Dan Chandler was announced as the new singer for Evans Blue in February 2009, and the band went into the studio with producer Trevor Kustiak to record their third album. The self-titled album was released through Sounds+Sights, exclusively via iTunes, on June 23, 2009.
On January 21, 2009, Arcade Fire and Jay-Z were the musical guests at the Obama Campaign Staff Ball at the DC Armory, at Obama’s request.
Wintersleep was selected as one of the opening acts by Paul McCartney for his concert at Halifax Common on July 11, 2009. That year, the band toured in support of Welcome to the Night Sky and also began writing their next record, New Inheritors , which came out on May…
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In early 2009, the band toured Canada, after which, in April, Thacker joined up with Sum 41 for their Japanese and US tour. It was also confirmed that Thacker was officially a member of Sum 41. He stayed with the band even after the return of Dave “Browsound” Baksh in…
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Their third studio album, Life Starts Now , was released in 2009 and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, thus becoming the band’s highest-charting album in the US to date.
In late 2009, Pitchfork ranked the album No.2 in their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s, behind Radiohead ‘s Kid A .
In 2009, Adam Gontier worked with Daughtry on their second studio album Leave This Town .
In 2009, two nationally syndicated shows— The Dan Patrick Show and The Petros and Money Show —frequently used the song as “bumper” music.
In 2009, Die Mannequin took part in a documentary series called City Sonic . The series, which featured 20 Toronto artists, had Care Failure reflecting on her memories of CFNY , 102.1 the Edge.
USS brought home their second consecutive COCA Award (Canadian Organization of Campus Activities) for Emerging Artist, (Winner of Emerging Artist Award 2009/2010), on June 25, 2010.