For the amount of times I've seen Vancouver's Gang Signs live, it's hard to believe they're just about to release their FIRST LP!
Geist arrived on October 2nd through File Under Music, and "Mate" their first single was just released, with the accompanying video, which you can see/hear below.
The band performs on the 22nd of August (this Saturday) with Fucked Up, and DOOMSQUAD at the Wise Hall.
Last week I got 3 emails in a row announcing a Hey Rosetta! fall tour with Yukon Blonde, and got excited every time another one popped up.
Hey Rosetta!, and Yukon Blonde perform at the Vogue Theatre on November 6th (Happy Early Birthday to me!) and to get YOU excited for wherever you'll be seeing them, here's a live video of HR! performing their song "Gold Teeth".
Shane Koyczan just announced a new album with The Short Story Long entitled Debris that will be out on September 23, 2015!
The first track, "Red Lights", off of the album was released recently, and additionally, Shane wrote a poem to describe the album:
If I ever filmed a film
inspired by an album I recorded
this would be the one
this would be the one
I'd have pitched to Kubrick
under the challenge of
make one of these tracks
a short film...
... I love this album.
Hear the track below, and check out the tour dates on his website.
Something must be in the water across Canada, because another band that hasn't released music since 2012 has just announced a new album, and dropped a single: Young Rival.
The song "Interior Light" will appear on the album by the same name on October 16th on Paper Bag Records, and the band will be heading out on tour with label mates Born Ruffians.
The bands don't land in Vancouver until November 21 at The Imperial - more info on our concert calendar - so hopefully the new single will tide you over until the album, and the album will keep you excited until the fall tour! Check it out below:
It has been six years(!) since the last full length album from The Most Serene Republic, but that's all going to change on November 13 when they release their brand new album, Mediac.
And it sounds like they haven't missed a beat; "Ontario Morning" is filled with soaring horns and catchy hooks making it a late contender for Song Of The Summer. It is going to be in heavy rotation in my brain, anyway.
photo by Yani Clarke
It seems like every band that you've wanted new material from/that hasn't put any music out in years is coming out of the woodwork!
So when I heard that Half Moon Run was going to follow up their 2012 album Dark Eyes with a new record called Sun Leads Me On, on October 23rd, I was excited once again.
They've released a single entitled "Trust" from the forthcoming 13-track album, which you can hear below. It's a little different from the Half Moon Run we know from Dark Eyes, but I've already listened to it about a dozen times and can't wait for the full album, and subsequent tour!
Come Friday, it will be the last ever "Come Friday" event at the Cobalt. [insert sad face]
It's the end of an era; three years and more than sixty-five bands later, one last party will be had under the Come Friday moniker, with a handful of past artists performing both an original and a cover tune from 7pm onwards into the night.
Taking the stage on August 14th will be: Greenback High, ACTORS, Girlfriends and Boyfriends, Phoenix Thunderbird, 42, Sex With Strangers, and Medium Cool.
We asked the creator of it all, Trevor Risk, to put a playlist together of songs by some of the artists that have graced the Come Friday stage. Click the image above, or here, to hear the 22 song playlist, and be sure to head out to the Cobalt tomorrow for one last ride.
photo by Joe Yarmush
If you've been missing the amazing voice of Catherine McCandless, then you're in luck, because Young Galaxy is back with a brand new song.
The new album Falsework comes out October 30 on Paper Bag Records and the first single is a bouncy, synth-fuelled dance song called "Body".