While Winnipeg band Imaginary Cities is "on hiatus for the foreseeable future", lead singer Marti Sarbit has started working on her own project, Lanikai.
The first single from the upcoming album is "I'm Glad", the singer's powerful voice soaring over soulful indie-pop.
The self-titled album is out November 18th on Hidden Pony Records.
The first time I saw Jodi Pederson was when she was a part of the Peak Performance Project a couple years ago. I thought she had a great voice and loads of potential, but didn't really hear anything from her after that. Until a few days ago.
Now going under the name ROYAL, she's teamed with producer Ryan Worsley (who has worked with Dear Rouge) to release a brand new song, "Wild", a soulful indie-pop gem.
You can also catch ROYAL at Studio Records on October 2nd to celebrate the single's release, playing alongside Jon Bryant, Alexandria Maillot, and SAVVIE (what a lineup!)
The hiatus is finally over, 12 years later for Winnipeg (and former Mint Record) band Duotang.
I managed to catch them at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto during NXNE, and we finally have some new music and tour dates!
The new song is called "Karma Needs To Come Around", the album New Occupation will be out on October 14th via Stomp Records, and they'll be playing in Vancouver on November 3rd at the Biltmore. Check out the new song below!
I know it's strange, but I have always secretly (well, not so secretly now) wanted to date a musician and then have a breakup song written about me. I know it's weird, but admit it, you do too.
But I might have to rethink that after the new Lisa LeBlanc single "Can You At Least Wait 'Til I've Had My Coffee?" LeBlanc says: "don't be a dick to somebody who writes tunes or this will happen" and that's really all the introduction this song needs.
It's off her album Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? which is out September 30th on Bonsound.
Elephant Stone's new album Ship Of Fools will be out next week (September 16), and they've just released the video for their single "Andromeda"; a song inspired by images of the galaxy by the same name.
The band will be on tour after the album's release, both through the states and in Canada, with a stop in Vancouver at the Cobalt on November 8th.
More new tunes from the Darcys! I'm getting pretty excited for the new album (Centerfold) to finally come out, but that's not until November 4th, so I'll take all the new singles I can get!
"Coming Up For Air" brings the energy back up to the level of "Miracle" and is another very danceable track. I'm stoked to do just that when the Darcys perform at the Rifflandia Music Festival next weekend.
Check out the song below!
photo by Oliver Banyard
Boreal Sons have released a new song titled "Another You", from their upcoming record You & Everyone, set to be released on the 30th of this month.
They'll be touring across Canada around the same time as the record is being released and will be here in Vancouver at the Biltmore on October 17th. Check out the new track below.
Finally have some new Tanya Tagaq on our hands, and the first single "Centre" from the upcoming album Retribution (Oct 21) features Shad.
Not only does the song have Shad rapping over Tagaq's distict throat singing, she also sings lyrics in the background of the song.
Check out the single below and keep an eye out for the new album, and hopefully more material before it's release!