Naturally after the week the Blue Jays had SOMEONE had to cover this song, and I'm so stoked it was Zeus!
There's not much more to say that this couldn't say:
Game time today is 5PM Pacific, listen to the song and get fired up!
Click image to hear the playlist!
Derek Kehler (known by his musical alias Steel Audrey) passed away on June 8, 2015 before being able to release his album 'From Which I Came'. His friends and musical colleagues have banded together to release the record in his honour on October 18th at St James Hall.
Bands/musicians performing include: The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, The Lion, The Bear, The Fox, Just a Season, Adrian Glynn, Nat Jay, Savvie, The Reckoners, Christie Rose, Johnny 99, Kathleen Nisbet, Matthew Mei, Matt Ellis, and John Pippus.
Today's playlist features most of these artists and the man himself. Be sure to head to St James Hall this Sunday for a very special and emotional night of music and remembering. Tickets available here.
Hot off the heels of their last single release ("Zzyzx") Library Voices has put out another track on their Soundcloud from their upcoming album Lovish.
"Escape Artist" is the 3rd release from the album that is set to debut on November 6th (and at this rate, we'll get the whole album by then!).
Just like the first two songs, the melody is catchy and destined to be another earworm, but all three are completely different and can stand on their own. Once again this makes me excited to hear the rest of the album and what the band has been cooking up.
Take a listen below (it features even more of my favourite, saxophone!) and check out the other two singles if you haven't already!
Happy Birthday Del!
It just so happens that tonight's show at the Fox Cabaret, with Fortunate Ones, coincides with Del Barber's birthday, so obviously I had to pick him for our SOTD!
With a huge catalog of music to choose from, I decided to choose one of my favourite live sessions of Del, filmed by Benjamin James Caldwell (an excellent musician himself) of Moon Mountain Sessions.
They shot this video under an overpass while both happened to be in Australia, and it's pretty magical. Take a listen, and be sure you're at the show at the Fox tonight and wish Del a Happy Birthday!
Corb Lund just announced two shows for January here in Vancouver at the Commodore (29 & 30), on the heels of his newly released album Things That Can't Be Undone.
I've given the album a listen and really enjoyed it, particularly today's SOTD, "Washed-Up Rock Star Factory Blues" - just the title made me smile.
The album is classic Corb, with a few more twists, definitely give this one a go.
Like many songs on Braids' third album Deep In The Iris, "Taste" is a hauntingly powerful song, especially lyrically. And now it has an equally powerful video to go along with it.
The band teamed up once again with Kevan Funk (who has done videos for bands like The Zolas, Mounties, and Wake Owl, as well as Braids last single, “Miniskirt”) for a stark video that intercuts between Raphaelle Standell singing, four dancers, and portraits of people baring all in their homes.
And when I say "baring all" I mean everything. Full frontal everyone. So needless to say, this video is quite unsafe for viewing areas where people frown upon nudity.
JUNO award winners The Bros. Landreth have started a new projected called Undercover Bros, where they will be releasing covers of "song they wish they wrote", via Exclaim and Spotify.
The first song released is a cover of "Let 'Em In" by Paul McCartney & Wings, and new songs will come out each week over the next five weeks. Future covers will include songs by Steely Dan, Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Ry Cooder.
The band is also heading out on tour this fall, including a stop in Vancouver on the 22nd of October at the Biltmore.
Whoa whoa whoa, Christine. You forgot to mention the best part of this! If you head over to their website, you can vote for who you want them to cover in this series. And the choices range from bands like Rage Against The Machine and Foo Fighters, to Drake and The Weeknd, and even Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, or Backstreet Boys!! I want to vote for "all of the above"...
- kirk
photo by Lynol Lui
Yesterday Rococode released their new EP Panic Attack, including today's Song Of The Day - the title track, remixed by Humans.
Their song "Banks" was released late last year, so this new EP has been a long time coming and highly anticipated. Also on the album is their cover of INXS' song "Never Tear Us Apart", which made it hard for me to choose which song to put up today!
You can listen to the entire EP by clicking HERE, and re-watch their video for "Banks" by clicking here.