So much new music this week, I'm finally getting to Adaline's new song "Nothing Can Take Us".
Shawna usually gives us dark and moody, but the new track is light and dancey, with a perfectly ear-worm chorus.
She says that the song is about "loyalty and the unbreakable ties we form through time, trust and sometimes forgiveness" - so take a listen below and happy Thursday!
I'm always excited to hear new stuff from Bend Sinister, and the anthemic "Heard It All Before" is the band on top of their game.
It's the first single from their upcoming album Foolish Games, and the band says the song "is a bit of a cynic's anthem, but really it's the feeling we all get any time some dingbat comes to your door trying to sell you a better version of an alarm clock. Or maybe it’s about relationships or something. Or drugs. Is this a drug song?
...you decide"
Figure it out for yourself below, and don't forget they're at Blue Light Studio tonight!
Put your headphones on and give "Burning Money", the new single from Mounties a listen!
The band (who consists of Hawksley Workman, Steve Bays, Ryan Dahle, and Parker Bossley (and Cary Pratt at least the last time I saw them live)) are finally back with new music!
I haven't found any new info about their sophomore album, or touring, but a new single generally leads to that, so stay...tuned.
photo credit Leif Norman
After releasing 2 EPs, Winnipeg indie rockers Hearing Trees just released their debut full-length album Quiet Dreams on March 2nd. And not only that, but they're currently in the middle of a massive cross-Canada tour, with a stop here in Vancouver tonight!
Check out the lyric video for "Telling Peter" below, and then head on over to The Roxy for the show.
Need a good dance-it-out song this morning? Lovecoast has you covered.
Their new single (and accompanying music video for) "Motion" is out now - and will be part of their upcoming debut album The Trip (out April 27).
The band is about to head out on tour with Victoria's Towers & Trees, and they will be performing on April 20th at the Fox Cabaret.
Have a listen to the new track below!
Mike Edel recently released a new song titled "Finish Line" and is on tour with Scenic Route To Alaska (conveniently, they perform tonight at the Rickshaw Theatre).
The single is about time and in Mike's own words "It’s important because it’s the currency of relationship, learning, becoming and it’s the currency of good art, good music and a good song."
Give it a listen and grab some tickets to the show!
photo by Ben Painter
I have been waiting so long for the Astral Swans follow up to the 2015 debut (All My Favourite Singers Are Willie Nelson) and it's finally here!
Strange Prison will be full of guest musicians and was produced by Preoccupations’ Scott Munro, Dan Mangan, and Paul Chirka (recording engineer for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra)!
"What Are You Gonna Do With Yourself" is the first single off of the upcoming sophomore album (out May 18), and it came with a video of a cat in a hoodie. If that doesn't get you to watch the video/hear the song below, I guess we can't be friends.
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day this year than with a brand new song from Skye Wallace!
"Swing Batter" continues her amazing talent for storytelling in song, following the emotional story of domestic abuse and women’s rights in Canada surrounding the 1911 trial of Angelina Napolitano in Sault Ste Marie. The song is accompanied by a powerful video, directed by Sam Soo.
Skye says: "Swing Batter was inspired by this powerful story that moved me; one that I know has moved many. I wanted to create something that was visceral and emotional, to reflect how I felt when I first learned about it. The story behind the song is based in a historical context, one that permeates with a fledgling strength that is now very powerful amid our current social climate."