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Featured on SAM Artist MGMT

Shipwrck’d was featured last week on SAM Artist’s Management blog for my writeup on Dirty Radio! SAM also reps Canadian pop acts like Fake Shark Real Zombie, Mariana’s Trench, and… CARLY RAE JEPSEN! When I’m famous, I’ll call you ……

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Dirty Radio @ Supermarket

I was introduced to Vancouver’s Dirty Radio last night thanks to the good people at DMD/Strongsongs.  They’re on an Ontahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpg tour with Dragonette right now but they did this one off gig since there was time in between shows. The…

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Lee’s Palace and Horseshoe say g’bye to Ticketmaster – BlogTO

  With Collective Concerts inking a deal with Ticketfly the newly arrived American online ticketing giant, two key Toronto venues, Lee’s Palace and The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, both run by Collective Concerts, will be saying g’bye to the dated Ticketmaster sales system. What’s Ticketfly you might ask?…

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SPEAK Easy & Dana Coppafeel – One Of These Kids

The only things that I know about Milwaukee are what Alice Cooper and Wayne Campbell taught me in Wayne’s World and that my writer friend Kelli Korducki is apparently from there.  This one’s for you, Kel! Congrats on your Canajianship…

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Underworld – Rez (Bassnectar Remix)

Lorin Bassnectar’s become a phenomenon in the North American dubstep scene but with mass appeal comes some degree of placating the masses and uninitiated with generic sounds.  I’m glad he’s come to this Rez remix though.  It’s a return to…

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Chris Harper’s PHARMACY – BlogTO

    by Jesse Ship / JANUARY 11, 2013 Pharmacy is a cozy little bar at the southwestern edge of Parkdale. Once a methadone clinic and pharmacy, it’s now a quirky and eclectic bar stocked with buffalo heads, found furniture, vintage knick…

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Get Yog – for WeAreMomAndPop.com

  1.10.13 GET YOG Peter Pelberg and the guys behind running app Yog wanted a more social fitness experience. So they built one. STORY JESSE SHIP PHOTOGRAPHY MINNOW PARKPHILLIP LEE “Veronica and I are trying this new fad, I believe it’s jogging…

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Aria Entertainment Complex – BlogTO

Posted by Jesse Ship / JANUARY 8, 2013 The Aria Entertainment Complex had been spamming me to death with Facebook ads for their new club, and having viewed their over-the-top promotional video which resembles a high-end diamond or perfume ad (or more appropriately The…

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Synth pop and garlic mingle at Feast in the East 21 – Blog TO

Posted by Jesse Ship / JANUARY 7, 2013 As the name implies, Feast In The East is a monthly event that brings together a mix of indie bands and pairs them with a full meal (or snack, depending on your appetite). Every month features…

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Liam Howlett’s Unreleased 1990 Demo Tape (SIDE A)

Back when I was teaching English in Taiwan in 2008, I wound up partying with The Prodigy’s sound engineer and their sessionist who also played with Gary Numan.  Through an inside tip,we found them at a shitty but ‘much hyped’…