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The Born Ruffians, a trio of young men in their early 20's from Midland, Ontario as they tour through the United States on their way to Austin, Texas to play the South by Southwest music festival for the very first time. Along the way the boys must navigate the road, conduct interviews and play shows all while learning to deal with their new found fans and the wanted and unwanted attention that brings.

Follow "band on the rise" The Cliks as they learn to deal with their roles both inside and outside of the band. Lead by singer and guitarist Lucas Silveria, a transgendered female to male and up until now the principal songwriter, the group struggles as they try to make the transition into writing their music as a collective. Taking place, of course, while the band keeps up their demanding touring schedule, hoping to open people's eyes to their music and the fact that they're not just a "lesbian band".

From grinding it out in the studio, to his favorite place in the world, his kitchen, we follow founding member of Broken Social Scene Brendan Canning as this self described perfectionist struggles to finish his first solo album. We watch Brendan, as his completion deadline grows nearer, all while he is struggling to find time to rehearse with Broken Social Scene and complete his record in time to board an airplane for Australia and the start of Broken Social Scene's world tour.

Through death and heartbreak we follow Die Mannequin up through northern Canada, to meet with their manager, and then down through Boston and the United States for a North American tour, all while dealing with the pressures of the road, and for Care Failure, the pressure of writing new songs.

Music, relationships and work commitments are just a few of the things Dodger's founder, lead singer and song writer Matt Drake struggles to juggle over three marathon days in his home town of Hamilton, Ontario. Battling self doubt, the pressures of working a full time job, trying to stay creative and searching for time to make a relationship with Canadian pop-punker Skye Sweetnam work, Matt struggles to balance his life. The real question is: how long will he be able to keep this going before it all begins to implode.

After ten years and thousands of shows, Canada's best bar band called it quits in 1995. Now after a thirteen year hiatus, singer songwriter Chris Brown must try to put The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir back together for one last gig at the world renowned Hillside Music Festival. But band members struggle with fractured relationship, inflated egos and the difficult task of staying relevant in this day and age. Will Chris be able to recapture the magic that once was or will he watch his beloved BTC crumble for the last time.

Back in 2006, The future had never looked brighter for the members of Buffalo, NY Gracer. They were signed to major punk label Revelation Records and had just released the freshman offering "Voices Travel." But in late 2006 a horrific car crash caused the band to go their separate way. While giving up on their dream of rock n' roll supremacy was easy for some, Ryan Mahone just could not let Gracer slip away so easily. Mahone recruited friend Paul Besch and the duo came together to reformed Gracer. Watch Mahone and Besch try and make things work while juggling day jobs...

You could turn the radio on right now any where in North America and find the electro-rock fusion of Toronto's Metric tearing up the airwaves. Since 1998 Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw have been the life force behind this multi-platinum rock phenomenon. We are brought into the recording studio as the band finishes work on Metric's fourth studio album. Traveling between New York and Toronto Jimmy and Emily rush to perfect every nuance of each track. As with all bands at the pinnacle of success they struggle to top even themselves.