I think this is my song of the summer, if not everyone's new anthem. I love Frazey Ford's entire new album (Indian Ocean), but "Done" is just a masterpiece. You don't want to look at the play counts on my iPod or iTunes...
So you too should listen to this one, on repeat, all day, and then go see her perform live at the first night of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival (aka this evening). Enjoy.
photo by Vanessa Heins
By the time this is published, I should be on my way up to the Pemberton Music Festival, and mentally crossing all of my fingers and toes that my picks for the Polaris Music Prize will have made it through to the Short List.
The announcement will be at 11am EST/8am PST, and streamed live for those of us that can't be in Toronto.
Since I'll be driving at this point, I figured I'd choose a song from my top pick for best album this year, and my favourite one to drive to: "Meaning In Life" from Rich Aucoin's album Ephemeral.
In fact, I'm likely going to listen to the whole album during the drive, so you might as well do that too...check out the video below that Rich put together of his album synced up to The Little Prince animation. It's worth the 30mins of your time today, you're not getting work done anyways, are you?
A record by Rich Aucoin. A film by Will Vinton. A book by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry.
While "Dream Lover", the first single off Destroyer's upcoming album Poison Season, was more of an upbeat rocker, "Girl in a Sling" delivers the polar opposite. The gorgeous piano & strings showcase the laid back, chilled out side of Destroyer.
Poison Season comes out August 28 and you can catch Destroyer on tour in Vancouver October 17, and elsewhere on other days.
Kalle Mattson has released a lyric video for his song "A Long Time Ago" full of letter balloons in a dark room.
His latest EP Avalanche, will be released on August 21, with six tracks including this one. Listen to the song below, or check out the video below that!.
photo by Vanessa Heins
Daniel Romano's upcoming album If I've Only One Time Askin' will be released on July 31st, so I thought we'd share the first single from it. "The One That Got Away" is a sad, slow song that you want to put on on a rainy day or when you're suffering from heartache.
Hopefully that is not the case for any of you today, but you can enjoy the song nonetheless.
Twin Bandit's new record For You is out now and I've been listening to the single "Rosalyn" a lot lately.
Have a listen as you drift off into another summer weekend:
Ten songs, all written on an acoustic guitar that Carey Mercer inherited from his father, who passed away a couple years ago. That's how the new Frog Eyes album Pickpocket's Locket started.
It's out on Paper Bag August 28th, but you can hear the first single here, "Joe With The Jam".
He'll also be touring this fall with his former bandmate and pal Dan Bejar, opening a few dates for Destroyer (who, coincidentally, has a new album out on the same day).
Oh, and the lush strings on the song? They were arranged by another former bandmate and pal Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Moonface) and played by the award winning Jesse Zubot.
"Morning World" is an appropriately titled track for your Wednesday "Song Of The Day" this AM!
Teen Daze's new album, by the same name, is coming out on August 14th, so I thought I'd share the title track ahead of time. He will be performing at Fortune Sound Club on September 12th before heading out on a North American tour.
Take a listen to the song below and view the trailer for Morning World below that!
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