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Precursor

Posted by Corina on Jun 17, 2009 | 689 views | 1 comments

Precursor formed in August 2008, and through practicing on classic covers they've evolved to find their own unique crowd-rockin' style. With a Battle of the Bands win under their belt, Precursor's ready to take their sound to the next level at this year's Summer Warfare series. Though this 4-man outfit is always ready to throw down and party, they credit their progress to intense band practice workouts and an obsession with being on time & tight. In their own words, "We’re here to blow your minds, one song or another." How does each member of Precursor fit into the band? Well... we have Antonio DeCoppi singing lead. His...
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Toxic Shock

Posted by Corina on Jun 11, 2009 | 1138 views | 0 comments

Toxic Shock has been banging out their metal-rock blend since they were 12 years old, and have since dominated the sound systems of our Battle of the Bands® shows. The band's "ball-crushing" sounds have also won them 1st place at the Caledonia Fair and a spot on Y108’s Get Hammered segment featuring the best Hamilton indie rock. Combining influences like Guns n’ Roses, Motley Crue, and Texas rock heroes Broken Teeth - who have also given the band nods, Toxic Shock delivers a unique range of musical talent and personality every time they hit the stage. So who are you, and how each person fits into the band? Josh Harrison: the...
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Against Belief

Posted by Corina on May 20, 2009 | 999 views | 2 comments

4-man punk rock posse Against Belief started on a Supernova stage and never looked back. With influences like Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, and The Circle Jerks, their melodic and maniacal tunes are geared to rock any crowd - HARD. Carson and his band mates Joel, Tarek and Tye, recently sat down for an interview to discuss the Winnipeg band's success since stepping out on the scene. Seeing as they consider their first 'good show' to be on a Supernova.com stage, Against Belief is the perfect band to bring home for bragging rights as our latest Featured Artist. So Carson, how does each individual fit into the band? I'll do this in...
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Kaz Piech

Posted by Corina on May 08, 2009 | 780 views | 0 comments

Kaz Piech is a life long musician, who weaves a mastery of the acoustic guitar with mellow vocals to create soul soothing alt rock rhythms. He began his career as a solo act with his 2006 debut album Unknown Artist which he released independently. Catching the eyes (and ears) of fans in the Vancouver area, Kaz was invited to compete on the Supernova stage; where he has continued to perform and win over listeners and industry insiders. Paradise Lost - Kaz Piech Speaking with Kaz, it's clear that his passion for music and ambition as an artist have been the driving force behind his music. “My family to this day gives me a hard...
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The Deadbeats

Posted by Corina on May 01, 2009 | 1196 views | 1 comments

The Deadbeats are a young band that can rock some seriously awesome sounds. With blues, reggae, classic rock, punk and other influences, their music is catchy and classic. Fresh off the Shure Band on the Run stage, Jacob, Troy and Alex recently took the time to answer some questions for their fans on Supernova.com. How does each member contribute to the sound of your band? Jacob is our bass player and he is our main source of energy. Alex is our guitar player and he keeps it real. Troy is our drummer and he cracks the jokes like he cracks a bottle! How did The Deadbeats come to be? It all started in a laboratory in...
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Hallowed Be

Posted by Abeer Islam on Apr 03, 2009 | 596 views | 0 comments

Headlining at Playdium on April 25 celebrating their CD release, Hallowed Be is composed of friends that love to play together. We complement each other well on stage and off. We take great care of our fans and work hard to show them we deserve their time. Questions: 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band: Daniel Plague – Lead Voice/Rhythm guitar Vedran Burdzovic – Lead Guitar Peter McMaster – Bass guitar, Vocals Chris Pietrasiak – Drums/Percussion, Vocals 2. Can you give me a general history of the band? A general rundown? Hallowed Be in its current form has been together for just under a year. Danny...
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Sundown

Posted by Phil Taube on Mar 12, 2009 | 591 views | 3 comments

Sundown are this week's featured interview. They just played at the Sound Academy for Supernova's Best of the Best show and won the first place prize of a TASCAM 2488neo 24-bit recorder with the ability to record and mix a full band in Toronto! Enjoy their Q&A below! If you want to be featured on Supernova.com, send an email to indiebands@supernova.com 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. Shane Preston-Lead Vocals Vince Sasso-Lead Guitar Nick Selvaggi-Rhythm Guitar Tyler Tsang-Bass Guitar Chris Selvaggi-Drums Evan Gerolimon-Keyboards 2. Give us a general history of the band. The band formed to...
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Betrayal

