[media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZufD2fb8QM” width=”690″ height=”380″] [note] Set List – Sigur Ros, Toronto, March 30, 2013 1) Yfirborð
2) Ný Batterí
3) Hrafntinna
4) Vaka
5) Sæglópur
6) Fljótavík
7) E-Bow
8) Varúð
9 & 10) HoppÌpolla + Með Blóðnasir
11) Kveikur
12) Olsen Olsen
13) Festival
14) Brennisteinn
__ 15) Glósóli
16) Popplagið
[/note] Listen to a few Sigur Rós tracks, and you’ll undoubtedly be overcome by emotion.
Fish out those white jeans from your closet, grab your party shades and put on your dancing shoes. The world’s most renowned electronic music event is finally coming to Canada. Set for June 1, ‘Bud Light presents: Sensation’ will debut in Toronto at the Rogers Centre for 30,000 Canadian partygoers. With over 20 countries under its belt, Sensation has travelled the globe for almost a decade.
Bummed you couldn’t get your hands on ‘Tomorrowland’ tickets? Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one. When ‘Tomorrowland’s ticket site opened last month, two million people fought for 180,000 tickets. Tickets for the world’s biggest music festival in Belgium were gone in under a minute. So what do I have to say to the hundreds of thousands of disappointed ravers and ‘Tomorrowland’ hopefuls?
Hyped & Ready to Conquer The music industry today is not the same as previous generations. Artists are discovered fast. Fan bases develop early and grow internationally at the same rate a town would’ve once learned of a band playing in a garage down the street. Social media and the unfathomable number of music blogs have made the competition fierce for acclaim and success, but also allows the strongest to survive and proposer at a quickened pace.
One of the most eccentric characters in the electronic music scene, Dillon Francis, embarks on his ‘Wurld Turr’ of North America this month. With a stop in Ottawa on Friday March 29th at Barrymores Music Hall, Canadians will be in for a show with no boundaries. “I plan on throwing tacos out into the crowd every night,” forewarns Francis.
What Fascinates So Many About the Star & His New Album? David Bowie is an icon, now more than any other time. The most acclaimed artists of today all name him as an influence, no matter the genre or realm of music. He reflects the culture we live in, where identity is optional, as something bendable and changeable, while the digital age has encouraged control and reinvention of identity representation even further.