photo by Olivia Jaffe
Black Mountain has announced a new album and if they don’t take Destroyer on the road with them when they tour it, I’ll be sad, because it is indeed titled Destroyer.
The first single from the EP is “Future Shade” and if you needed to wake up this morning, this is the jam for you.
The album isn’t out until May 24th, so I’m sure we’ll get more music along the way!
Mother Mother have released a new video for their song “It’s Alright” from their latest album Dance and Cry.
The video features close ups of a variety of people singing along with the band’s emotional song about self-forgiveness. Check it out:
photo by Vanessa Heins
PUP …is there anything that they can’t do?
Jam after jam, and amazing music video after amazing music video.
Today’s tune, “Free At Last” comes with an instructional video on how to play along, as well as clips of people from all different genres, and ages, performing their interpretation.
You can actually listen to every single one of them - click here for that.
It’s a marvel to watch, and the actual song is another banger. Their album Morbid Stuff comes out on April 5th, and they’ll make their way to Vancouver at the Wise Hall on the 29th of March!
photo by Tonje Thilesen
YESSSS! We finally have a release date for Rich Aucoin’s new album Release, after slowly releasing songs over the last year or so.
May 17th is the day we’ll get the album as a whole, but Rich has already said more track releases are on they way, like today’s song “The Mind”.
It’s got a Bear Mountain vibe to it, as is another instrumental (which I’m loving), and I’ve definitely listened to it a few times already today.
(You should probably follow him on Spotify to make sure you get all of the new music as it comes out.)
No major tour yet, but he’s on his way to SXSW, so if you find yourself in Texas, be sure to check him out.
photo credit: Kate Killet
I’ve been running around all week photographing the wine festival, and a tonne of new music is piling up in my inbox, but I wanted to share this one with you while I had a free morning.
I was lucky enough to catch Partner when they were in Vancouver last week and had an amazing time. They played a bunch of new music. I honestly don’t think I hear this one, but maybe it was because the recorded version of the song has harmonica, and…barnyard animals sounds… on the track?!
Either way I wasn’t expecting what “Tell You Off” gave me, but damn, this band can do anything.
Their new album, Saturday The 14th, is out in just over a month, and hopefully we see them again soon.
photo by Magdalena Bourne
Vancouver’s Dead Soft have just released another single from their latest EP (New Emotion) called “Porch”, which starts of soft (vocally) with a nice grungy guitar background and then ends with a bang.
The band will be opening for Daniel Romano on Monday, and then heading out on tour with him through Canada and the States eventually making their way back here for a show on April 18th at Static Jupiter.
Check out the song below:
photo by Vanessa Heins
Ohhhhhkay… this is an emotional one for me.
There are few Canadian bands that I’ve personally known for a long time, and I think it was around 2007 when I met Hollerado as they played a few shows with Said The Whale in Ontario.
These guys are not only genuinely amazing humans, they have always been one of the best live shows to see, have some of the catchiest tunes, and can make a hell of a music video. (I wish the Prism Prize was around for Americanarama!)
Oh, I supposed I should explain that I’m getting nostalgic because Hollerado have announced they’re retiring, have one final album (Retaliation Vacation), one final tour (Vancouver date TBD), and a new song called “One Last Time”.
The video is full of home videos from over the years, and I definitely almost cried. I have so many happy memories with these guys, from shooting photos in little venues at the beginning of it all, to losing my voice after singing Juliette on stage at an after party show in Toronto, and just watching them grow and evolve and kick ass over the years.
I just went looking to see if I could find my “Record In A Bag” but I think it was lost in my Ontario/Vancouver moves, but I found my DEMO IN A BAG! #42 of 1000…
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
“What doesn’t matter?”
photo by Richard Lam
Oh, I’m feeling this one.
Broken Social Scene released a song from their new EP Let’s Try The After (out now!), and a video that is full of GIFS.
“Boyfriends” features lines like: “And they’ll become their dicks puke on your heart They’re gonna make you sick It’s gonna get real dark” - so naturally, they released it on Valentine’s Day.
Check it out below!