Bob Sumner is releasing a new album - tonight actually…at the Wise Hall (click for event info) and has a given us a single, and a video, from it titled “Riverbed”.
The album is titled Wasted Love Songs and features a band full of Vancouver regulars (that are sure to appear on stage tonight as well).
Check out the single below:
credit: Rachel Pick
You may know TARIQ from Brasstronaut (or, maybe even as a CBC Radio 3 host back in the day) but this week he announced a brand new solo album, Telegrams, due out this spring from Tonic Records.
The instant-earworm “Coquihalla” is the first song from from the album, and Tariq says: "I wrote the song “Coquihalla” after reading a short story by the American writer Maile Meloy about a quirky rancher who falls madly in love with a night school teacher, though she doesn't quite see him in the same way"
Check it out below!
photo by Ashley Marston
You might recognize Ryan McMahon’s face from the Vancouver trio Lion, Bear, Fox, but he’s been working on his solo music recently and has an album coming out on February 1st called In Line For A Smile.
He will be performing at the Blue Light Sessions this Friday, January 25th, (click here for more info and tickets) and recently released the title track from the album, which you can hear below.
One of the things I’ve read about Ryan’s music is that he is “on the edges of country just enough to say he isn’t” and I think that is true of this toe-tapper of a song.
photo by Vanessa Heins
March 1st will mark the released date for Ben Rogers new album Wildfire, which was produced by Dallas Green (and will come out via Dallas’ company Still Records).
The third single to be released from the record is “Rattle Your Chains” , which you can hear below!
We don’t have an album release show for Vancouver yet, but Ben is scheduled for some Ontario shows in March with Bahamas, so we’ll just have to wait for our date to be announced!
photo by Brian Van Wyk
After releasing a few singles like “31”, “Go With You”, and “Challenger”, we finally have an announcement about an album (and another new song!) from Mike Edel.
Mike will release Thresholds on March 1st of this year, and go on an accompanying tour to support it (the Vancouver date is set for May 24th with a location/details TBD).
Below is “Houdini” the fourth single to be released. Enjoy!
photo by Vanessa Heins
I’m pretty excited for this Saturday as it’s the first Women’s March in Vancouver that I’ll actually be able to attend - and I was just thinking about it yesterday morning when an email arrived from Mar from Toronto band For Esmé.
They’ve released a video for “To Love”, the first track on their album Righteous Woman, which I have gushed about for around 8 months + now. It seemed super appropriate for my mood (and now I’m listening to the whole album for the 100th time.)
The video was directed by Laura-Lynn Petrick, and shot on film (going after my heart again), and I will let you read the words I was sent about it:
"To Love is a visual journey exploring gaze and seeking balance between all of its contradictions. The film objectifies female cliches in order to question their validity with playfulness and sarcasm. To Love intends to create refreshing and powerful narratives within societal normalizations of femininity. For Esmé epitomizes the reclaiming of the gaze, and the video illustrates Mar Meredith’s evolution from object of male desire to principal subject of her own narrative.”
Check it out below and maybe I’ll see you tomorrow:
photo by Vanessa Heins
I think one of my favourite things about PUP songs are that so many have a good little bit, be it the chorus or just a line, that you can sing along with, or shout back at the band (or computer screen).
“Kids”, the first single off of their soon to be released new record Morbid Stuff (April 5th) has just that, AND some awesome guitar solos.
I’ve missed their last few appearances in Vancouver, but I’m determined to make it to the next one: March 29th at the Wise Hall!
Check out the new song below:
Said the Whale released yet another new single off their upcoming album, Cascadia, which you can put in your ears on February 2nd… unless you want to host a listening party, then you might just be able to snag a copy early.
“Old Soul, Young Heart” is an ode to both Dan Mangan and Ben Worcester’s father, and not only can you hear the song below, but the final episode of their “docu-series” dropped as well! Focusing on Ben (and his dog Trout) deep in the beauty and serenity of his family’s cabin on Gambier Island, you can hear him talk music, and see him show off his impressive skills with a blade.
Here’s a live version that they released as well!: