This week we’re featuring some good old fashioned Canadian rock and roll with Live Animals 2022 EP “Into The Wild” Listen now on Spotify. Catch Live Animals in the flesh on May 20th at the Rec Room in Toronto with The Lookout Service, Black Creek Reign, Shiv and the Carvers and Byrdy. Doors at 8:30 PM, $10. Tickets available on Songkick. Continue reading Music Monday: Live Animals – “Into The Wild” EP
It could be said that we use the phrase new music release pretty liberally around here. This one’s brand new to us but it arrived on the ether on June 22nd 2022. Dubbed the shiniest rock and roll band in the galaxy, today we’re pleased to feature the latest music video by Canadian celestial darlings Hot Apollo for their pop-infused track “Baby Lord”. Vocally, lead … Continue reading New Music Release: Hot Apollo – “Baby Lord”
Alex Southey is a indie-rock artist from Toronto, Ontario blending soulful blues and intimate folk storytelling to create a heart-pumping melodies that are as enchanting as they are tormenting. Their latest release “Common Fantasies” comes from their 2022 EP of the same name released on December 16th; it’s a cavernous alternative rock song that would sit nicely somewhere between fellow Canadians The Glorious Sons or … Continue reading New Music Release: Alex Southey – “Common Fantasies”
In the wake of the hottest tour coming through North America for those aged out of Taylor Swift’s demographic, one that will challenge indie-pop sensation Benjamin Gibbard as he sets out to prove if he has the endurance of working class modern rock power house Bruce Springsteen – yes of course you know, we’re talking about the 20th anniversary tour of Death Cab for Cutie’s … Continue reading Mail Call! The Canada Post Project has arrived.
With their latest release “Justice Partners”, The 30’s jump right out of the gate with a high energy heart-pumping melody and insistent vocals that immediately tell you this band isn’t here to mess around. While the catchy metal-infused guitar riffs are sure to grip your attention, it’s not long before lead vocalist Katerina’s assertive presence demands you turn your attention to the songs lyrics and … Continue reading The 30’s put systemic oppression on trial in “Justice Partners”
Streaming everywhere today is “To Be Loved”, the fist single off of Neither Could Dylan’s debut album “Acceptance” due out in April 2023. “To Be Loved” is a high energy indie-rock track with folk roots that has an important question weighing on its mind: Do you know what it feels like to be loved? …okay, I’ll stop writing this like a press release now. I … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan Release: To Be Loved
A few months back we were invited to submit a track for Canadian record label Syrup Moose (haha) for their second compilation album, aptly titled “Compilation II” and were pleased to find a home for our song “Let Go”. This was supposed to be out officially tomorrow to mark the winter solstice and the tracks were curated to help us all get through the longest … Continue reading Neither Could Dylan Release: Let Go
This post is part of the ongoing blog breakdown series where I dive into the official lyrics, stories and thoughts that inspired the lyrics for the recently released Throughfare EP. If you haven’t yet, give the record a spin on bandcamp and jump back to the first blog on this record by clicking this handy link. Today we’re talking about track 5 on the record: Drift. … Continue reading Throughfare EP Breakdown: Drift
This post is part of the ongoing blog breakdown series where I dive into the official lyrics, stories and thoughts that inspired the lyrics for the recently released Throughfare EP. If you haven’t yet, give the record a spin on bandcamp and jump back to the first blog on this record by clicking this handy link. Today we’re talking about track 3 on the record: For … Continue reading Throughfare EP Breakdown: For Nothing
This post is part of the ongoing blog breakdown series where I dive into the official lyrics, stories and thoughts that inspired the lyrics for the recently released Passing Harsher album. If you haven’t yet, give the record a spin on bandcamp and jump back to the first blog on this record by clicking this handy link. Today we’re talking about track 8 on the … Continue reading Passing Harsher Blog Breakdown: Where I’m Going
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