Heavy - Backstage Access: Heavy Music

Amanda Overmyer: "Love Me Like You Want"

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:27:39 EDT

The first video from AMANDA OVERMYER's live show at the world famous Whisky A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. "Love Me Like You Want" is one of four originals that we will be releasing over the next several weeks. Lyrics and vocals by Amanda Overmyer Producer/Musical Director Rocco Guarino Band: Alex Lasner, Kari Kane, Ryan Gonzalez & Eli Wulfmeier.

Cary Brothers Interview

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:58:42 EDT

He's landed songs on Scrubs, Garden State, Grey's Anatomy and ER. Meet the one man behind the hits, Cary Brothers.

Year Long Disaster

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:07:57 EST

Rock and roll is back with "Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu" from YEAR LONG DISASTER's self-titled 2007 album. Directed by Greg Roman.

Goldfrapp: "Train"

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:55:39 EST

Live performance of Goldfrapp's classic "Train"

The Michael Thomas jacuzzi interview

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:34:56 EDT

http://www.sharenow.com/killtheacademy

Push Play Webisode 6

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:28:28 EDT

CJ, Derek, Nick and Steve of the pop band PUSH PLAY rock out live.

Jose Gonzalez: Making of "In Our Nature"

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:38:54 EST

An established star in Scandinavia, JOSE GONZALEZ talks about the making of his new album "In Our Nature". His low-voiced, serious and introverted music has almost been hugged to death by everything from the indie crowd to your grandmother. GONZALEZ'S story is rare in modern pop a?" a heartening case of the artist resisting the vicissitudes of musical fashion to carve out a unique, intimate style that is all his own, then defiantly following his muse all the way to the top of the charts.

Japanese Rockers "Awful"

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:51:19 EDT

The Japanese band AWFUL may sing in another language, but live on stage, the language of rock translates loud and clear! Taro Koda: Guitars and Vocals Shino Koda: Guitars and Vocals Shiori Mihara: Bass Faywings: Drums

"Spank Rock" Hip Hop

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:29:48 EDT

Gettin' up close and personal with the International Naeem, XXXChange and Ronnie Darko. SPANK ROCK are fresh, talented and doin' their own thing in the rap game.

Push Play Webisode 1: Day in the Life

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:17:10 EDT

See what Push Play does on the day to day with the premiere episode of the weekly webisode series! Catch new episodes every week!

Big Ideas Live in Toronto

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:28:58 EDT

BIG IDEAS performs a small intimate showcase at Jeff Healey's Roadhouse for the Toronto Independent Music Awards

Hayes Carll: Crystal Beach Memories

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:32:35 EDT

Hayes Carll is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Texas with a distinct country bent and mighty humble beginnings. (Early in his career he had to resort to selling vacuums door to door to support himself.) He has a voice as tough and relentless as a late-night Lone Star brawl and a lyric sensibility worthy of an M.F.A. creative-writing seminar. Carll just posted this tidy animated video on YouTube about his early days performing. His major-label debut, "Trouble in Mind," is in stores now.

Gavin Rossdale Wanderlust Album Trailer

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:03:40 EDT

Take a drive into the desert with Gavin and his new online video featuring music from his upcoming album in stores June 3. http://www.gavinrossdale.com

Socialight OnTour with Social Code

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:44:33 EDT

Live footage shot by rock band SOCIALIGHT, on tour in Winnipeg with SOCIAL CODE.

Vanessa Carlton Behind the Scenes

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:56:24 EDT

Here's an exclusive behind the scenes look of Vanessa Carlton's "Nolita Fairytale" video! Vanessa's new album, "Heroes and Thieves". www.vanessacarlton.com

Duran Duran: "Notorious"

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:52:33 EST

Duran Duran performs an '80s classic, live on A&E's PRIVATE SESSIONS. See new PRIVATE SESSIONS, Sundays 9 am EST. Check out www.aetv.com/private-sessions/ for more info.

Stereomovers: "Ozean"

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:56:17 EST

After a couple hours of band practice, STEREOMOVERS perform "Ozean" live for the first time.

Stereomovers' 4 AM Practice

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:06:00 EDT

A snippet from an old band practice. It was late, they were tired, but they wanted to get something to the fans!

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: "Hiding All Away"

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:34:12 EDT

A live performance from goth-cabaret legends NICK CAVE and The BAD SEEDS. Right after this, they did their cover of "Surfin' Bird", swear to god.

