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20th Annual ANDY KIM CHRISTMAS Returns to Toronto's Massey Hall in December
by Josh Sharpe - October 16, 2024 The Andy Kim Christmas returns to Toronto’s legendary Massey Hall Wednesday, December 4 for another unforgettable evening celebrating the magic of the season with performances from iconic Canadian artists....
Toronto's HotKid Drops New EP DOWNTOWN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2024 Toronto's HotKid released their new EP DOWNTOWN, featuring a vibrant indie rock sound and a captivating music video....
Mediocre Shares 'Litterbug!' Single Ahead of New Album
by Josh Sharpe - August 28, 2024 Mediocre, the Los Angeles-based rock duo offer scorching indie rock meditations with their hotly anticipated debut album Growth Eater, due out September 27. Listen to a newly released song from their album now!...
The War On Drugs' Eliza Hardy Jones to Release 'Pickpocket' LP in April
by Michael Major - February 22, 2024 The ten-song LP explores surviving grief, birth, death, and the innate humanness surrounding a challenging and personal journey to becoming a parent. It was written, recorded, and produced by Eliza with production assistance from the multitalented producer, engineer and instrumentalist Nick Krill -...
THE ANDY KIM CHRISTMAS Announces Special Performers For Toronto's Massey Hall
by Michael Major - November 21, 2023 Guests can look forward to a classic variety showcase with special holiday performances from the country’s top acts. Andy Kim’s previous guests include Alex Lifeson, Arkells, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Talent, Bobby Bazini, Broken Social Scene, BUCK65, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Choir! Choir! Choir!, City and...
Kevin Drew's New Solo Album 'Aging'
by Michael Major - November 03, 2023 Kevin Drew is thrilled to release his most vulnerable, minimal solo album to date - Aging. Aging's sonic profile sits in a similar place as beloved Broken Social Scene songs like “Lover's Spit,” “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl,” and “The Sweetest Kill” – beautifully dark, richly melodic, and ...
The Andy Kim Christmas Returns to Toronto's Massey Hall in December
by Michael Major - October 24, 2023 Andy Kim’s previous guests include Alex Lifeson, Arkells, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Talent, Bobby Bazini, Broken Social Scene, BUCK65, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Choir! Choir! Choir!, City and Colour, Colin James, Cowboy Junkies, Dan Hill, Feist, Georgia Harmer, High Flyer, Jacksoul, Jake Clemons, Jully Blac...
Metric Releases New Album 'Formentera II'
by Michael Major - October 16, 2023 OUT NOW! Check out Metric's new album 'Formentera II' featuring their latest single. Get the latest updates on the band's music and tour dates. The tour (already sold out) will continue this coming week with stops in Toronto, London, Paris and Berlin before they head on a Central and South American ...
Kevin Drew Shares New Single 'All Your Fails'
by Michael Major - September 22, 2023 Broken Social Scene’s co-founder and front man Kevin Drew is releasing the physical version of his vulnerable, minimal solo album to date - Aging. Aging’s sonic profile sits in a similar place as beloved Broken Social Scene songs like “Lover’s Spit” and “The Sweetest Kill” – beautifully dark, richly...
Shakey Graves Confirms New Album 'Movie of the Week'
by Michael Major - July 19, 2023 With beginnings in the folk-rock space—even winning “Best Emerging Artist” at the Americana Music Awards—he went on to move away from much of the stripped-down, folk sound and began drawing on influences such as The Beatles, The Kinks, Elliot Smith, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill and other 90’s...
Shakey Graves Confirms Fall Tour Dates
by Michael Major - June 23, 2023 Shakey Graves is set to head out on an extensive North American tour this fall kicking off September 21 in Phoenix with further stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston and more. In celebration, Shakey Graves is releasing a two song EP which includes “Ready or Not,” a duet with rising star ...
boygenius Releases New Album 'the record'
by Michael Major - March 31, 2023 Acclaimed trio boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus) have released a short film directed by Kristen Stewart via Black Dog Films. the film is set to the first three singles taken from their highly anticipated debut album the record, “$20,” “Emily I’m Sorry,” and “True Blue” which is o...
Dan Mangan Reveals 'All Roads' From Upcoming LP
by Michael Major - October 04, 2022 Dan Mangan is sharing 'All Roads', a bouncy indie folk track about finding beauty in the ephemerality of life, from his upcoming album, Being Somewhere. Steady acoustic strums and a big drum beat hold the pace as ethereal synths float beneath Mangan's philosophical reflection ‘the thing I thought th...
