Canadians in Toronto were lucky enough to witness one of the first nights of Lady Gaga's new tour - The Monster Ball and roving pop reporter Will-W was there to catch all the action as it unfolded.  You can read the entire review over on Will-W's amazing blog - Pop Maven.  It's an interesting read most definitely and is already building a huge amount of excitement in me for when Our Lady of Gaga will bring the show to London's O2 Arena.   Will has also prov... Read Full Story

  Christian Burns recently released the footage from The Bleach Works show at EQ Live last month for new track "Gravity".  Nicknamed the "get in my car" song, "Gravity" is one of the best tracks from Christian's collection of songs he's working on for The Bleach Works.  Full of emotion, melody and an almost yearning like angst, it's personally one of Christian's stand-out tracks for me.  You'll get mental pictures of... Read Full Story

Thanks to Stephen L. for the heads up on this artist. Say hello to Quentin Mosimann.  He's kinda like a Swiss/French singing version of Adam Lambert with a twist.  You see, Quentin has two loves - electro house and swing music.  Polar opposite sides of the musical balance if you will, but that doesn't stop him fusing the two together in a way that's unique and pretty uber cool.  You see, he actually released his latest single "Cherchez Le Garçon" in both genres! So if yo... Read Full Story

  by Mandy Rogers via the EQ Facebook Page The Golden Filter really shone out to me with one of their first mixes of Cut Copy’s "Far Away" last year and continue their remixing streak - fixing up with Little Boots and Empire Of The Sun amongst others.  "Thunderbird" taps into a full-on curl of new wave - a surge I’ve been happy to have gotten caught up in for the price of my email deets. For a FREE download of "Thunderbird" visit - http:... Read Full Story

  You know, I wasn't quite fully prepared to actually LOVE Cheryl Cole's new video for "3 Words".  "Fight For This Love" was an ok track, but this song and video kinda propels her into another arena for me - serious musician.  Yes, she is currently the reigning UK TV darling with her judge gig on X Factor and she's still one-fifth of Girls Aloud (we'll see how long that lasts now) but to see Cheryl Cole produce music like this - taking ma... Read Full Story

  Those visually stunning troubadours from Empire Of The Sun return with their fourth single released on Virgin called "Without You".  And just as you would come to expect - the music video is a glorious piece of film complete with thrones, bulls, red potions and an intergalactic jungle gym.  All the things that are not supposed to go together in a music video, but somehow do... More importantly, this is probably my favorite single from Empire Of The Sun - not so left-field,... Read Full Story

  This beat is hot! Already becoming local celebrities on the West Coast, The Cataracs, who are one of Universal's latest signings, are onto something good with their latest single "Club Love".  Quite literally, they are singing about finding love in the club (nothing new there) but the electro-pop beat certainly does have a swagger to it that is fresh, edgy and totally relevant.   I'm really digging this track and can't wait to start spinning it... Read Full Story

  How sexy is this trio?...Say hello to Chew Lips.  They are hotly tipped as ones to watch and from having taken a listen to some of their tracks like "Salt Air", "Slick" and "Solo" from their upcoming 2010 album "Unicorn", I would say that I'd fully support that claim to fame.They have been gathering a sizable fan base while still flying just under the radar and something tells me they could just breakthrough early next year when &qu... Read Full Story

  You know I can't quite believe I haven't blogged about LectroLips yet.  They sent me their debut record "Keyboard Sexy" awhile ago and I throughly enjoyed it.  It has a real La Roux quality to it and for fans of that micro genre in electronic music, I think you'll enjoy it.  Simple yet calculated and complex 80s keyboard music with a twist - really it's good stuff.   Well since then, the London duo have put together a new track call... Read Full Story

  Say hello to Shugar Boy! We had about 20 remixes submitted for the EQ / Masterbeat Remix Competition for Kaci Battaglia's new single "Crazy Possesive" and Shugar Boy's remix was the winner, receiving the most votes from all the entries submitted - what he did with the song is just amazing!  You can hear his winning electro remix over on his MySpace page right now! Shugar Boy is also an up-and-coming Canadian electro-pop musician and we even hear ... Read Full Story