Contest: The Cribs @ Lee’s Palace, April 11

Hey Toronto, hey hey Toronto, The Cribs will be playing your queen Lee’s palace and they are inviting you for a royal visit.

To enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets all you have to do is stay tuned to our Twitter account on Monday April 09 at 2 p.m.

Caveman – Easy Water (TAPEDEK Session)

Brooklyn-based quartet Caveman play a stripped down version of their ethereal tune Easy Water for us. This one-shot clip was filmed in the basement of Toronto’s the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern.

Full Q&A: The Walkmen: Fleet Foxes’ “Robin [Pecknold] Did A Really Knockout Job” on New Album

Walkmen bassist/organist Peter Bauer talked to Tapedek all about growing old, why he thinks their forthcoming album will be the band’s greatest success yet, and how The Walkmen recruited Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold to sing a few sweet harmonies on the new disc.

Full Q&A: Crocodiles

Crocodiles singer Brandon Welchez sits down with Tapedek to discuss his criminal record, why he despises Pitchfork and why his band’s third album is “the best one yet.”

“if you intentionally make a shitty record even though you have the money to make something more decent, it’s going to come across as fake.”

Q&A: Crocodiles Call Pearl Jam “Fuckin’ Cheesy”

Crocodiles singer Brandon Welchez on Pearl Jam’s cheesiness, why he would choose Cocaine over Heroin and plans to start a new group with wife Dee Dee (from Dum Dum Girls)

CONTEST – Don’t Forget To Vote

All the submissions are in. Don’t forget to vote people. Also, you can check out what myself and the other blogger panel are sayin’ right here

CONTEST: Whisky Rocks Concert feat Big Sugar

Big Sugar cemented their place in the Can Rock pantheon with their first single, the pumpin’ “Diggin’ A Hole.” Later, they rocked some slick reggae jams while lead singer/double-necked guitarist Gordie Johnson fuzzed out some mad solos. After a seemingly endless hiatus (which saw Johnson move to Austin,TX to rock out with Stevie Ray Vaughen’s [...]

CONTEST: Whisky Rocks!!

Tapedek has teamed up with Aux and the LCBO (the people that you buy alcohol from) to bring you the Whisky Rocks Contest. By executing a great cover version of the song “Fade Away,” you could just, er, walk away with the big prize (and booze?).

As part of a team of blogger judges, I’ll be discussing my favourite entries on the site. Basically, I’ll be Simon, Indie Music Filter’s Chris Budd will be Randy, Nicole Villeneuve will be Paula and Anne Donahue will be William Hung, natch.

For more info and to enter the contest head here. Note, the contest closes for submissions on October 21st.

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Arcade Fire’s Regine Chassagne and Owen Pallett cover Springsteen’s “My City of Ruins”

Add Michael Cooper of 77 Admiral Rd as a person you should get to know. A TIFF event organized by Paul Haggis’ Artists for Peace and Justice at Mr. Cooper’s (very lovely) home this week featured performances by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder (in town for his band’s Cameron Crowe directed doc ‘Pearl Jam 20′ as well as two Neil Young-guesting shows at the ACC) and Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne (in town because…she loves her some glam?). At some point, the duo, along with AF buddy and man-about-town Owen Pallett, turned their tuneful attention to Bruce Springsteen’s poignant ‘My City in Ruins.’

Apropos of 9/11′s 10 year anniversary, here’s Springsteen and friends performing the same song nearly a decade ago at a WTC Benefit.

Aloe Blacc w/ Orchestra “I Need A Dollar”

This is straight up classy as fuck. Building on the pounding soul fever of the original track, this version of Blacc’s How To Make It In America theme counterbalances the lyrical and vocal delivery of the plight of the common man with the high-brow orchestration. Kind of like taking a class at Yale about social injustice, but, y’know, better.

from MADE Blog on Vimeo.