Dan Mangan Shares New Single 'Just Know It'
by Michael Major - September 13, 2022 Mangan arms the rebels in the crusade for tenderness. The album is a combative plea for mercy from a manic world and its effects on the psyche. Whittling his sharpest pen to date, Being Somewhere is marked by Mangan’s singular wit and a respectful deference to the quagmire of existence. Listen to th...
Dan Mangan Shares 'Fire Escape'
by Michael Major - July 20, 2022 Produced by Drew Brown (Radiohead, Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg) and featuring an all-star backing combo, “Fire Escape” is joined by an equally star-studded official music video, directed by filmmaker Lester Lyons-Hookham and co-starring actors Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul) and Allis...
Canadian Punks Single Mothers Release New Single 'Enough For You'
by Michael Major - July 13, 2022 Listen to Single Mothers' “Enough For You,” the new single lifted from the upcoming release of the band’s new album, Everything You Need. Following the album’s lead single “Baby Bird,” “Enough For You” is inspired by getting priced out of the neighborhood, moving from one overpriced area to another ...
Canadian Music Week Reveals Festival Schedule
by Michael Major - June 06, 2022 Canadian Music Week will host award shows with exciting live performances at the El Mocambo. The Canadian Sync Awards on June 9 will feature Monowhales, Emanuel and Mauvey: the Live Music Industry Awards on June 10 will feature Sam Drysdale, Preston Pablo, Rêve, and NOBRO; and The INDIES on June 11 ...
Folk-Rockers The Rural Alberta Advantage Shares Music Video '3 Sisters'
by Marissa Tomeo - May 04, 2022 Acclaimed percussive folk-rock trio, The Rural Alberta Advantage (The RAA), have shared a video for the track “3 Sisters,” off their new EP, The Rise, out now via Saddle Creek/Paper Bag Records, to announce a cross-Canada tour. The band head out across the U.S. prior, kicking things off May 16 in Se...
Broken Social Scene Announce North American Tour Dates
by Michael Major - May 03, 2022 Broken Social Scene have announced a run of North American shows for this fall. The tour is in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the group's breakthrough album You Forgot It In People, a record that pushed indie rock far beyond its noisy ’90s slacker roots toward a more sonically expansive, emo...
Nation of Language Release 'Stars and Sons' Cover
by Michael Major - February 28, 2022 Nation of Language return to the road this week in support of their sophomore album, A Way Forward, which dropped this past November. The Brooklyn band are set to perform their largest headlining show to date this Thursday, in New York City, at Webster Hall, along with shows in Baltimore, Boston and...
OMBIIGIZI Release New Album 'Sewn Back Together'
by Michael Major - February 10, 2022 A collaboration between Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non-Status (Sturgeon), OMBIIGIZI are Anishnaabe artists who explore their cultural histories through sound. The debut album Sewn Back Together is a fusion of individuality – a reflection on Adam and Daniel's commitment to each other as collabo...
Broken Social Scene Shares 2010 B-Side 'Curse Your Fail'
by Michael Major - January 07, 2022 Today, Toronto indie rock collective Broken Social Scene have released “Curse Your Fail”, a track taken from the forthcoming Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities, a career-spanning collection of B-sides, rarities, and outtakes pulled from 20 years of 7-inches, compilations, soundtracks, and hard-to-fi...
Under the Radar Announces 'Covers of Covers' Compilation
by Michael Major - December 21, 2021 The compilation features Alex Lahey, Black Belt Eagle Scout, C Duncan, Cassandra Jenkins, Cults, Girl Ray, Hatchie, James Yorkston, Kevin Drew, Nation of Language, NZCA Lines, Oceantor, Ora the Molecule, Peter, Bjorn and John, Piroshka, Sondre Lerche, Strand of Oaks, and Water From Your Eyes. ...
Kevin Drew Releases New Record 'Influences'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 15, 2021 Influences is positively pulsating with life, a kaleidoscopic constellation of strobe-lit electronics, rippling rhythms, and gleaming digital melodies that tap into a very 2021 feeling of existence. ...
Clea Anaïs Releases New Solo Single 'Powerful Women'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 30, 2021 Musically the track began to take shape during a residency at the Banff Center for the Arts, then was recorded with engineer Will MacLellan (Phoebe Bridgers, Blake Mills, Ethan Gruska) at Sound City Studios, in LA, California.... |