Song of the Day: March 23, 2016 - "No Worries Gonna Find Us" by Plants and Animals

Plants and Animals continues to tease their upcoming album, Waltzed in from the Rumbling. It's due out April 29th on Secret City Records, but they just dropped the second single, "No Worries Gonna Find Us". It's an upbeat and carefree song, perfect for slow drive to nowhere in particular, as the sun is setting. 

And they'll be touring this spring, which will take them through Vancouver when they hit the Imperial Theatre on June 16, with another favourite Royal Canoe supporting them. That's gonna be a show you won't wanna miss! 

Song of the Day: March 22, 2016 - "Face On" by Animalia

A little while ago I stumbled across a song called "Paradise" by Animalia, and was immediately infatuated. It was the first single off her upcoming album (dissonance) -- which is out April 16th, and is really, really good -- and now we have an aural peek at another song, "Face On". It's another song that just overflows with emotion. 

She says about the song:

"I think people that are emotionally sensitive to the world around them often feel betrayed and abused by the power those events have over them. But that self-awareness, often feels like self-obsessiveness, feeding a guilt cycle.
The world seems to toy with your emotions, picking you up and then dropping you back down just as quickly. 'Face On' plays with the idea of being in an actual relationship with the world – the world being the collective of life and it’s events – and in a moment of hopelessness I ask it how and why can it be so cruel and yet, how can I remain so deeply in love with it at the same time."

Song of the Day: March 21, 2016 - "Buckle" by We Are Scientists

Have you ever wanted to see We Are Scientists have a food fight? Or, more accurately, see Keith Murray throw food and other stuff directly into Chris Cain's face?

Well, you're in luck! because the band released a brand new video for a brand new song on Friday. "Buckle" is off their fifth full length record, due out April 22ns, called Helter Seltzer. 

So crank it, watch the food fly, and go pre-order the album here. 

Song of the Day: March 20, 2016 - "Same House" by Hot Panda

It's been a few months since Hot Panda teased us with "Other Spooky Is", the first new single from their upcoming album. And now they've got another brand new one, "Same House". Starting with a clatter of drums, the song builds to a soaring -- and ridiculously catchy -- chorus, before crashing back down. 

From what I can gather, the album is called Bad Pop, and while there's no release date yet, if the rest of the album is even half as good as the first two singles, I'm hoping to hear it sooner rather than later. 

Song of the Day: March 19, 2016 - "Paradise" by Emily Millard

New Miss Emily Brown song...well, kinda! Emily has dropped the stage name and is using her own (Emily Millard) now, but that doesn't change how excited I am for new music from her.

Also announced was a future album and poetry collection titled By Heron & By Season, scheduled for release in the fall of 2016.

Emily will be touring in Germany throughout March and April, but keep an eye out for Canadian tour dates for the spring and summer!

Song of the Day: March 18, 2016 - "Join The Band" by Shotgun Jimmie

Shotgun Jimmie released his new album today titled Field of Trampolines, produced by fellow musician Joel Plaskett.

The first single, and today's Song Of The Day, "Join The Band" premiered a few weeks back on the website of a staple breakfast stop for Canadian bands Aunties and Uncles. The song is about the joys of touring/life on the road, and many of the other songs celebrate the 'joys' of other elements, including camping!
Speaking of the road, Jimmie will hit Vancouver on June 22nd at the Lido, so be sure to mark it in your calendar.

Check out the song below and the entire album by clicking here.

Song of the Day: March 17, 2016 - "The Magician" by Andy Shauf

Circle May 20th into your calendars, as it's the date of Andy Shauf's latest album release The Party via Arts & Crafts records.

For now we have a new single called "The Magician" (no, not a Camilo cover) which you can hear below and a gorgeous description of what is to come with this album:

“With The Party, Shauf masterfully creates a cast of memorable and unique characters. They show up “Early To The Party”, reveal secrets (“To You”) or try to reveal nothing (“The Magician”). In “a city the size of a dinner plate” everyone knew the guy who keeled over after smoking what he promised would be his last pack of cigarettes (“Alexander All Alone”). There’s the girl dancing by herself in the middle of the room, with the “Eyes Of Them All” upon her. One moment you’re dancing with someone who bears an uncanny resemblance to your ex (“Martha Sways”), and later slagging your best friend as a way of endearing yourself to his recently dumped ex (“Quite Like You”).

All of this is set to ornate arrangements of fuzzed-out guitars, string sections, clarinets and dreamy synths, draped over delicate piano, acoustic guitars and rainy-day drums. Listen in on The Party with the lead single “The Magician”.

The Party is not exactly a concept record, but it was a way for the singer-songwriter to get out of his own head. An after-party record, more like it. Or for the hangover the next day, when only Shauf’s songs can make any sense of the emotionally-charged scenarios that played out the night before. When The Party was over, Shauf had no regrets—even if its characters have more than a few. You’re invited to The Party. It’s one you’ll never forget.”

Andy's heading out on tour with The Lumineers in Europe, and then will head across Canada with the trio of case/lang/veirs - stopping in Vancouver on June 29th as part of the Jazz Festival.

Song of the Day: March 16, 2016 - "Logic Of A Dream" by Explosions In The Sky

The Wilderness is easily one of my most anticipated albums of this year. Explosions In The Sky have not put out a proper, non-soundtrack album since '011 with Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, and if the song below is any indication, it is going to be a good one. 

If you want to be excited too, just sit back, listen to "Logic of a Dream", and let the wailing guitars and pounding drums overtake you for six and a half minutes.