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Men With Brooms (soundtrack)
''Men with Brooms'' is the soundtrack album to the Canada, Canadian film ''Men with Brooms'', released in 2002. Track listing # Sarah Harmer with The Tragically Hip, "Silver Road" (2:48) # Kathleen Edwards, "Hockey Skates" (4:25) # The Tragically Hip, "Throwing Off Glass" (3:27) # Our Lady Peace, "Life (Our Lady Peace song), Life" (4:22) # The New Pornographers, "Mass Romantic" (4:03) # Sean MacDonald, "God" (2:34) # Big Sugar (band), Big Sugar, "Diggin' a Hole" (4:37) # Tom Wilson (musician), Tom Wilson, "Planet Love" (2:52) # Matthew Good, Matthew Good Band, "Hello Time Bomb" (3:55) # Pepper Sands, "Can U Tell" (3:13) # Chantal Kreviazuk, "Leading Me Home" (4:37) # Paul Gross, "Kiss ’Til You Weep" (3:40) # Holly McNarland, "Watching Over You" (3:44) # The Tragically Hip, "Oh Honey" (2:17) # Jack Lenz, "Men With Brooms Theme" (3:53) 2002 soundtrack albums {{Soundtrack-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the Sound-on-film, synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound film, sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sugar (band)
Big Sugar is a band formed in Toronto in 1988 by Gordie Johnson, the band's lead singer, lead guitarist and main songwriter. Between 1996 and 2016, Big Sugar was among the top 25 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. They are still active today, releasing new music, vinyl re-releases and touring. History Big Sugar originally consisted of Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins, and drummer Al Cross. The three musicians had already played together for several years as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances, and as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. When Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates secure a record deal, leading to the eponymous debut album released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records. Success Wilkins left the band in 1993. Big Sugar recorded the album '' Five Hundred Pounds'' with the help of guest musicians, including harmonica and tenor saxophonist Kelly Hoppe, a.k.a. Mr. Chill. Hoppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly McNarland
Holly McNarland (born 23 October 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, who was most prominent in the 1990s.Mike Roberts, "Riding the buzz: Wonder gal McNarland not as dark as the songs". ''The Province'', 18 July 1995. Career Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, McNarland's background is Métis. She moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in the early 1990s. She released her debut EP ''Sour Pie'' independently in 1995, before it was rereleased nationally by MCA Records in 1996. ''Stuff'', her full-length debut album, was released in 1997. The album's most successful single was " Numb", which reached the Canadian top 10. At the 1998 Juno Awards, she won the Best New Solo Artist category, and was nominated for Best Alternative Album for ''Stuff'' and Best Video for "Elmo". She collaborated with Matthew Good on the song "Flight Recorder From Viking 7" from the album '' Loser Anthems''. Following ''Stuff'', McNarland ended up taking an unplanned five-year hiatus fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gross
Paul Michael Gross (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer. He rose to fame for his lead role as RCMP Constable Benton Fraser on the popular Canadian television series '' Due South'' (1994–1997). He won three Gemini Awards for his work on the series, two for acting and one for writing. Gross subsequently had success with two other Canadian television series, '' Slings & Arrows'' and '' Republic of Doyle''. He made his film directorial debut with the cult comedy '' Men with Brooms'', which spawned a television series of the same name. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the 2008 war film '' Passchendaele'', which won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. At the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, he received the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement. That same year, he was awarded the Order of Canada for “his contributions to Canadian film and television, as an actor, writer and direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk ( ; born May 18, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. Born in Winnipeg, she played music from a young age before signing with Columbia Records in the 1990s. Her debut studio album, ''Under These Rocks and Stones'', was first released in Canada in 1996 and saw commercial success before being issued in the United States the following year to critical praise. Kreviazuk released two more studio albums with the Columbia label, ''Colour Moving and Still'' (1999) and ''What If It All Means Something'' (2002), both of which brought moderate commercial success worldwide. She signed with Sony BMG for her fourth album, ''Ghost Stories (Chantal Kreviazuk album), Ghost Stories'' (2006), which reached number two on the Canadian Albums Chart. Since 2003, Kreviazuk has co-written and composed numerous songs for other artists as well as film soundtracks, and has appeared in several Canadian independent and short films. Her fifth album, ''Plain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Time Bomb
