photo by Shalan and Paul, 2016
July Talk have released another single from their upcoming album Touch (after the successful release of "Push and Pull"), called "Strange Habit".
The new track is more of a slow jam, paired with tinkly piano, and alternating vocals. The new album will be out on September 9th. Check out the song of the day below!
photo by Lindsey Rewuski
Saskatoon's Slow Down Molasses is back with a new song called "Moon Queen".
Their next album will be called 100% Sunshine, which I'm sure we could all use some of...
You can pre-order the album by clicking HERE. No word on a Canadian tour yet, but we'll be sure to inform you when we know!
I love finding the side-projects of members of some of my favourite bands, and when sivarT popped up on my Facebook, I was just as pleased.
sivarT, is Travis Stokl, the drummer for Ontario band The Elwins, and while this is his solo work, the band is all over the album. Matthew co-wrote two songs and designed the cover, Frankie co-wrote "Poet Inside", and Feurd played bass on "Improve My Improv".
The songs on ¢ remind me of very early Said The Whale, combined with the vocals and mellow instrumentation of Coconut Records, (aka I love it), but take a listen for yourself below!
photo by Justin Broadbent
Last Friday Shad released a surprise album called Adult Contempt under the name Your Boy Tony Braxton. It's a soft rock album, inspired by late 80s-early 90s pop/rock, and if that's not enough to get you to listen, I don't even know why you're here.
(Oh, and also, make sure you check out his website, which is also inspired by late 80s-early 90s)
All I saw was "covers Alanis Morissette's "Hand In My Pocket" and I knew I needed to listen.
Oakville, Ontario outfit Seaway took on the song with their pop-punk twist and it's definitely catchy.
The band will be in Vancouver tonight (July 19th) at the Cobalt with Coldfront and Rarity - more info here. Give the cover a listen below, and hear their latest album Colour Blind by clicking HERE.
Crystal Castles announced that their fourth studio album last week, to be titled Amnesty (I), will be out on August 19th - their first since 2012's III, (excluding some of the stand-alone tracks).
Along with this announcement, and after visual teasers of songs "Femen", and "Concrete", their first single, "Char", was released.
The synth-y electronic single features new singer Edith Frances, who replaced Alice Glass who left the group in 2014...check it out below.
I'm willing to bet that when you read this, you probably thought of at least one person you considered forwarding this song to. Even before you had a listen.
"Sometimes your friends date losers. I myself have dated losers. This is a solidarity tune," explains Lisa LeBlanc about her tropical-sounding "Dump the Guy ASAP". The song is the first single off her upcoming album which is due out September 30th via Bonsound.
And if you're heading to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival today or tomorrow (or... yesterday, somehow) you can catch her in a few workshops, or on one of the evening stages Sunday. Check out the full schedule here.
