photo by Vanessa Heins
Saxamaphone! As a former band geek, I was super excited when I heard the horns on the new single from Hannah Georgas, "Rideback".
The new album, For Evelyn, is less than a month from it's debut (June 24 - pre-order it here) and a few tour dates have been announced for the summer, including a headlining slot at Khatsahlano on July 9th.
Check out the beautiful new song below, and be sure to get your hands on this spectacular new album!
Last week, Braids released their Companion EP which is, well, a companion to their JUNO-winning full length Deep In The Iris.
We already heard the title track, but they've released another video, this time for the song "Joni".
The song has a kind of frantic energy to it, with a video that "explores the end of a relationship, with a couple striving to reclaim their individuality while remaining close together."
Photo by Vanessa Heins
This week The Sheepdogs released a cover of Lead Belly's "Cotton Fields" that they recorded backstage while rehearsing during their international tour.
The band was just announced as one of the performers in the PNE's Summer Night's concert series - on August 23rd, and will be spending the summer touring across Canada and the United States. Check out the cover below.
New supergroup alert! TUNS consists of Chris Murphy (Sloan) Matt Murphy (Super Friendz, Flashing Lights), and Mike O’Neill (Inbreds).
I actually spotted this band when I began going through the NXNE 2016 lineup, and did a double take when I spotted Chris Murphy's mug in the band photo.
Their self-titled debut will be out on August 26th, and the first single, which is our Song Of The Day, is called "Mind Over Matter". I haven't spotted any tour dates outside of the NXNE gig, but we'll be sure to let you know about them!
Click the image to hear the playlist!
No fancy name this week to get you all confused - this playlist is made up of songs by 14 artists, all of which will be playing in Vancouver this June!
There's even more artists than this, some will be at the first Red Truck Concert Series show, and many will be at the VCBW festival this weekend (click here for details).
Click the image above (or here) to sample some of the music coming to a venue near you, and check out our CONCERT CALENDAR to find out the info on all of the shows coming up this month and down the road.
Does it count as one song if it's released as one 36m 53s clip on Soundcloud? k-os put out a new mixtape last week called Views From The Stix, completed in only 3 weeks, with many of the verses being freestyled over demos!
Collaborators on it range from Shad to Saukrates, with an all star line up on the final track on the album "Boys II Men". Check out the track list below, and give it a listen!
1. The Amazing Kreskin
2. P.S.A
3. Yin Yang Money feat SAUKRATES
4. Smells Like Cream Spirit feat k-os + Kaytranada = 'KEVIN'
5. FREE STYLE feat k-os + Kaytranada = 'KEVIN'
6. Fairytales of New York - feat k-os +Kaytranada = 'KEVIN'
7. Surfing with An Alien
8. Hot For Teacher
9. Another Shot - Boi -1da Remix
10. On my Kanye
11 . Same Ole Purple Drank
12. Give UP the Goods feat King Reign, Shad and Saukrates
13. Morning Freestyle Pt 2
14. Golden Vox - 21st Century Schizoid Boi
15. Boys II Men - featuring Saukrates, Kardinall Offishall, Choclair, King Reign and Shad
Oh my god! Oh my god! New JPNSGRLS!
Their new single "Oh My God" and music video was released last week, plus we have a release date for the new album, Divorce: July 22nd.
The band is currently touring around Europe with The Heavy, and hopefully we'll have some Vancouver dates again soon!
If you know me, you know I'm fighting tears right now. The Tragically Hip is one of my favourite, if not my favourite, band and Gord Downie is my favourite frontman, hands down.
So today, when The Hip announced that Gord has an incurable form of brain cancer, glioblastoma (which coincidentally is what our friend Neil had/passed away from this year), I had that instant, gut-punch feeling. I don't know what cruel joke 2016 is playing on us all, but it had better stop, because now it's really personal (a feeling that I'm sure many Canadians, musicians and music lovers alike, are sharing today).
I have seen this band too many times to count (I tried today and lost track), and have seen Gord perform with other bands over the years as well (a favourite being with The Sadies - not just because I was obsessed with this outfit he had on).
EDIT: See below...
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Take this photo below for example, three set lists from three shows in one week in Toronto, where I used to live. First I saw them on The Hour (centre set list) [I found the video online, you can watch the concert here, but watch the whole thing b/c there is an interview with Gord too - and at the 40:46 mark, you might spot a grainy, 20 year old Christine to George's left], then at 102.1 The Edge I got Gord to sign the set list [Christine, enjoy w/ my compliments Gord Downie], and managed to get invited into the secret show at the Horseshoe that night (set list on the left), and finally the first night of shows at the Phoenix they had that week (set list on the far right).
Fun Fact: the back of the centre set list says "Applause!" - Johnny Fay wrote that on it during the show as a joke and held it up. I was closest to him, so I asked him for it. <3
Obviously if you've read the news, the one shining light is that we still have him for a while, and The Hip, being the rockstars they are, are doing one last tour with their spectacular front man. The dates are going to be announced this week, and you can bet you're ass I'm going to be there.
There was really only one choice of song for today... Courage, it couldn't come at a worse time.