Song of the Day: November 17, 2015 - "I Mean Something" by Peaches ft. Feist

"Is that Margaret Cho?"
YUP!

Peaches has been releasing videos for each of her songs on her album Rub, and just put out the one for MY favourite track from the album: "I Mean Something".

It's colourful and full of burlesque legends, and is everything you'd expect from a video from Peaches. Check it out below.

From the album: RUB- available now: Direct: http://smarturl.it/PeachesRub iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PeachesRub_iTunes Amazon: http://smarturl.it/PeachesRub_Amazon Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SpotifyPeaches I MEAN SOMETHING Directed by ilas Howard Produced by: riana Gonzales Executive Produce: Peaches Editing b Amy Von Harrington Coloris: AJ Russo and James Russo Director of Photography/A Cam Operato: Dagmar Weaver­Madsen A Cam 1st A:

Song of the Day: November 16, 2015 - "I Wanna Be Your Man" by Yukon Blonde

I've had this song stuck in my head all week, actually since I got the album it earworms it's way in, but after the stellar show by Yukon Blonde (and Hey Rosetta!) on the 6th, it's been there, cheerfully singing its way through my brain.

And now we're got a video for it!

I honestly had NO idea what was going on in it...but luckily the director, Mac Boucher (who did their video for Saturday Night as well) explained it all:
"[The video] playfully makes fun of the male gaze and traditionalism. Satanic symbolism and the de-robing of religious uniform denounces the role of some patriarchal figurehead. The chopping of wood and digging of holes represents violent penetration compared to the rhythmic movements in the peach orchard...it's supposed to be a video that looks beautiful, is edited with humour, and makes absolutely zero sense to the passive observer."

I'd say he nailed it!

"I Wanna Be Your Man" from Yukon Blonde's ON BLONDE, out now on Dine Alone: http://geni.us/onblonde www.yukonblonde.com fb, twt, insta @yukonblonde Mgmt: www.nevadomusic.com Directed by Mac Boucher and Gaya Larouche. Produced with the financial assistance of MuchFACT, a division of Bell Media Inc.

Song of the Day: November 13, 2015 - "Show Me How To Move" by The Elwins

This!

The Elwins released a new music video for their song "Show Me How To Move", and it's just the best. Who doesn't love awkward dad dancing (not that my dance moves are much different than this).

Watch/listen below and be sure to come to the Fox Cabaret tonight to see The Elwins live, with Rich Aucoin performing as well.

Official video for 'Show Me How To Move' by The Elwins. Director: Zach Rose Director of Photography: Adrian Vieni Editor: Adrian Vieni 1st AC: Raymond Banh Key Grip: Jesse Korgeema Choreographer: Jaqui Brown Produced by The Elwins, The Driftwood, and Wood & Wires Productions.

Song of the Day: November 12, 2015 - "All Day" by A Tribe Called Red ft. Kool A.D. & Chippewa Travelers

This will definitely wake you up today and get you out of bed and want to dance even before you have your first hit of caffeine.
A Tribe Called Red has released a new track called "All Day" which features Kool A.D. and Chippewa Travelers, as they gear up to head out on an Australian tour.

They said the song was a summer jam, but missed a NA release, so while we enter into winter, and they're heading towards summer, picture yourself on a beach somewhere while you listen.

Song of the Day: November 11, 2015 - "You Shook Me All Night Long" by Steve'N'Seagulls

Once a week, until I leave for France, I'm going to pick a Song Of The Day from some of the bands performing at Trans Musicales in Rennes.

Like I said in my initial announcement, I wanted to see this band based on the name alone, Steve'N'Seagulls, and then I saw what they performed: metal & rock songs, folk-ified.
Who doesn't want to hear "Thunderstruck" performed on a banjo!?

When researching them, I even found a cover they did for the A.V. Club of Beastie Boys' "Sabotage"! But my pick for the SOTD is their cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" because they play hockey against the Finnish Women's team in the video. Check it out:

FB: http://fb.com/Stevenseagulls Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeagullsBand ▶▶ Listen: http://universalmusicfinland.lnk.to/YSMANL http://stevenseagulls.com Directed by Jaakko Manninen Produced by Viljam Hänninen ℗ & © 2015 Spin-Farm Oy

Song of the Day: November 10, 2015 - "With You" by CAIRO

While CAIRO may be based out of Toronto, lead singer Nate Daniels is actually from Vancouver. It just so happens that their new video for their song "With You" was shot just outside of our fair city, and if you listen to the lyrics he mentions his "first love in British Columbia".

The video and song are beautiful and sad at the same time, and also makes me want to go on a fall roadtrip on a motorcycle.

Check it out below:

Official video for CAIRO's "With You" directed by Steven Meyers (http://www.lightxhevvy.com/) Album 'A History of Reasons' available on MapleMusic Recordings. Buy it on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/a.../a-history-of-reasons/id955554625 Tour: http://www.wearecairo.com/tour Follow CAIRO: http://www.wearecairo.com http://facebook.com/wearecairo http://twitter.com/wearecairo http://instagram.com/wearecairo

Song of the Day: November 09, 2015 - "Back To The Start" by Old Man Canyon

Old Man Canyon has a new album titled Delirium set for release on January 15th in 2016, and has just released the lead single "Back To The Start".

In the meantime they'll be touring with Australia's The Paper Kites, which includes a show here in Vancouver on November 18th at The Imperial.

The song melds folk and electronic sounds and is danceable, yet dreamy. Take a listen below:

Song of the Day: November 08, 2015 - "Song and Dance Man" by Jason Collett

Jason Collett is back with a brand new song, the title track to his upcoming album Song and Dance Man. The song peels back the curtain at what it takes to make it in modern music, everything from the growing importance of social media ("If you can tweet something brilliant, you got a marketing plan") to the hardships of touring ("If we just sell some t-shirts, we could pay for the gas"). Basically summed up by the chorus: "You got to do what you can when you’re a Song And Dance Man"

Song and Dance Man comes out February 5th, and was produced by Collett's pal and sometimes collaborator Afie Jurvanen, aka Bahamas. 

New album 'Song And Dance Man' (Prod. by Afie Jurvanen/Bahamas) out February 5, 2016. Pre-order: http://bit.ly/CollettSADM http://jasoncollett.com https://twitter.com/jason_collett https://www.facebook.com/jasoncollett