Settle in, because today’s song is a doozy. Limbs of the Stars is the musical duo of Stephen Lyons & Shanto Acharia (who you may know from Fond of Tigers), and their new song “Somewhere, BC” was originally composed as part of an immersive exhibit featuring photos by Wallace Barber.
The video below shows some of the photos for the project, as the guitar + cello soundscape rolls over you like the fog for a 43+ minute experience.
Calgary’s 36? released a brand new tune last month, “So What?”
No no, that’s not my reaction, that’s the name of the song. It’s a deceptively upbeat & peppy song, with a bit of a darkness to the lyrics. Taylor Cochrane of the band explains "I think the natural reaction when you are feeling super depressed is to overcompensate with faux-positive energy and pretend everything is super happy which is what we did with the arrangement. “so what?” is like when someone tells a funny joke about how they hate themselves. You laugh, but you also know they are serious."
Check it out below!
photo credit Matt Barnes
The Strumbellas just keep getting bigger and more grandiose, and their new single just solidifies that fact.
“Salvation” is a surprisingly cheery turn from the band, lyrically, and lead singer/guitarist Simon Ward says the band’s “whole dream has been to make cool, small-town music with just a fun, poppy feeling. Every record we do, we get closer to that. Salvation is exactly what we wanted to do, what we were hoping to get out of this song and record: fun, poppy songs that are sad and weird.”
It’s exactly the kind of pick-me-up you need on a Sunday like this.
You may remember Jacquie Neville as the front-woman of The Balconies, but since the band’s break, she’s been hard at work on some solo music.
The appropriately titled first single is an upbeat and energetic song called “Lead The Way”. Neville says the song “centralizes around the idea of not dwelling in the past, rather seeing it as another chapter in your story that has led you to where you are now and where you’re heading. I was initially inspired to write this song for my fiancé and his two kids who have drastically altered my perspective on life.”
No details on the album yet, but I am looking forward to hearing more in the new year!
Good news, everybody! There are not one, but two brand new Rococode songs out!
Bad news, everybody! They will be the last ever Rococode songs.
“Stranger” and “Something About It” were the last two songs the couple had in their collective heads, were entirely self-produced, and the pinnacle of Rococode’s haunting yet bubbly synthy sounds.
Listen to both songs below and join me in my mourning of the band.
Last month we got our first taste of the upcoming T. Nile album, Beachfires, with the lead single “Note to Self”.
The dark and creeping song was her first collaboration with Vancouver electronic producer Sadowick, written during one of the pair’s many jam sessions in her late father’s bedroom on Galiano Island.
The new album is due out in April of next year, but in the meantime check out the single below!
photo by Lauren Spear
Last week Daniel Romano released his 8th album Finally Free, and we also got a new video for the song “Rhythmic Blood” from said album.
Between that new press photo above and the video below, it gives me mad Wes Anderson vibes, which means a little less country than you’d usually expect from him, but I like it!
He’s going to be back in town on February 25th at the Biltmore Cabaret - more info here.
Honestly I’m never sure what to expect when a new Grimes track lands in my inbox, esp. if there is a new video to go with it.
The new song, “We Appreciate Power”, is the first track of the new album she has been working on. It’s much darker and heavier in sound than I expected, and despite the video saying it was a “Lyric Video” it was just as cinematic as she usually is…so I can only imagine what the actual video is going to be like…
The release says this about the song:
“Inspired by the North Korean band “Moranbong”, ‘We Appreciate Power’ is written from the perspective of a Pro – A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (its coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.”
Soooooo…I guess listen if you want to make good with our future AI overlords?