Articles by Jason Schreurs

UK Producer D. Ramirez Floods Internet with Free Content, Plays Montreal, Toronto
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2009
These UK dance music dudes really have it all in the digital age: cool nicknames, huge turnouts for their shows, cross-marketing with other...
Dr. Dre, Interscope and Hewlett Packard Take on Bad Digital Sound
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2009
Here's one from the "why haven't they thought of this before?" files. Hip-hop godfather Dr. Dre, Interscope Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine a...
Bill Ward Cites "Musical Differences" for Not Joining Heaven & Hell, Says He's Down with a Black Sabbath Reunion
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2009
Now that Black Sabbath are back in the public light, under the current Ronnie James Dio-led incarnation Heaven & Hell, the age-old question...
Cass McCombs Hits the West Coast, Visits Vancouver, Victoria
PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2009
Once a nomad, always a nomad, it seems. Singer-songwriter Cass McCombs and his backing band are hitting the road again, including two shows...
Oxbow to Reissue <i>Fuckfest</i>
PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2009
Avant-garde noise rockers Oxbow are preparing for the Hydra Head Records reissue of their 1990 debut, Fuckfest, originally released on CFY/...
Major Labels and Apple to Battle It Out over New Digital Album Format
PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2009
A new format that will give music fans a digital version of an album, complete with liner notes and extras, is quickly becoming a battle gr...
SummerWorks Festival All Hot and Bothered and Ready to Go with Miracle Fortress, Think About Life and DD/MM/YYYY
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2009
We recently told you about the upcoming SummerWorks Festival and its celebration of Toronto indie music, theatre and arts. Well, now it's u...
Fan Sues Method Man for Allegedly Shooting Her Repeatedly with Pellet Gun
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2009
There's nothing like a little gun-waving press to boost the marketability of a gangsta rapper. But allegedly shooting a fan six times with...