It’s weird, this thing between Yukon Blonde and me. I’ve gone on record as saying that they’re very good at what they do, but they’ve never really compelled me to follow them closely, or become a super fan. I have nothing negative to say about them, but I didn’t feel the need to fall all [...]
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Tiger talks
Heartbreaking bravery
One of my favourite albums of last year that didn’t end up on my year-end list was Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped, the first album proper released by Spencer Krug under the Moonface name. It’s early in 2012 yet, but judging by “Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips”, the first glimpse of his sophomore [...]
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QUiCK HiT: Dan Mangan’s Juno-nomintaed “Rows of Houses” video
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Rows Of Houses by Arts & Crafts Facebook: Dan Mangan Twitter: Dan Mangan
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QUiCK HiT: The Pack a.d. “Sirens” video
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The Pack a.d. “Sirens” Facebook: The Pack a.d. Twitter: The Pack a.d.
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QUiCK HiT: Smile Case CD Release Show @ The Rex Hotel, Welland
WHO: The Smile Case, solo musical project of Ben Andress, founder of Blacktop Records WHAT: 19+ CD Release show for The Weather Outside, along with Seas and Young Wife WHEN: Sunday, February 12, 2012; music starts at 9 pm WHERE: The Rex Hotel, 346 King Street, Welland, ON. $5 bucks gets you into the gig [...]
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There goes the pie in the sky
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When I first heard “Scissors” by Eight and a Half, I thought it was a pretty decent song, but nothing too spectacular given the “supergroup” nature of the band (Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene, and The Stills’ alums Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil). It’s really grown on me since then, but “Go Ego” was [...]
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Soldier on
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If you’re a frequent visitor here, then you’ll no doubt already be familiar with You’ve Changed Records and their impressive catalogue of releases these past few years. Someone once accused my of only writing about the label’s music because co-founders Daniel Romano and Ian Kehoe are from my hometown of Welland, Ontario. My response: “Get [...]
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RocknRoll guitar men
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I am a sucker for a killer surf-pop tune, and The Re-Bops are promising to deliver a succulent selection of them on their forthcoming debut LP, Drag Race. The St. Catahrines based band of Nic Waterman (Vocals, Guitar), Steve Morley (Drums) and Liam Cosby (Guitar) recently unleashed “RocknRoll Guitar Man” on the world and it’s [...]
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OK I’m alright I’m alive
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Afie Jurvanen isn’t going to suffer from high blood pressure any time soon. The connecting thread between Barchords, his new album as Bahamas, and 2009′s debut Pink Strat is the laid back, relaxed and mellow vibe of the music. Jurvanen’s left his days as a player in other people’s band in the past; he’s as [...]
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How I pray
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The City Streets are a band on a mission. A few missions, actually. The Montreal-based band (originally from Edmonton) has two new full length albums in the pipelines: Winter Lightning was recorded with Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wolf Parade) at Montreal’s almost legendary Hotel2Tango studios, and Sawdust & Rum, recorded by [...]
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QUiCK HiT: Cobra & Vulture “Station Agent of Change” video
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Time to remember
Back row (from left to right): Carl Johnson (Library Voices), Megan Bonnell, François Cloutier, Becky Ninkovic (You Say Party), Daniel Lee (Hooded Fang), Brandon Chandler, Stephen O’Shea (You Say Party), Amy Eligh (Casablanca Media Publishing), Nils Edenloff (The Rural Alberta Advantage), Charles F (Winter Gloves); Front row: Jana Cleland (Casablanca Media Publishing), Lance Schibler (engineer), [
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Cuff The Duke cover Guided By Voices
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Cuff the Duke are getting set for the U.S. release of last year’s Morning Comes album (available to our neighbours to the south on February 28), and are doing so with a new five-song EP of covers called In Our Time. The band have been premiering one of the new tracks each week at Filter [...]
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Are you looking at me
I have a couple cats, and they both like to hang around my desk when I’m blogging. I don’t mean curl up at my feet or sleep on the floor kind of hanging out, I mean up on the desk, sprawled out between me and the keyboard basking in the glow of the monitor kind [...]
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Show me the place
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Maybe I’m outing myself here, but I’ve never been a Leonard Cohen devotee the way some of my compatriots are (or pretend to be), but I know enough of the man’s work to feel comfortable in discussing Old Ideas, his new LP. Coming a mere eight years after his last album, Old Ideas carries lot [...]
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Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before
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Over The Bluffs, the debut release from The Holiday Crowd is described by the band as a love letter to Scarborough, the childhood home of singer Imran Haniff and guitarist Colin Bowers. Maybe so, but there’s more than enough flirting with late 80s British jangle pop here to make Morrissey blush with affection. “While She Waits” could easily [...]
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QUiCK HiT: Great Lake Swimmers “Easy Come Easy Go” video
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QUiCK HiT: Louise Burns “Drop Names Not Bombs” video
Louise Burns “Drop Names Not Bombs” Facebook: Louise Burns Twitter: Louise Burns
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QUiCK HiT: Marine Dreams “Sudden Darl Truths” video
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Marine Dreams released a stark, but very engaging new video this week for the song "Sudden Dark Truths" off the QBiM-endorsed Marine Dreams album. Marine Dreams - Sudden Dark Truths from Jared Raab on Vimeo. Facebook: Marines Dreams
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