....Scout's honour!
- Sheena
Monday, December 22, 2008
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone!!!
TMS has been a little quiet lately, but that doesn't mean we haven't been working! As you can see, we've recently added some new contributors to our roster and are super excited about having their content added to the site!
This has been a HUGE year for us. Our readership more than doubled, we had our three-part live music series at Annex Wreckroom in the summer and we got to check out some of the hottest shows and chat with the best bands this city has to offer.
We can't wait to keep getting bigger and bigger, which is why we're currently in the planning stages of making 2009 our best year yet! It's going to be exciting, just wait and see!
Tonight we're headed to the Kathedral to check out Lacerda and Brighter Bightest. We'll be chatting with Lacerda, so check back tomorrow to see what these guys have planned for the New Year. Over the holidays we'll also be reviewing a ton of CDs and then kick starting it all over again in January.
TMS would like to thank you for all of your support over this past year. None of this would have been possible without you. We've been having a blast and we hope you've enjoyed yourselves discovering new bands and checking out shows.
Have a safe and happy Christmas/Holiday and New Years. Can't wait to see you in 2009!
Lots of love and, of course, rock!
- Sheena and TJ
This has been a HUGE year for us. Our readership more than doubled, we had our three-part live music series at Annex Wreckroom in the summer and we got to check out some of the hottest shows and chat with the best bands this city has to offer.
We can't wait to keep getting bigger and bigger, which is why we're currently in the planning stages of making 2009 our best year yet! It's going to be exciting, just wait and see!
Tonight we're headed to the Kathedral to check out Lacerda and Brighter Bightest. We'll be chatting with Lacerda, so check back tomorrow to see what these guys have planned for the New Year. Over the holidays we'll also be reviewing a ton of CDs and then kick starting it all over again in January.
TMS would like to thank you for all of your support over this past year. None of this would have been possible without you. We've been having a blast and we hope you've enjoyed yourselves discovering new bands and checking out shows.
Have a safe and happy Christmas/Holiday and New Years. Can't wait to see you in 2009!
Lots of love and, of course, rock!
- Sheena and TJ
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