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child of the noughties: don’t be sad;

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series best of the noughtiesSurprisingly to nobody, in the end I co

Mix For The Weekend VI

Hooray! Its the weekend and we have some great music in store for you just as we have in our previ

The Weakerthans – Civil Twilight

Tonight's song comes to us from the Winnipeg, Manitoba indie/folk-rock band The Weakerthans. Civil

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Chairlift FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - Chairlift at Schubas -Chairlift's captivating and eclectic sou

General Public ticketing details released for Soundwave Festival

With early bird tickets selling out in frenetic pace the excitement is palpable for the general publ

Biography The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans are a four-piece (and sometimes six-piece) Canadian indie rock band that blends punk-inflected folk rock with award-winning, literate, introspective lyrics. History The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P. Sutton and drummer Jason Tait, and created The Weakerthans as a vehicle for a more melodic and introspective brand of songwriting than that of Propagandhi. One origin story for the band's name is a line from the 1992 film The Lover: "Go ahead, I'm weaker than you can possibly imagine."(as quoted in the liner notes of Fallow) The band's name may refer to a Ralph Chaplin quote from "Solidarity Forever": "What force on Earth can b