Posted by Sanford Liu on Feb 24, 2009 | 588 views | 3 comments

Betrayal are this week's featured interview. They just played at the Sound Academy for Supernova's Best of the Best show in Toronto! Enjoy their Q&A below! If you want to be featured on Supernova.com, send an email to indiebands@supernova.com 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. Brad Hess: Lead Vocals/Lead Guitar. Betrayal’s most prominent lyricist, songwriter, and front-man. Brandon Hall: Rhythm Guitar/Backup Vocals. Provides the band with their memorable and catchy riffs. Aaron Schley: Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals. Gives the bass tone that helps to what we call the “Betrayal Sound.” Neil Eades: Drums/Backup...
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Far From Focus

Posted by Sanford Liu on Feb 17, 2009 | 477 views | 0 comments

Far From Focus are this week's featured interview. They have a few shows coming up including February 19th at the Whiskey in Windsor and April 5th at the Chubby Pickle in Windsor, ON as well as a headlining show with Supernova in London, Ontario in the near future. Look out for an EP release from the band come early summer! If you want to be featured on Supernova.com, send an email to indiebands@supernova.com 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. The band consists of 3 people; Ryan Evans plays bass and sings, Andrew Burgess bangs the drums and Daniel McQuillan shreds the guitar. 2. Give us a general...
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Follow The Floodlights

Posted by Susana on Feb 10, 2009 | 626 views | 1 comments

Follow The Floodlights are this week's featured interview. They'll be playing a Shure Band On The Run 2009 qualifying show on February 27th in Brampton, so check 'em out live if you get the chance. Enjoy their Q&A below! If you want to be featured on Supernova.com, send an email to indiebands@supernova.com 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. Max: I’m Max. I play guitar and do some backup vocals. I try my best to come up with interesting chord progressions. I also occasionally do some lead stuff to overdub onto tracks during recordings. Brynn is the singer. She is epic, except for the fact that she reads the...
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Open Daily

Posted by Susana on Jan 27, 2009 | 603 views | 5 comments

Open Daily are this week's featured indie band. They're set to play this Friday at the Barrie Legion in Barrie and the Best of the Best show at Sound Academy in Toronto. Get to know the band better by checking out their Q&A below. Enjoy! 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. Hello reader, new fan or hopefully stalker. We are Open Daily, the band made up of: Sean Snider – Lead Guitar / Vocals Brad Exton – Bass / Vocals Dominik Adamek – Rhythm Guitar / Vocals Cole Jewett – Drums 2. Give us a general history of the band. Sean and Brad have been friends long before high school, sharing an interest...
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Dog Bus

Posted by Susana on Jan 20, 2009 | 544 views | 1 comments

Dog Bus is this week’s featured indie band! This Kitchener hip hop group has been hard at work recording their debut album with famed Canadian singer/songwriter/producer Danny Michel! Danny has worked with the likes of Gavin Brown, Emm Gryner, Luke Doucet, Andy Stochansky, Damhnait Doyle and he’s now teamed up with Dog Bus to produce their debut! The album is set to drop on iTunes next month, so keep your eyes peeled for the official release date. Catch Dog Bus live at The Gig in Kitchener as part of Supernova’s Battle of the Bands® show on Saturday February 28! Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. He loves...
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Toothless Pirhanas

Posted by Susana on Jan 15, 2009 | 503 views | 2 comments

Meet Toothless Pirhanas, this week's featured indie band. They're the 2nd place Winners from the December 19th Randy River Final Cut show in Toronto and so they've won a featured article here on Supernova.com! 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. Vocals - Ash Drums - Joel Guitar - Darryl Bass - Bob We have a sort of assembly-line system in the band with each member assigned a certain task in the creation of a song. There are rarely any arguments which are dealt with in a mature fashion anyway. We are friends too, ya know. Everyone fits in just right. 2. Give us a general history of the band. In...
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Sound Like a Pro with Shure

Posted by Susana on Jan 14, 2009 | 417 views | 1 comments

The spotlight is on the Shure PGX24/SM58 Handheld Wireless System. This wireless combo carries a great sound and it makes going wireless a snap! Plus, with features like Automatic Frequency Setup and Automatic Transmitter Setup, you can sound like the pro that you want to be. This Shure package can be yours if your band advances to the City Finals round in the Band On The Run 2009 series. All you have to do is win a City Finals round show and this prize is yours! For a list of Band On The Run 2009 Qualifying Round shows, click here. New Music, indie bands, and live shows – Supernova.com
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It's a 2008 Listmania!

