Author: Crooked Forest

Canadian-based music blog. Features, Interviews, Shows, Opinions & News.
Blog, Poetry

Constitution

From the streetBuried disillusionCan’t competeLess than uselessStill I seeNothing moving, No restitutionA one-sided outdated constitution Written over unmarked graves No need to explain anythingReinvent reasons for choices madeIf you just pretend, it’s okay They say to let things fall where they mayThey say there’s a plan for things being this wayFor the greater good, they boldly proclaimHanging the hoods used to conceal their face Rested on concreteFace … Continue reading Constitution

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Interviews, Music, Spotlight On

Spotlight On: Dawn Cadence

Right of the release of her debut single “!Warning Signs!” I got a chance to pick the brain of Montreal-based songwriter Dawn Cadence. Self-produced, Dawn’s music transcends genres, a soulful blending of jazz and rock inspired by 80’s pop. We talk about how Dawn put together the track, how she approaches her music and songwriting as a whole and dive into some of the artists … Continue reading Spotlight On: Dawn Cadence

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Cloth

Cut from the clothCollected scraps from the FleaChosen to leadPoisoned the well which we drink It’s all for the causeThe cause is in meA bartender keeps tabsWhile you spit blood in the sink Make way for the crusadersThe last of the divineIntervening will get you nowhereListening might Stand behind pillarsAn honest scout turns an eyeFumes emit from a sprinklerThey surround the outside Continue reading Cloth

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Manic

From the vault, date unknown, sometime 2005-2006. They look like a manic Scribbled words at       r      a    n     d     o     m  on blank paper,  no  structure, s Catte red  all. over. Something out of a ransom It’s like I drank ink and spit it, a dark blotchy messBut those words on that page are me at my best Continue reading Manic

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Blog, Poetry, The Vault

Twenty Below

From the Vault, edited slightly before posting. Originally dated sometime in 2006 or so. Winter’s not so badWhen the snow lands on rooftopsAnd the ice begins to bindLocking everything downBut for a moment, the world is stillNot that those houses have legsBut boy, those walls sure could talkCould’ve fooled me anyway It’s twenty below and I’m dying of heatMust be all that hot air escaping … Continue reading Twenty Below

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Cover Songs, Jaimee Eat World, Music

Jaimee Eat World Release: Last Christmas

I really wasn’t planning to fit this cover in this year but when you stumble across a Christmas parade – or rather, when one stumbles upon you – you gotta jingle those sleigh bells. I just happened to be walking home from running a couple quick errands (coffee, browsing electronics stores), when I got a sneak peek at the upcoming Christmas parade floats and remembered … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Last Christmas

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Interviews, Spotlight On, The Treehouse

Spotlight On: Halo Vair

This week I posed a few questions over to instrumentalist music producer and head of Toronto-Psychadelic Rock outfit Halo Vair whose upcoming home-recorded EP “Definition” is due out on December 12th 2021. We get into Victor Zohni’s recording rig, the frustrations with home-recording an independent artist like himself encounters, influential artists and some words of advice for those embarking on their own self-produced releases. Listen … Continue reading Spotlight On: Halo Vair

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