Song of the Day: November 7, 2018 - "Sky" by Carbolizer

Carbolizer came about after Calgary musician L. Adam Fox scrapped an album’s worth of idiosyncratic folk-rock songs, shifting to more of an electronic vibe.

The latest single from the self-titled album is “Sky”, and Fox says the song was “really influenced by Paul Mason’s book ‘Postcapitalism’. I wouldn’t say it’s plagiary, but it’s a pretty heavily informed by the idea of contemporary late-capitalism (in its current manifestation) not being fully equipped to deal with the imminent dominance of information products and markets.”

They’ll also be playing at Merge this coming Saturday; check out the even page here, and “Sky” down below!

Song of the Day: November 6, 2018 - "The Timing" by Jets Overhead

It’s been quite a while since we heard anything from Victoria’s Jets Overhead — so long, in fact, that I thought maybe they had quietly broke up. So I was pretty happy to hear they released a brand new song last week.

“The Timing” is an earworm of a song, and is the sole new track on their upcoming double album which is a retrospective of the band’s 15 years, featuring favourites from all four of their albums.

Pick up the album on November 23, and listen to the new song below!

Song of the Day: November 5, 2018 - "Cut & Run" by Carly Dow

Winnipeg artist Carly Dow will be gracing Vancouver with her presence on Wednesday (Nov 7) with a show at Guilt & Company.

Her new album, Comet, came out on October 19th, and she is out on the road supporting it.

Check out the video for her song “Cut & Run” below, ahead of the early show this week!

Song of the Day: November 4, 2018 - "Sharks" by Andrew Phelan

It’s Shark Week! Well…for Andrew Phelan, as his new single “Sharks” came out on Friday!

I just heard this man open for Folk Road Show last week (click for pics) and was very excited to hear that the song was being released.

Couldn’t find a date for the release of the album, Everything Rattles When I Breathe, but with a title like that, I’d assume it would be sometime this winter/during cold and flu season!

Song of the Day: November 3, 2018 - "Cause You Did" by WILLA

WILLA just gave us a new, highly dance-able, break up anthem - and it’s her first new single in a long time!

I really hope this means even more music is coming from this talented girl, and maybe a tour, because I miss having her in Vancouver…lucky Toronto.

Check out “Cause You Did” below!

Song of the Day: November 2, 2018 - "Are You With Me?" by Stars

Even though their last album, There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light, only came out a little over a year ago, Stars has not slowed down one bit with the release of yet another new song.

“Are You With Me?” was produced by their Broken Social Pal Kevin Drew, and is beautiful and heartbreaking as only Stars can be. Especially when you find out “the words to this song came about after Torq spent one liquidy night sending text messages to Gord Downie's old cell phone number.” says the band. “It’s very difficult not to miss that guy, and sometimes you just want to send a message into the ether and hope he receives it. We’ve always used songs to communicate with ghosts. If you can think of a better method, let us know. We have a lot of ghosts we want to talk to…"

Song of the Day: October 31, 2018 - "Feeling Digital" by Yukon Blonde

Happy Halloween!

I was wondering if we’d get a spooky-themed song or video this year in our inboxes, and we got the latter!

Yukon Blonde has released a video for their song “Feeling Digital” from the recent LP Critical Hit, and I’m not going to spoil it for you (though I hope you aren’t afraid of clowns)……you’ll just have to watch it below.

Oh, and while you’re at it, get tickets to their show with The Zolas at the Commodore on December 5th!

Song of the Day: October 28, 2018 - "Run Away" by Old Man Canyon

Only a few more weeks until Old Man Canyon’s new album A Grand Facade comes out (November 16th) and we have another new track from the album!

”Run Away” is the second release from the sophomore album, and like the first (“Good While It Lasted”) is a jam - man, I’m excited for the whole thing!

Of the track, songwriter Jett Pace say: “This song is written as a conversation between someone and their future self, a version of themselves that’s attained all they wish to be and know. It’s the inner dialogue that follows a revelation, and that compulsion to run and abandon everything to avoid real resolution."

Check it out: