As we get closer to its March 31st release, we get another taste of the new Lydia AInsworth album, Darling of the Afterglow.
"Afterglow" is a rich and absolutely haunting song, with a vaguely creepy video to match. Check it out below, and make sure to catch her on tour, including a Vancouver date at the Fox Cabaret on May 4th.
In December we got our first taste of Steph Cameron's new music with her sunny song "California" - now, we have another single "Young and Living Free" and an album announcement.
The new record will be called Daybreak Over Jackson Street, and will come out on April 14th of this year.
Check out the new track below!
I've heard so many covers in my life and the really good ones take a song, keep the essence of the original, but make it their own, and did Harrow Fair ever nail this one.
The duo of Miranda Mulholland (formerly of Great Lake Swimmers) and Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players), have created their own version of Chris Isaak's classic "Wicked Game" and recorded it live at Toronto’s Revolution Studio.
If "Western" was a genre this would fit right it. I could see it being played behind a scene of Westworld or Deadwood (and the imagery in the video put together for the song below accentuates that). Give it a listen!
A week ago we got the first taste of Father John Misty's new album Pure Comedy (April 7) - click here to hear the song/see the short film for "Pure Comedy".
The latest song "Ballad Of The Dying Man" is a simple, yet beautiful song that builds itself up to a raucous crescendo at the end with a gorgeous choir performing alongside the band.
Additionally a video for "Two Wildly Different Perspectives" was also released, which you can also check out below.
More new music from Said The Whale!
The band released a new single yesterday titled "Heaven" (listen below) from their upcoming album As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide, due out on March 31st.
The song is a eulogy to Ben Worcester's friend and neighbour Ron Strand (read more about the song on Consequence of Sound) and if you look at the track list it's not the only sorrow-filled song the band has to come. Somehow it remains upbeat, despite its subject matter, which I feel will be a theme throughout the new record - finding the happy within the sorrow. Take a listen to "Heaven" below and you can pre-order the album by clicking here.
The Courtneys have released a new single called "Minnesota" ahead of their sophomore album The Courtneys II (which will be out on February 17th).
The Vancouver power-pop trio's hometown album release show & tour kickoff is on February 14th at the Biltmore, with guests Versing, and Birthday Bitch. In the meantime, have a listen to "Minnesota" below:
Mac Demarco has a new album coming out on May 5th, and instead of just releasing one single this week, he gave us two!
"This Old Dog" (also the name of the new album) and "My Old Man" are the first two songs on the album. Both are very mellow, acoustic mixed with synth, and definitely melancholy.
Give the tracks a listen, and if you're at Coachella, in Toronto or Montreal, or the states and Europe, you'll be seeing Mac this spring and summer - here are the current tour dates.
photo by Jodie Ponto
"Get Ready" for a new album from Shawn 'The Harpoonist' Hall and Matthew 'The Axe Murderer' Rogers. Apocalipstick is out March 24 and features a whole host of great musicians, like Dawn Pemberton, Andrina Turenne, Alexa Dirks, Ben Rogers, Khari Wendell, Erik Nielsen, and Ricardo Khayatte.
So while you wait for their show at the Commodore (on April 22) and the new album, crank the new single below!