Billboard Award Predictions!!

I’ve always wanted to do this and historically I’ve put up some good numbers so here we go!

Top Artist: Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Songs: Fun. – Some Nights                                                                          X

Top Billboard 200 Album: Mumford @ Sons – Babel

Top Duo/Group: Fun.                                                                                                              X

Top New Artist: The Lumineers                                                                                          X

Top Touring Artist: Coldplay                                                                                               X

Top Male Artist: Bruno Mars

Top Female Artist: Adele                                                                                                       X

Top Hot 100 Artist: Rihanna                                                                                                X

Top Billboard 200 Artist: Justin Bieber                                                                          X

Top Digital Songs Artist: Taylor Swift                                                                               √

Top Radio Songs Artist: Maroon 5                                                                                     X

Top Social Artist: One Direction                                                                                         X

Top Streaming Artist: PSY                                                                                                    X

Top Pop Artist: Bruno Mars                                                                                                 X

Top R&B Artist: Rihanna                                                                                                        √

Top Rap Artist: Drake                                                                                                             X

Top Country Artist: Luke Bryan                                                                                         X

Top Rock Artist: Mumford & Sons                                                                                     X

Top Dance Artist: Swedish House Mafia                                                                          X

Top EDM Artist: Calvin Harris

Top R&B Album: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange                                                          X

Top Rap Album: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist                                           X

Top Rock Album: Fun. – Some Nights                                                                               X

Top EDM Album: Swedish House Mafia – Until Now                                                   X

Top Digital Song: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop

Top Streaming Song(audio): Fun. – Some Nights                                                         X

Top Streaming Song(video): PSY – Gangnam Style                                                     √

Top Pop Song: Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven                                                  X

Top R&B Song: Rihanna – Diamonds                                                                                 √

Top Rap Song: Flo Rida feat. Sia – Wild Ones                                                                 X

Top Rock Song: The Lumineers – Ho Hey                                                                       X

Top EDM Song: Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin – Don’t You Worry Child                                  X

So a lot to take in there but lets see how we do!! Keep an eye on our twitter for live tweets about the awards!!

 

******UPDATE 9:12 :

so our pre show predictions got ABSOLUTELY destroyed!!! Some decisions we definitely disagree with, especially Taylor Swift sweeping the country awards but thats the way it goes sometimes! Hopefully our picks for the live show do a little bit better!!


Sound Of Music

With festival season quickly approaching the first on our radar is the always great Sound Of Music Festival which takes place in Burlington, Ontario. It is Canada’s largest free music festival and never fails to disappoint! This years festivities will be taking place from June 13th – June 16th. The official line-up release will be this Saturday, May 11th at 1:00 pm. However they have given a few details already to get all their fans excited. 1st announcement was the appearance of April Wine on the concluding day of the festival!! The most recent announcement which occurred a little over an hour ago was Canadian Pop/Alt Rock sensation LIGHTS. To stay up to date with festival announcements be sure to check their Facebook page for updates! You can also check their website for the latest news and press releases.

http://www.soundofmusic.ca/#

There are also still tickets available for the line-up release party which is taking place this Friday, May 10th at the DeGroote School of Business / Ron Joyce Center. Click the link below to get your ticket today!!

http://www.soundofmusic.ca/soiree

We’ll leave you with a few of our favorites from the already announced artists!!


Will History Repeat Itself…

In the mid 70′s the emergence of an underground genre of music started to come to the forefront, that genre was disco! Disco exploded onto the scene and quickly dominated the music world bringing other genres to their knees. But once the former underground sound became mainstream the original disco fans began to fall out. Disco started to lose some steam, which led to the Disco Sucks movement which would eventually drive disco out of mainstream and back into the underground! Fast forward to the present. Over the past few years ‘EDM’ (electronic dance music) has begun to take its time in the sun and enjoy more mainstream success! With 2012 and 2013 marking the emergence of numerous new festivals catering to this genre, arena tours, the takeover of predominantly rock festivals and crossover to mainstream radio, EDM has solidified its place on top right now. Like any genre that comes from underground it takes on a whole world of critics. These critics challenge the craft, they feel that anyone can do it. I guess my question is there’s no telling what the future holds for EDM but does the genre suffer the same fate as disco? Will the original fans deplete leaving EDM to slowly fade back into the shadows?

Feel free to chime in in the comments!! We would love to hear your opinions on the genre and where you think it’s headed!


Still Waters

Still Waters, the newest EP from The Como Brothers Band, does not disappoint!! This sophomore album was anything you could have asked for and then some!! From awesome lyrics to catchy riffs, great vocals to awesome instrumentation, the boys brought it! Historically many bands sophomore release is one that does not quite live up to there original album! However The Como Brothers took their time and put out an amazing EP! From the opening lyrics and riff of ‘Parachute’ I was hooked, with a Foo Fighters feel ‘Parachute’ really sets the tempo for this album! The next track ‘Bad Karma’ takes on this Sublime sounding genre and well to put it simply gets your body rocking! The rest well you’ll just have to pick up a copy and listen for yourself! 