Socialight On Tour with Bayside

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:13:41 EDT

A SOCIALIGHT rock video blog from their tour with BAYSIDE.

Shlomo launches "Becks Offbeat 08"

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:41:09 EDT

This is Shlomo and he is pretty much the UK's finest human beatboxer. This entire song is performed only using 'sounds from the mouth', he then turns it into a full D&B track by layering up the song using a loop sampler. Becks Vier teamed up with Shlomo to promote its new 'different by choice' ad campaign and to help front 'Becks Offbeat', its nationwide hunt for the UK's next hottest beatboxing sensation. Details for the Offbeat regional comps are as follows -- March 27th -- Newcastle April 3rd - Bristol April 10th -- Nottingham April 19th - London -- Boxcon08 Final

Verge Records

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:24:23 EDT

Verge Records is an independent record label based in New York City which showcases cutting edge, politically and socially conscious music from distressed neighborhoods across the globe. Defined as the extreme edge or margin, Verge stands for both ground breaking music and the neighborhoods that produce it. Verge combines great music with community development. Verge donates a percentage of income earned from record sales to support educational organizations in artistsa?? neighborhoods working with youth through music and art. The cycle comes full circle when Verge identifies and recruits promising talent developed by these programs.

Stereomovers: "Love Is"

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:58:55 EDT

A live montage from the showcase that Montreal techno duo, STEREOMOVERS, did at La Tulipe in Septemeber of 2007.

Shooting with Colby Odonis

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:51:13 EST

Check out the behind the scene shoot for the Colby Odonis music video, "What You Got".

Tomi: "You Can Tell Me"

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:13:41 EDT

TOMI gets funky fresh with a smooooth Chicago soul sound at Fergie's Glamorous Party. "You Can Tell Me" is the debut single of his self-titled album.

Big Ideas in Toronto

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:41:02 EDT

The band BIG IDEAS hangs out on Baldwin Street in Toronto.

Big Ideas Creative Process

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:20:36 EDT

Behind the scenes footage of bigIdeas recording their debut album and preparing for their "unplugged" performance.

Big Ideas: "Vanishing Point"

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:04:12 EDT

BIG IDEAS play their powerful song "Vanishing Point" for their debut unplugged performance at The Foundation Room, downtown Toronto.

Big Ideas in the Studio

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:28:12 EDT

BIG IDEAS heads to the studio to lay down guitar tracks for their upcoming release.

Big Ideas Interview

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:34:18 EDT

BIG IDEAS discusses the inside workings of the group, their influences and more.

Salvador Santana Band Interview

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:55:47 EST

An interview with the SALVADOR SANTANA BAND, headed up by the son of legend CARLOS SANTANTA. Check out the new flavor in Latin music!

Socialight, The Lost Files Part II

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:17:21 EDT

SOCIALIGHT breaks out once lost footage of post-tour rambling.

The Amber Room: "Motion Sits Still"

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:42:29 EDT

THE AMBER ROOM, after weeks of practice, finally give life to a new song. "Motion Sits Still" is part of a new album taking shape in their mind and hearts.

Crowned King at V-Fest

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:38:16 EDT

Heavy.com's Nicole Arbour - voted one of the sexiest comediennes in comedy and a cousin of legendary New York Islanders Stanley Cup winning coach Al Arbour - gives you an insider's tour to all the sights, sounds and big names from the Virgin Festival in Toronto. Featuring some of the biggest names in music, including Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Interpol, Arctic Monkeys, Voxtrot, Killers, Editors, Metric, Blonde Redhead and many others, the V-Fest was one of the biggest, most talked-about summer festivals of 2007, and Heavy.com was there! Also gracing the V-Fest stage was the pride of Canada, CROWNED KING, winners of Heavy.com's Canadian Contraband Battle of the Bands contest! See clips of their performance, meet the band, and find out whether or not ladies poo.

Crowned King Wins Contraband II

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:33:27 EDT

CROWNED KING thanks everyone all over the world who watched and supported their videos for the heavy.com Canadian Contraband Competition. They played V-Fest in Toronto August 8, 2007. A special thanks to Heavy.com, Virgin, and all the other bands that worked so hard on this competition!

Deemontreal, Making of "Filter Factory"

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:10:39 EDT

The making of DEE' s music video for "Filter Factory". The video was made mostly in stop-motion. A little French, a little wine, and a lot of crazy @ss $h*t!

