Song of the Day: June 20, 2017 - "This Time" by Sarah Jickling and Her Good Bad Luck

Sarah Jickling (and Her Good Bad Luck) is finally set to release her solo debut, after teasers over the last few years.

The album, When I Get Better, will be released on July 14th, and will document her mental health issues, exploring relationships and friendships alongside the struggles she is vocal about in both her music and writing.

Check out the live version of "This Time" below, and keep an eye out for the debut!

Song(s) of the Day: June 16, 2017 - "Privilege” & “We Called It Love” by Stars

You know it's going to be a good day when you wake up to not one, but two brand new songs from Stars. 

"Privilege” shows off Amy Milan's beautifully haunting vocals, while Torquil Campbell takes lead on “We Called It Love”, with their voices joining perfectly for an instant-classic Stars Heartbreaker.

The pair of songs tease an as-yet-unnamed album out sometime later this year, with the band announcing: “We're back! We have a new album. It was recorded in Montreal and Connecticut with the great producer, Peter Katis. We love him and thank him for being there for us. It's our first with our friends at Last Gang. We made this record for ourselves, for our kids, and for you. And we are so happy and grateful that you're still listening to our music.”

Song of the Day: June 14, 2017 - "Fatal Gift" by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton

It's been ten years (really?!) since the last time we heard from Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. Since then Haines been a little busy with her band, which you may have heard of... Metric? 

But now she's given us a "Fatal Gift" with a new album due out September 15, called Choir of the Mind. The song features the same beautiful piano and haunting vocals of her last solo albums, but also breaks down into a swirl of frantic loops. Check it out below! 

Song of the Day: June 13, 2017 - "Fussin'" by Royal Canoe (feat. Begonia)

If you are in search of a total jam for this summer, look no further than Winnipeg. That's where you'll find "Fussin'" the new song from Royal Canoe, which also features the lovely voice of Begonia (aka Alexa Dirks, who you may know from Chic Gamine).

Singer Matt Peters says "The track is about a couple going through a little spat. They're both trying to get their way at the other's expense - pushing buttons and playing games… Of course they make up in the chorus and get back on track.”

You can catch Royal Canoe playing a free show at David Lam Park on July 2nd as part of the Jazz Fest. I assume Begonia won't be joining them, but she will be a part of this year's Vancouver Folk Fest! 

Song of the Day: June 12, 2017 - "Freeze Me" by Death From Above 1979

It looks like the reunion of Jesse F Keeler and Sebastien Grainger wasn't just a one-off, because we have some brand new music from Death From Above 1979.

The song is called "Freeze Me" and I'm not sure if I can describe it any better than the press release: "The mustached merchants of death dance discord made a conscious decision to embrace their own penchant for perpetual motion and cooked up the perfect soundtrack to Armageddon’s dancefloor."

You can hear it below... or in the credits of last night's episode of Silicon Valley! 

Song of the Day: June 07, 2017 - "I Will Follow You" by Said the Whale

If you were at the sold out Said the Whale hometown show at the Vogue some weeks back, you might just find yourself in the new video for "I Will Follow You". 

Shot live at the show, with a few clips from the road while on tour spliced in, the video captures the passion and energy of not just the band, but the mass of fans jumping, clapping, and yelling along. 

The song is off their latest album, As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide, which came out earlier this year. 

Song of the Day: June 06, 2017 - "Die Alone" by Whitehorse

As we get closer to the July 7th release of the new Whitehorse album, Panther in the Dollhouse, they've teased us once again with "Die Alone".

The video for the haunting song is just the pair of Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland alone on stage in front of the appropriately empty Massey Hall theatre. 

They've also announced the first leg of their tour to support the album, including a show right here in Vancouver on October 19th at the Vogue Theatre!

Song of the Day: June 05, 2017 - "All the Hail Marys" by The Dears

It was 8 years ago (well, 8 years and a few days now) that 3am Revelations launched in its first iteration, and the inaugural post was about one of my favourite bands, The Dears. 

So it's pretty good timing that they have released another new song from the upcoming Times Infinity Vol. 2, which will be out July 14th on Paper Bag Records.

The new song is called "All the Hail Marys" and Murray Lightburn says it is a good representation of the pair of Times Infinity albums: "The working title for the entire Times Infinity project was Hail Marys. The song 'All The Hail Marys' was a model for the sound of the whole project. I always wanted this to be the first thing anyone heard from The Dears in a long time. In the end, it was decided that it would be on Times Infinity Volume Two as we didn’t want to front load the project too much with what was selected for Volume One. This is easily one my fave D's tracks of all time, maybe in the top ten."

He also gives a sly nod to another Canadian musician: "Fun fact: I paraphrase/quote Peaches, whom I love, singing, 'Fuck the pain, fuck the pain, and the suffering, away…' I meant to email her about it beforehand, but I’ve only ever met her once. I hold her in very high regard and basically got too shy, and couldn’t come up with the right words, if you can believe that."