I’ll tell you this right off the bat. When I saw the headline that Anyway Gang was a new group featuring members of Sloan, Hollerado, Tokyo Police Club, Sam Roberts Band, I was certainly not expecting the members in question to be the frontman of every single one!
Sam Roberts, Dave Monks, Menno Versteeg, and Chris Murphy have come together for what can only be described as a supergroup -- or as Roberts explains, a “Frankenstein’s monster of a band with stitched-on limbs provided by Chris, Menno, Sam and Dave. The beast is brainless of course, but it’s gonna be a wild ride!"
“Big Night” is the first single of the band, and sound exactly what you would expect from the sum of it’s parts, in all the best ways. Have a listen below, and mark down November 29th, for the release of their self-titled album out on Royal Mountain Records.
Sam Roberts Band is back with a new single that premiered this past weekend. "If You Want It" is from the forthcoming new album (no title for that one yet) that will be out this fall.
Sam dubs the song as "...about a trip to Hell...And hopefully back..." and has much in the way of instrumental melodies and is super catchy. Check it out on Spotify:
Just got my Pemberton Music Festival media approval and have been looking through the lineup again getting excited to head up there and see some great music.
I JUST saw Sam Roberts at NXNE in Toronto performing a few of his songs for the Paper Bag 100 Records party, and was once again reminded what a great showman he is.
"Counting The Days" is off of his new EP of the same name (purchase here) and a trippy new video was just released for the single. Hear the song, and watch the video below.
Hey look! It's another instalment of my song(s) of the weekmonth "whenever I feel like it" segment! Here are a few songs; ones that are new, newish, or new-to-me for your listening pleasure. I'll also try to include at least some diversity in the selected songs.
Today there is a bit of a theme, with guest artists on songs in genres you would perhaps not expect them to be in.
Metric's Emily Haines and The Dears' Murray Lightburn join forces with k-os for this track. It is not a surprising collaboration, considering all have worked, in some capacity, with Broken Social Scene, have toured together and are buddies. All three of their voices mix amazingly well together, and the song itself is pretty damn good. It is off k-os' new album YES! and is quite possibly one of my favourite tracks of the year. Maybe only just a little because it features two of my favourite musicians, and now makes me really want a collaboration between Haines & Lightburn together. Download Uptown GirL by k-os artists website where you may listen to more and exchange monies for music
This Nova Scotian collaboration features rapper Classified with quintessential maritime musician, Joel Plaskett. Both artists have been around for over a dozen years and albums and are both pretty influential in their respective genres and scenes. It's a pairing that may sound like it wouldn't work, given their respective sounds, but it comes together excellently, and even features some of Plaskett's playfulness. It is off of Classified's thirteenth album, Self Explanatory. Download One Track Mind by Classified
