Song of the Day: December 16, 2015 - "Bad Connection" by The Provincial Archive

Sometimes when a band loses a member, they'll spin their wheels for a little bit before getting back at it. Not The Provincial Archive, though. When keyboardist Nathan Burge unexpectedly left the band, the remaining three members wasted little time getting back in the studio to release a new, self-titled EP with producer Nik Kozub, recording the songs live-off-the-floor. 

The EP is a little more rock-oriented than their previous stuff -- but catchy as ever -- as you can tell from "Bad Connection" with its fuzzy, 90s alt-rock feel. Listen below, or check out the behind the scenes studio video above, set to the song. 

Song of the Day: December 15, 2015 - "Tonight's The Night" by Radio Radio

Earlier this month, Radio Radio released the first song off their brand new album Light in the Sky, which will be the duo's first album entirely in English (the previous four were all in Chiac, a variety of Acadian French heavily mixed and structured with English).

It'll be out February 16th on Bonsound, and they're touring in the new year, including a show right here at the Biltmore on March 26th, but if you can't wait until then you can put the new song "Tonight's The Night" in your earholes right now. And I'm telling you, you better get your dance pants on before you listen. 

Song of the Day: December 14, 2015 - "Baby Moses" by Jordan Klassen

It's been a little while since we last heard from Jordan Klassen, but he's back with a brand new songs off his upcoming album Javelin. The album is out February 19th, and was recorded in an isolated studio outside El Paso, Texas, with Jordan producing and recording nearly all the instruments himself. 

Check out the lead single below, a soaring tune called "Baby Moses" that would fit perfectly on a mixtape between The Shins and Sufjan Stevens. 

Song of the Day: December 13, 2015 - "Heartless" by Brandon Wolfe Scott

Last year we heard High Ends, the project that Jeff Innes was working on while Yukon Blonde had some extended downtime in 2013. And now, we find out what Brandon Wolfe Scott was up to. 

The new song "Heartless" falls more on the alt-country side, and was actually written as kind of a joke. At first, anyway. Brandon would write hokey country tunes for fun while on tour, under the name "Dusty Summers" but recently he said:

“I ended up really loving some of the songs. So I decided to salvage them in a way that was more me, you know drop the low country voice that I was putting on and play them more like how I normally would. They were just nice songs, so I reworked the lyrics to make them sound less hokey and more meaningful."

So now those songs make up The Postcard Writer EP, which will be out January 15th on Nevado Records.

Song of the Day: December 12, 2015 - "Badu" by Bear Mountain

I seriously cannot wait until the new Bear Mountain album is out, I've been looking forward to hearing it for what feels like forever!

So when I saw this new track "Badu" was coming I got even more excited, esp. since it came with a video of some local bboys dancing along.

Read what the band has to say about the track and then take a listen!:
"When thinking back about the process of making this song, it was a real turning point in the creation of our album. We were in the studio late one night, and started playing this song live off the floor, with the percussion and backing tracks playing behind us. The drums, guitar, bass, and Rhodes were all played live as one take in a room together. The half time breakdown at the end of the song was improvised, and at the end of that take we were all high fiving in the room together. It felt natural, organic, and straight from the heart. We hope you have as much fun listening to it as we did making it."

Song of the Day: December 11, 2015 - "Help You" by Lovecoast

Tonight is the night! The Second Annual Lovecoast + Friends Christmas Benefit is happening at The Fox Cabaret, featuring The Katherines, Kristie McCracken, Chersea, Bazooka Picnic, and (duh) Lovecoast.  

So what would be more fitting than a song of the day from called "Help You", since they'll be helping out Music Heals by giving them 100% of proceeds! 

Doors are at 8, tickets $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Jessica is going to have a photo booth set up, there will be door prizes, and fun times. See you there!

3am Playlist #24: LOVECOAST & Friends (For Benefits)

Lovecoast is holding their 2nd annual Christmas Benefit for Music Heals tomorrow night (Dec 11th) at the Fox Cabaret, with a few of their musical friends there to help out.

This year's lineup includes: Lovecoast, Chersea, The Katherines, Kristie McCracken, and Bazooka Picnic, 100% of proceeds are going to Music Heals Canada, and we are glad to be sponsoring it.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door (click here for ticket purchasing).

Today's playlist includes some of the acts from this year, and some from the 1st annual benefit. So click the image above, or HERE, to hear the playlist, and be sure to head to the Fox tomorrow night for an awesome show.

Song of the Day: December 10, 2015 - "The Wolf" by Chersea

Another artist from tomorrow's Second Annual Lovecoast + Friends Christmas Benefit! 

Chersea and Lovecoast have been band-pals for a while, even getting together to do a pretty solid cover of a favourite of mine, Royal Canoe's "Bathtubs", with Connor Roff and Alexandria Maillot while all four acts were in the CBC Searchlight competition last year.

But today's song of the Day is Chersea's latest, "The Wolf", a powerful and haunting tune that you may have heard while she was in the Top 12 of this year's Peak Performance Project. 

Catch Chersea, along with The Katherines, Bazooka Picnic, Kristie McCracken, and, of course, Lovecoast this Friday at the Fox Cabaret.