Song of the Day: August 30, 2017 - "Undoing A Luciferian Towers" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Get ready for the most intense seven minutes and forty seven seconds you'll experience today with the brand new song from Godspeed You! Black Emperor. "Undoing A Luciferian Towers" is off their new album Luciferian Towers, which is out September 22, and nothing I can say will be better than the statements the band themselves made, so...

About the album, they said "this, this long-playing record, a thing we made in the midst of communal mess, raising dogs and children. eyes up and filled with dreadful joy – we aimed for wrong notes that explode, a quiet muttering amplified heavenward.  we recorded it all in a burning motorboat."

And for the song itself: "look at that fucking skyline! big lazy money writ in dull marble obelisks! imagine all those buildings much later on, hollowed out and stripped bare of wires and glass, listen- the wind is whistling through all 3,000 of its burning window-holes!" 

Check it out below, on Bandcamp! 

Song of the Day: August 29, 2017 - "Brother" by The Rural Alberta Advantage

I've been eagerly anticipating new music from The Rural Alberta Advantage for a while now, and now we get a taste with a fantastic animated video for the first single "Brother"

The song is off their upcoming album The Wild, which is due out October 13, and they'll be touring with Yukon Blonde (what a pairing!) including here in Vancouver at the Commodore on November 24! 

Song of the Day: August 28, 2017 - "Dig A Little Hole" by Elliott BROOD

In a time where every other band is turning synth, it's nice to see Elliott BROOD stick to their roots (pun fully intended). 

"Dig a Little Hole" is a jaunty tune that masks some pretty dark lyrics, and you'll be able to find it on their upcoming album Ghost Gardens, out September 15 via Paper Bag Records.

Song of the Day: August 27, 2017 - "In My Head" by Old Man Canyon

It's been a while since we've heard from Old Man Canyon, but we were just delivered a new music video for the song "In My Head" from the last album Delirium.

The press release also said that 2017 tour dates will be announced soon, so we'll have to keep an eye out for that. In the meantime, watch the video below.

Song of the Day: August 26, 2017 - "Standstill" by JP Maurice

JP Maurice has released a new lyric video for his song "Standstill", off of the latest release Girls.

The song has a big Vancouver footprint, being co-written with The Matinee, produced and mixed by Russell Broom, with strings by Alex Hauka + Devon Kroeger, and the lyric video itself was done by Johnny Jansen. 

Your next chance to see JP live is at a charity concert for Big Brothers of Vancouver at the Blue Light Studio on September 24th - click here for all the details and tickets.

Song of the Day: August 25, 2017 - "Old Wounds" by PUP

Stop everything you're doing right now and watch/play this new video from PUP for their song "Old Wounds".

It's a choose your own adventure-style video where you help make decisions on what the band members should do after the show.

You can see PUP in Vancouver in September as part of the Westward Festival - click here for info.

Song of the Day: August 24, 2017 - "Mess Of Wires" by METZ

Not awake yet this morning? Press play on the new METZ song and you definitely will be.

While I thought the title of the song was about packing gear after a show (or untangling it beforehand), frontman Alex Edkins says “Mess of Wires” is “a reminder to myself to speak out and say what I believe. To be honest with myself. It is common to feel that your thoughts are inconsequential, a drop in the echo-chamber, but silence can be worse. Speak out about what you believe in, loud and often. In the spirit of this song, I want to strongly condemn the violent and hateful actions of the white-supremacists and neo-nazis in Charlottesville, VA this past week. Their vile attempts to incite division and fear through intimidation and violence have no place in this world.”

Have a listen below.

Song of the Day: August 23, 2017 - "Soldier" by Iskwé

 Iskwé has never shied away from speaking up in song, and her newest single is a great example of that. "Soldier" has a dark, trip-hop vibe, and she says it's "for all the protectors of our land, our water and our future generations."

"Soldier" is the first single from he upcoming album, The Fight Within, which you can pick up October 13, and I know I'll be looking forward to seeing her here at the Biltmore (with Rococode!) on October 5th.