Como-Brothers-Still-Waters-EP-Cover

 

Album rating:

4.5 / 5 

 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/still-waters-ep/id627211865 

With a busy year ahead of these guys make sure you stay up to date with all their releases and concert dates!

http://www.comobrothersband.com/

MarchToTheBeat 


Canadian Music Week

With CMW behind us we have a bunch of new memories and friends that will last forever!! First off we would like to thank Canadian Music Week and Planet 3 Communications for the opportunity of a lifetime! We certainly made the most of it and cannot wait for CMW 2014!! All the bands we saw rocked and we cannot wait to see them in the future. The blog has a new horizon ahead of us and we’re so thankful that we added a bunch of new people to our incredible journey!! Stay tuned for some BIG announcements!!

Sincerely,

The MarchToTheBeat Family


Caught up in CMW!!!

With the last night of what has been an incredible week everyone is getting the Canadian Music Week Fever!! Here is our latest recruit!!

Media Puppy

 

He plans to take the online world by storm!!

But in all seriousness, everyone needs to get to the Horseshoe tonight to cap off an amazing week!!

See you there!


Day 3 of Canadian Music Week

With a little bit of bar hopping we sure got our fair share of bands in last night!! First off were The Strumbellas at the Horseshoe Tavern! From start to finish they absolutely killed it, a performance that I will not be forgetting anytime soon. Lets break this one down for you guys:

 

The Good:

- The energy was relentless!! Truly a party from the opening moment

- Great interaction with the crowd!!

- Amazing harmonies between all the band members

The Bad and The Ugly:

Absolutely nothing the show rocked!!!

 

All in all The Strumbellas entertained a packed Horseshoe and displayed why they are up for their first Juno, which they are certainly proud of as lead singer joked, “If  ’Juno’ what I mean”. It sounded a lot funnier then it reads but the points there!

Next we strolled over to The Rivoli once we found out that the secret guests were one of our favorites, Treble Charger!!! But before we got to flash back to the late 90′s and early 2000′s, we had to go through some more bands! First up were Vancouver natives, The Zolas.

In what seemed to be a shortened set, The Zolas used every second of their time to tear the roof off the Rivoli! Playing to a completely packed house The Zolas gave an amazing performance and an interesting story about the unusual travels of their synth board!

Finally our main event had arrived! As Treble Charger took the stage they reminded us that, “We’re from the 90′s”. But from start to finish they played all their hits and had everyone’s full attention!! The Rivoli was definitely the place to be as it became a star studded affair. Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench was right in the middle of the crowd jumping and singing along to the forever classic hit, “American Pyscho”.

It was a great night at Canadian Music Week and tonight’s shaping up to be just as good so for now we’ll leave you with the one and only Treble Charger!!


Night 1 of Canadian Music Week!!

A quiet start for us with just one band on our radar for the opening day, however we made sure we picked a show that rocked!! The C’mons  definitely delivered on that front. The C’mons are a Toronto based band who have come together over the years in what seems to be like carefully placed puzzle pieces. Immediate impressions of the band were intriguing, 5 piece band with a female lead singer and a female violinist! We had never heard this bands music prior so the punk rock that emerged took us by surprise but had us thoroughly entertained throughout their 9 song set list. In general we thought lead singer, Steph Bosch did an awesome job on vocals throughout the night. Instrumentally, the band had no obvious flaws however could do more to make the live experience a bit better.

So lets break it down for you:

The Good:

- Steph’s vocals were awesome all night!! Definitely a highlight

- We were big fans of the lyrics, very interesting and catchy!!

- Their new song (no name was given) was awesome, it had a very early years of No Doubt feel which was cool!

The Bad:

- We’re suckers for stage presence and interaction with the crowd. Not that it was ‘bad’ but it was lacking and we wish there would have been some more.

The Ugly:

- Nothing!!!!

All in all The C’mons kicked off the week in a great way for us!! Their show was high energy and driving. Whether you’re a toe tapper, head bobber or body shaker, The C’mons had a lot of their audience moving! We definitely recommend you get out to see this band because it will be a great time!

http://thecmons.ca/


Summer Fun

With an insane amount of festivals, events and concerts hitting T.O and the surrounding areas this summer, which one has your name on it?!

To point out a few, you have;

-NXNE

-Bud Lights ‘Sensation’

-Digital Dreams

-Blues Fest

-Kempenfest

-Boots and Hearts

-Sound of Music

-Veld

-Osheaga 

-City and Colour with Metric, Serena Ryder, Jimmy Eat World and Yukon Blonde 

-The Grove Music Festival

The list can go on an on!!! Which one are you guys excited for?! All I can say for sure is that if you are as much of a music lover as I am then this summer will be one to remember!!

 

 


Canadian Music Week – Weekend Guide!!

We provided you guys with some must see shows for the first few days of the festival, no we’re gonna give you some top choices for the weekend portion!!

Friday March 22nd:

- Protest The Hero                       10:00 Pm/ The Hoxton

- You Vs Me                                   3:00 Am/ The Hideout

- Zedd                                               10:00 Pm/ Sound Academy

- Sirius XM Indie Awards         7:00 Pm/ Kool Haus

- Blackdog Ballroom                   11:00 Pm/ Hard Rock  Bar

Saturday March 23rd:

- Frank Ryan                                 10:00 Pm/ C’est What

- Papermaps                                  11:00 Pm/ Rancho Relaxo

- Matt Dusk                                    9:45 Pm/ Randolph Theatre

- Jessie Giddings                         7:10 Pm/ Tattoo Rock Parlour

- The Treasures                           8:00 Pm/ Dakota Tavern

- Mad June                                    12:00 Am/ The Garrison

Sunday March 24th:

* The whole showcase at Horshoe Tavern!!!!*


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