Posted by Susana on Jan 09, 2009 | 595 views | 1 comments

The start of a year is the time when sites start spitting out their lists for the year past so we thought we'd do the same. Welcome to our random Top 5 (or in some cases Top 10) lists of 2008. We asked our staff members to put together what they thought were the highlights of the year. Check which what/who made their lists.... Ashley’s Top 5 Homemade Alcoholic Concoctions for 2008 Chai Tea & Amarula Cream Bailey’s, Kahlua & Coffee Amaretto & Iced Tea Hypnotiq, Cranberry Juice, & Gingerale Sorrel & Yellowtail Rosé David's Top 5 Moments of 2008 Sarah Palin – Africa is a country. What a maverick. Russell Peters –...
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Riots Peace

Posted by Susana on Jan 06, 2009 | 519 views | 4 comments

Riots Peace are the Wildcard Winners from the November 8th Opera House show in Toronto. They've won a featured article here on Supernova.com! Get to know the band better by checking out their Q&A below. Enjoy! 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band. Alrighty! So here’s the deal… we got Michael Rosa on lead vocals. Ivan De Freitas on guitar and back-up vocals. Steven Cassata on bass guitar and Michael Campea on the drums. 2. Give us a general history of the band. We formed back in June 2008 when Ivan and Camps decided to create a band. A few months later we picked up Mike Rosa for vocals and Steven for...
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The Edge Of Reason

Posted by Susana on Dec 17, 2008 | 638 views | 1 comments

The Edge Of Reason are a band from Southern Ontario who refuse to be pigeonholed by musical genres. They're today's featured article so read on to find out more about the band and its beginnings. You also check 'em out live this Sunday in Barrie at Sheba Shrine Club as part Randy River Final Cut. 1. Introduce your members and how each person fits into the band! First off, there are five members to The Edge of Reason who all add their own unique personality to the equation. Each member of the band adds in their own ideas when it comes to song writing. Our lead singer Rob Tomkinson is an energetic, multi-talented, ‘jazzy’...
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Better Without You

Posted by Susana on Nov 11, 2008 | 1197 views | 0 comments

Better Without You is a pop punk band outta Philadelphia and they’re our featured indie band this week. They’ve just put out an EP Seriously…, which you can download from their website for free…seriously. Better Without You are receiving rave reviews--just check out what Absolute Punk is saying about this Pennsylvania band: “…Just the right degree of tenderness with the right measurement of power rock to keep the music’s adrenaline pumped while polished in a smooth coating." Hit up the band’s profile on Supernova.com here to check the band out yourself. Listen and rate them or leave them a comment to let ‘em know what you...
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Raggedy Angry wrap up Supernova tour

Posted by Susana on Oct 08, 2008 | 650 views | 0 comments

Big things are happening for Raggedy Angry. This band from Southern Ontario has a new album, Pestilence, coming out at the end of this month and it was produced by famed industrial producer Dave Ogilvie. He’s worked with the likes of Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, and Jakalope so you better believe that this follow-up to “Take Me, Break Me, Make Me Pretty” is gonna be good. Raggedy Angry has been on a cross-Ontario tour with Supernova and it’s about to wrap up. Be sure to check ‘em out live before their last show with us! October 18 – Toronto @ Reverb/Holy Joe’s October 19 – Whitby @ Johnny B Club October 24 – London @ Music...
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New site and new tour for indie band Hallowed Be

Posted by Susana Barros on Sep 04, 2008 | 301 views | 0 comments

Hallowed Be are a band straight outta Mississauga, ON and we’re stoked to announce that they’ll be playing numerous shows with us. They’ve just launched an official site so hit it up if you want more info on these lads. Hallo B are:Daniel Plague - Vocals/Rhythm Guitar Ved Burdzovic - Lead Guitar Peter Mcmaster - Bass Chris Pietrasiak – DrumsCatch them live at the following Supernova shows: Friday October 24, 2008 - Sound Academy, Toronto, ON Saturday November 8, 2008 - The Opera House, Toronto, ON Saturday November 15, 2008 - Reverb, Toronto, ON Friday December 5, 2008 - Reverb, Toronto, ON Sunday December 14, 2008 –...
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