Getting to Know… The Purple Helmets | Interview
![Getting to Know… The Purple Helmets: Interview No. 474 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; The Purple Helmets; AcatXlo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/getting-to-know-the-purple-helmets-474-2025.jpg?fit=650%2C650&ssl=1)
In the 474th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from the Nova Scotian indie alt band, The Purple Helmets.
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Getting to Know… Famous Strangers | Interview
![Getting to Know… Famous Strangers: Interview No. 464 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Famous Strangers]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/getting-to-know-famous-strangers-465-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 464th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Edmonton, Alberta band Famous Strangers.
Magic!, Rude | 1 Hit WONDERful
![Magic!, Rude: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 4 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment International Limited; Elias Souza from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/magic-rude-1-hit-wonderful-4-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 4th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2024), we highlight “Rude” performed by Canadian pop band, Magic.
Getting to Know… I, Apokalypse | Interview 🎤
![Getting to Know… I, Apokalypse: Interview No. 362 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; I, Apokalypse; Tumisu via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/getting-to-know-i-apokalypse-interview-362.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 362nd Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Canadian, apocalyptic, blackened death metal band, I, Apokalypse.
Getting to Know… Hellaphant | Interview 🎤
![Getting to Know… Hellaphant: Interview No. 359 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Hellaphant; Tumisu via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/getting-to-know-hellaphant-interview-359.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 359th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, singer Garrington gives us the inside scoop on his angst-filled, power pop band, Hellaphant.
Nickelback, “San Quentin” | Track Review 🎵
![Nickelback, "San Quentin" [📷: Nickelback II Productions, Inc. / BMG Rights Management LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/nickelback-san-quentin-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Ultra-polarizing, veteran Canadian band Nickelback return with the heavy song, “San Quentin,” the promo single for their 10th studio album, Get Rollin’.
Getting to Know… Polarity | Interview 🎤
![Getting to Know… Polarity: Interview No. 296 [📷: Alfred Derks from Pixabay, Brent Faulkner, Darkmoon_Art from Pixabay, The Musical Hype, Polarity]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/getting-to-know-polarity-interview-296.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 296th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from the Canadian alternative band, Polarity.
13 Delightful “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” Songs | Playlist 🎧
![🎧 13 Delightful “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” Songs [📷 Adonyi Gábor, Barbara Webb, Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Ehioma Osih, Lorenzo Cinque, The Musical Hype, Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/13-delightful-sugar-honey-iced-tea-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
🎧 13 Delightful “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” Songs features Bo Burnham, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Peter McPoland & Tate McRae.
Getting to Know… Hallows Die | Interview 🎤
![Getting to Know… Hallows Die: Interview No. 228 [📷: Hallows Die, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/getting-to-know-hallows-die-interview-228.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
For the 228th Q&A on The Musical Hype, we get some awesome insight into the craft of eclectic, Toronto metal band, Hallows Die.
Getting to Know… Dead Defined | Interview 🎤
Craig Ewan, the brainchild behind the Canadian solo project Dead Defined, provides awesome answers to our burning questions on our 183rd Q&A.
Miesha and the Spanks, Mixed Blood Girls | Track Review 🎵
![Miesha & The Spanks, "Mixed Blood Girls" [📷: Miesha & The Spanks]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/miesha-and-the-spanks-mixed-blood-girls-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Calgary, AB rock collective Miesha and the Spanks shine on the personal, dynamic, and expressive single, “Mixed Blood Girls.”
Getting to Know…Stonebrother | Interview 🎤
![Getting to Know…Stonebrother: Interview No. 173 🎤 [📷: Stonebrother, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/getting-to-know-stonebrother-interview-173.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 173rd edition of our Getting to Know… series, we get the scoop from the hard rocking, Nova Scotian band, Stonebrother.