Hello Time Bomb is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Matthew Good Band. It was released in September 1999 as the lead single from their third studio album, '' Beautiful Midnight''. It was nominated for Best Single at the 2000 Juno Awards and is one of the band's signature songs. Between 1995 and 2016, it was the fourth most played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada. It also is the band’s highest charting single in the U.S., peaking at 34 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Alternative Airplay. Song information Good mentions that he wrote the song quickly on an old acoustic guitar at a friend's place. Music video The music video for "Hello Time Bomb" reached #1 on MuchMusic Countdown. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Trivia "Hello Time Bomb" is featured on MuchMusic's compilation album, '' Big Shiny Tunes 4''. Todd Kerns from The Age of Electric sings backup. In 2009's "Top 200 songs of the 1990s" by 102.1 "The Edge", it was voted #35. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Good
Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971) is a Canadian musician. He was the lead singer and songwriter for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful alternative rock bands in Canada during the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the band disbanded in 2002, Good has pursued a solo career and established himself as a political commentator and mental health activist. Between 1996 and 2016, with sales by Matthew Good Band included, Good was the 25th best-selling Canadian artist in Canada. Good has been nominated for 21 Juno Awards during his career, winning four. Early life and career Matthew Good's father was a colonial Englishman from India and his mother was from British Columbia, Canada. Good's introduction into the music scene began while he was in high school, when he was asked by members of a folk group to write lyrics for them. Good then began singing with the group. Good taught himself to play guitar at age 20 and continued to write songs. Good's early career in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wilson (musician)
Thomas Lazare Wilson (born 1959) is a Canadian rock musician from Hamilton, Ontario. A veteran of the Canadian music scene, Wilson has been a writer and performer for many years. Wilson's eclectic musical style has ranged from the psychobilly/R&B sounds of the Florida Razors, to the western/roots style of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and the funk/blues-inspired rock of Junkhouse. Early life Wilson grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, secretly adopted and raised by his great-aunt and uncle. Later in life Tom discovered his birth parents, Louis Beauvais and Jane Lazare, both Mohawk from Kahnawake. Tom did not confirm his Mohawk identity until he was an adult."‘I am a living breathing lie’: Tom Wilson on learning the truth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggin' A Hole
"Diggin' a Hole" is a song by Canadian rock band Big Sugar. It was released as the lead single from the band's 1996 album, '' Hemi-Vision''. The song was co-written by Canadian musician Andy Curran and well known Canadian actor and TV host Dan Gallagher. The song was re-released in 1999 on the U.S. version of Big Sugar's next album, ''Heated''. The song was featured on the compilation album ''Hit Zone 3''. Commercial performance The song was successful in Canada, reaching 9 on the ''RPM Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines. One revolution per minute is equivalent to hertz. Standards ISO 80000-3:2019 def ...'' Hit Tracks chart. Between 1995 and 2016, "Diggin' a Hole" was the fifth-most-played song by a Canadian artist on rock radio stations in Canada. Track listings UK CD single # "Diggin' a Hole" (edit) – 3:45 # "Tobacco Hand" (dub) – 4:53 # "Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Romantic
''Mass Romantic'' is the debut studio album by Canadian indie rock supergroup the New Pornographers. Produced by David Carswell and band bassist John Collins, it was released on Mint Records on November 21, 2000. The album was three years in the making, with musicians A.C. Newman and Dan Bejar writing songs as early as 1998. With encouragement from peers, they recorded an album with other Canadian musicians from groups including the Evaporators, Zumpano, and Destroyer. The album failed to chart in Canada or the United States, but the group had a sold-out tour, due to very positive reviews. It received a score of 87 from Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics. Production ''Mass Romantic'' was recorded over the course of almost three years. The first four songs were finished in early 1998. The New Pornographers claimed that the songs "were just sitting around. Friends would hear the songs and go, 'This is really great,' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1997 in Vancouver. Presented as a musical collective and supergroup of singer-songwriters and musicians from multiple projects, the band currently consists of Carl Newman (vocals, guitar), Neko Case (vocals), John Collins (bass), Todd Fancey (guitar) and Kathryn Calder (keyboards, backing vocals). The band has released nine studio albums to date and have received critical acclaim for their use of multiple vocalists and songwriters, as well as for the elements of power pop incorporated into their music. ''Pitchfork'' has described the band's sound as "peppy, gleeful, headstrong guitar pop", while ''Stereogum'' has retrospectively praised the band's debut album ''Mass Romantic'' as "one of the greatest" power pop albums. History The New Pornographers' name was chosen by Carl Newman, who has said that he came up with it because he was a fan of a Japanese film called '' The Pornographers''. It was also an homage to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
