Shipwrckd Travels

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Year: 2009

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At The MMVA's Gift Lounge

For those who don’t know, a “Gift Lounge” is a room created for celebrities who attend awards shows, galas and such.  These are a wacky concept and are generally a PR push for brands who cough up fat wads of…

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Amazing Baby @ The Phoenix

Three signs that you are going to see a good show.  a) customers forking over wads of cash and weed to scalpers to get in.  2) women in line asking if you are on the guest list, BEGGING to let…

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Bloodgroup

Bloodgroup are from Iceland.  It’s very cold up there I hear, but they will heat you up with with day-glo electro-pop excitement.  They’ve been getting love from the likes of industry shakers NME, and have appeared on vahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpgus CMJ compilations…

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Cut Off Your Hands @ The Legendary Horseshoe

It was a short and blistering set delivered by the pretty boy buzz band decked in hipster-tight pants and fluorescent pink, green and yellow printed t shirts.  Not that there’s anything wrong with a rock band looking pretty, as long…

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Rajni Perera

Local Toronto artist and friend Rajni Perera will be featuring some of her work this friday march 20th at “1000 for $10 (each)”, a group show with the premise of cheap art that anyone can afford, and for $10 a…

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Tremendous Records

Chris Taylor, founder of Last Gang Records has just pubically announced the release of a new striclty online/digital label, TREMENDOUS Records.  The label will be handled by Grandtheft, aka Aaron Waisglass, of the Team Canada DJ’s. “The label’s focus will…

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DIEMONDS

Diemonds are the scrappiest 80’s metal revival band to emerge from Toronto’s sleazy streets in this modern day  of 2008. They are lead by the incredible, unstoppable, ultra-dedicated front-woman Miss Priya Panda, backed C.C. Diemond, Cuzo and Alan “The Yeti”. …