Holy crap! Then & Now is less than 3 days away! - Get your tickets HERE!
We're pretty lucky this go-around, as we're getting Lovecoast to perform, and they're taking a trip from the island just for us!
They're still such a new band, but I'm sure Danielle has a song or two up her sleeve for their "Then" song... speaking of which, here is "Our Days" from their first album "Chasing Tides".
More info on Then & Now - click here!
More brand new music! The Washboard Union just released a new single on Friday, "Maybe It's The Moonshine", from their recently released album In My Bones.
And as we have been doing all week, we're giving you music from the bands performing at THEN & NOW IV on October 28th at Wise Hall, and I'm so excited to have The Washboard Union there to be part of it.
Check out the new single below, and get yourself an advanced ticket to THEN & NOW!
Photographer: Bethany Menzel
Continuing our march towards Then & Now (don't forget: October 28 at Wise Hall!) let's go back and take a look at a "then" from one of our performers.
Before Sarah Jickling shared her Good Bad Luck (you may have heard the new song "Crybaby" in Jess' Artist of the Week post, or in my latest podcast) she was in in a group called The Oh Wells.
One of the first songs I remember hearing from them is called "Is It Too Late To Apologize", the namesake from the Not that Girl from Transformers EP. It's a charming song that sounds like it would have fit perfectly on the Juno Soundtrack.
The Matinée have a new EP out (Yay! Finally!) called Broken Arrows, so I thought we'd share the latest single from it, conveniently also titled "Broken Arrows"
This is the 3rd single to be released from the album (after "Call Of The Wild", and "Temper Temper" last week), and probably my favourite one from the record.
I'm not sure how we snagged so many artists releasing brand new music around the same time, just in time for THEN & NOW IV next week (Oct 28), but it should be a great night of music.
Click image to hear the playlist!
In less than a week we'll be at the Wise Hall for the 4th annual THEN & NOW show - a fundraiser for Megaphone Magazine!
Not only will we hear songs (one old & one new) from nine amazing artists, but there will be door prizes, and a photobooth! We're asking you all to dress up according to the #1 song on the day you were born, which you can find out by clicking HERE!
To hear a preview of each of the artists performing, click the image above for this week's playlist.
It was a no-brainer for me when deciding on a track for today for Jasper Sloan Yip, who will be performing at our "Then & Now" show at the Wise Hall on the 28th of October.
I met Jasper way back in 2009 when he became the 20,000 artist to sign up for CBC Radio 3, and won himself a recording session at CBC Vancouver.
I was hired by the ceeb to take some photos of the recording process and got to spend time in a studio for the first time. I can't find the photos online, but they exist somewhere...
I'm not sure what song Jasper is going to perform for his "THEN" track at the event, but "Slowly" is definitely an old one for me!
Continuing the trend of Songs of the Day by the awesome bands performing at our Then & Now show show (Oct 28th), we present to you "Skin" by Little India off of their newly released acoustic EP called Miracle Skin.
It just so happens that they're performing tomorrow night as part of another charity show - this one is in support of their Peak Performance Project charity partner Mealshare. The EP sales, as well as the ticket sales from this show, are going toward the program of providing meals to those in need.
The show also features BESTiE, and Ark & Ocean, and if you needed an added bonus, the ticket includes a free Red Truck beer.
Check out the new song below, be sure to see the show tonight, and catch them acoustically at Then & Now on Oct 28th.
Photo by Mandy-Lynn
Starting today and running all the way until the 28th, the Songs of the Days are going to be dedicated to those playing our very own Then & Now show! And I can't think of a better way to start it with my favourite new discovery, Kaylee Johnston.
When I saw her at JP Marurice's Cover Up For The Planet show a couple weeks ago, my second thought was "I hope we can get her for Then & Now!" and as luck would have it, she not only said yes, but has some new music coming out as well!
Her debut album comes out next year, but for now she is teasing us with a few early singles. The latest is called "Try" and it is a ridiculously catchy pop song, with her stellar voice soaring over the chorus.
She'll be one of the performers at next week's Then & Now show, of course, or if you are not that patient, catch her tonight at the Media Club opening for Tyler Ward!