SPOTLight: DJ Campion &Guests @ The Phoenix – 04.04.07
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Exclaim! just announced the Spring Fling tour, featuring DJ Champion and Québecois breakout band Malajube. I went to Exclaim! Magazine’s ’06 show with the Organ and Stars (among others) and I know tickets for the Toronto show sold out in a couple of days… so get them fast (Rotate This! or Ticketmaster are your best bets).
DJ Champion has exploded into the mainstream with their title track, “Heaven,” beating through the airwaves with their electro-rock beats across the nation. After major critical acclaim and nominee in the Polaris Music Prize, montréalers Malajube are bridging the Anglo-Francophone gap. These guys have a diverse indie rock sound to them, so catchy and so infectious that you don’t mind the French language – in fact, it wouldn’t be nearly as unique and fresh if it were English.
Exclaim! Spring Fling 2007 Line up:
DJ Champion
Malajube
Chromeo
You Say Party! We Say Die!
For show details click here
1 comment January 27th, 2007
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