Meet The Februarys

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:29:23 EDT

Only a small example of how silly and great those February lads can really be. See them play Frisbee and cowbell, fake anti-gravity, and record an album.

The Populars in MS Paint

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:27:09 EDT

Check out the "Ho Hum" POPULARS video made only with Windows Movie Maker and MS Paint. Simple and fun. Look what I can do, mom!

Hot Fun at the Virgin Festival

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:34:57 EDT

Heavy.com's Nicole Arbour - voted "North America's Sexiest Comedian", and a cousin of legendary New York Islanders Stanley Cup winning coach Al Arbour - gives you an insider's tour to all the sights, sounds and big names from the Virgin Festival in Toronto. Featuring some of the biggest names in music, including Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Interpol, Arctic Monkeys, Voxtrot, Killers, Editors, Metric, Blonde Redhead and many others, the V-Fest was one of the biggest, most talked-about summer festivals of 2007, and Heavy.com was there! See live clips of Dragonette from the Virgin Mobile Stage; flashers (flashing is legal in the great country of Canada); James Johnston of Glasgow pop band Biffy Clyro (who sounds like Groundskeeper Willie from "The Simpsons"); Paolo Nutini (also a pop star from Scotland); real live virgins; the Energizer Bunny; crowds, patrons, wierdos; and Nicole Arbour in a miniskirt.

Deemontreal: "Miles and Miles"

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:35:38 EDT

"I like to live on the edge." You may have heard this rhyme from DEE's song "Miles and Miles".

Deemontreal: "She's Expensive"

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:53:13 EDT

This bit was taken from a show DEEMONTREAL did live. This is the song "She's Expensive", cut from a 40 minute, non-stop jam. The little plastic grey thingy is a midi controller for the sequences. Crank it up and rock out!

Deemontreal: "If Only"

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:52:51 EDT

Deemontreal's debut as an aspiring director on the Food Network. He admits, "Maybe I should stick to music and never get filmed again before noon." Hence the acoustic song "If Only."

The Februarys, Meet Matt Bender

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:06:42 EDT

The first in four "get to know us" specials by THE FEBRUARYS. Meet their fabulous drummer, Matt Bender.

Eden Ants Sacrifice a Virgin

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:23:05 EDT

EDEN ANTS take a trip to Centre Island where they must do a dirty deed in order to play the Virgin Festival; featuring "Wear Off of Me".

Eden Ants Do Pop With Brains

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:34:25 EDT

EDEN ANTS host POP WITH BRAINS #10 at The Rivoli with "Preservatives". POP WITH BRAINS is a bi-monthly event at The Rivoli (334 Queen St.W) celebrating Toronto's best indie bands and D.I.Y. artists. Money raised at POP WITH BRAINS is donated to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - www.camh.net.

The Salads: "Unhappy V2.0"

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:54:44 EDT

THE SALADS perform "Unhappy" version 2.0, live with raw footage. LYRICS: I think its time I let you know That i can see your hurting soul You need to breathe and let it go I dont wanna see you feel this low [Bridge] Now here we stand Situation at hand Its not how we planned Just take my hand [Chorus] But I can't bear to see You soo unhappy Won't someone snap me out of this mess I want you here with me Just soo unhappy Won't someone snap me out of this mess Im loving you with all my soul Lets plan to seed to watch it grow Together we can mend this hole Its you and me lets take control [Bridge] lets do what we can just take my hand [Chorus] I plead for us Cause its you i trust Lets do it for us Just take my hand [Chorus X2]

Crowned King International Tour

Wed, 23 May 2007 22:39:57 EDT

Watch the boys of CROWNED KING on their 2006/2007 "Break The Silence World Tour", Including footage of the band in Canada, America, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and more!

Crowned King in Vancouver

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:13:04 EDT

After a 10-hour plane flight home from Asia, CROWNED KING uploaded their final Canadian ContraBand video. V-Fest Vancouver (A.K.A. Monsoon Fest) was their first show with new guitarist Rugan, on a typical rainy Vancouver day.

Crowned King in Indonesia

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:58:55 EDT

In this tour update, Shaun gives a little insight into why CROWNED KING spends so much time in South Pacific Asia.

Crowned King in Asia

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:31:16 EDT

3 Countries, 3 Days - it's CROWNED KING's 2007 Asia tour. This video was uploaded from the Raffles Plaza Hotel in Singapore. Watch as the boys conquer Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore.