If you’ve been following the Jaimee Eat World series, you’ll want to know that this operation has found a new home. While we were covering new releases right here on crookedforest.ca, going forward to keep up with the project you’ll have to surf on over to the new official Jaimee Eat World website JaimeeEatWorld.com. The project takes up pretty significant bandwidth and it made more … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Finds a New Home
Now available on the official Neither Could Dylan YouTube channel because they (who’s they?) apparently still haven’t built a separate channel for this project, check out the Surviving recreation album by Jaimee Eat World. Speaking briefly via an intermittent and mildly unintelligible ZOOM meeting on the project, Jaimee Eat World had this to say: “Surviving (the original album by Jimmy Eat World) sort of hit … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Releases Surviving
It’s also the latest release out of our own Pine Four Records. Self produced, recorded, performed, mixed & mastered by Neither Could Dylan, the 6-song EP depicts 6 unique perspectives of people in various states of crisis that is further compounded by a lack of support and safety. Speaking about the album, Neither Could Dylan explains: “Beginning with an introspective approach to life and our … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan Releases New EP Homeless Youth
Now that things have returned to some semblance of normalcy around here and you’ve no doubt had time to review the updates to our mission, values and goals, I’m excited to announce our first compilation album and call for submissions. As part of the Jaimee Eat World project which is recreating Jimmy Eat World’s discography from scratch (currently working on Surviving last we heard), I … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Crooked Forest Compilation I – Believe In What You Want
We’re just a week away from the official opening of the Time4Change art gallery presented by Youth Without Shelter. Now in it’s 14th year, the annual Time4Change fundraiser works alongside community partners to educate Toronto students about youth homelessness through fundraising and art activism. Where ART Meets ACTIVISM. Time4Change is a collaborative effort that blends the expressive and emotional influence of the arts with the … Continue reading Youth Without Shelter Present Time4Change 2025
After an extended hiatus, Jaimee Eat World returns with the complete recreation of Jimmy Eat World’s 2004 album Futures arriving on September 19th 2024. The album includes two b-sides, “Shame” and “What I Want.” The band has been slowly trickling out the album all week on YouTube so you’re already able to snag a listen to most of it early. The final release arrives at … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Futures
If we weren’t keen to the inside scoop, today’s special acoustic release of You Can Do Better Than Me might’ve come as a bit of a surpirse. Recorded today after a litle back and fourth about which direction to take the cover, Death Bus has been sitting on this one for a little while. “I’ve been wanting to step away from Death Bus for a … Continue reading Death Bus for Blondie Returns With You Can Do Better Than Me
Friday March 15th saw the release of Neither Could Dylan’s follow-up LP to 2023’s debut Acceptance and honestly we were too busy spinning it on the day of to talk about it. Foxchase is a 16-17 song (depending who you ask) juggernaut that Dylan has been caught saying, “in many ways, it’s a precursor to Acceptance.” Weaving traditional folk storytelling with Canadian indie rock flare … Continue reading The Foxchase is Officially On With Neither Could Dylan
In today’s “bet you didn’t see this coming!” release we see Neither Could Dylan teaming up with Maneframe for a infectious pop-punk schoolkid-crush bop titled Hey, Wait (I Wanna Show You Something) This collaboration began on Threads over a mutual appreciation for pop-punk. Maneframe already had the instrumental framework in place before bringing the track to Neither Could Dylan who penned off some lyrics and … Continue reading Hey, Wait! Did Neither Could Dylan Team Up With Maneframe?!
It’s the first single off of Neither Could Dylan’s upcoming album Foxchase and it’s officially streaming everywhere today. We asked NCD what it’s all about and here’s what she had to say: Falling in love has the ability to completely alter your entire world. It can make your heart race, it can make you lose focus, it can even make you forget how to speak … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan Release: Girls Like Me
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