Songs of the Week: December 01 - 07, 2025

“Blossom Tree” by Milk & Bone

Canadian duo Milk & Bone have released their new, Chromeo-produced album A Little Lucky!

I’ve been following the singles as they’ve been released, waiting for the whole album with bated breath, and I’m excited it’s finally here. After connecting with Chromeo following a JUNO win in 2019, and then dealing with the pandemic of it all, it’s finally here for us to listen to.

While I dive into the new album, check out the latest single and music video “Blossom Tree” - of which the duo says: “The video feels nostalgic to us. Escaping the city, leaving everything behind for a second, just to end up in the middle of nowhere. Taking a beat from everyday life, from hardships, from pain. And existing in our own little world for a moment. To recenter ourselves and one another, and to start anew. Stronger. Together.”

• Christine

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“Andy Warhol” by Plain Mister Smith

You may know Plain Mister Smith as the former guitarist of Moev, or maybe even as a cellist with the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, but he recently dropped the single “Andy Warhol” which features backing vocals from both Leeroy Stagger and Krystle Dos Santos!

Plain Mister Smith shared: “I met Andy Warhol many years ago at the New Music Seminar in New York. He was pretty chill and serene or seemed that way. He was quoted to have said “So What this, So What that”? which is about the most Zen thing you could ever say. ‘Andy Warhol’ the song, is about trying to be super Soto Zen, trying to be cool and so nothing phases you but really, you’re just a chaotic mess of a human, no matter what you do…….”

You can hear the song below, or grab the album now (which also features Jordan Klassen and Jocelyn Price on other songs!)

• Kirk

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“Lover’s Spit” (Broken Social Scene cover) by Kylie V

I love a good cover, and all of my favourites involve the artist putting their own spin on the song while keeping the spirit. And that’s what Kylie V did this week with the Broken Social Scene classic “Lover’s Spit”.

The cover was released along with an acoustic version of their song “Year of the Rabbit” and you can have a listen below!

• Kirk

Songs of the Week: August 04 - 10, 2025

“Bloodshot” by Milk & Bone

A little funky bass and syth to start your morning!

After their 2019 JUNO win Milk & Bone had a chance meeting on an escalator with fellow JUNO nominees Chromeo, and later DM’d them about working on a project.

The two duos created A Little Lucky over the course of a few years with Milk & Bone focusing on songwriting and Chromeo on production - and it will be released in December of 2025.

The first single, “Bloodshot”, has the Chromeo-esque funk with Milk & Bone vocal harmonies and it’s a dance-able summer track for a sunny day. Excited to hear more!

• Christine

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“bob dylan's 115th haircut” by Ada Lea

Ada Lea thinks “Bob Dylan couldn’t have written this song / Not even if he wanted to, not even just for fun.”

That’s the chorus for the Montreal singer’s new track, “bob dylan's 115th haircut”, the final single for her new album which was released last Friday, when i paint my masterpiece.

The new track is a soft, thoughtful piece on comparisons, with singer Alexandra Levy explaining, “Sometimes I get into these moods where I feel like there will always be a gap between what I want to say, and what I actually end up writing. I start comparing myself. The mood that evening was comparing myself to Bob Dylan. And why not? In order to pick myself up off the floor after saying things like ‘I could never write a song like Bob Dylan,’ which of course, is true, I had to reverse the thought ‘could he write one like me?’ Whether or not that was a good thing, it was something.”

The album when i paint my masterpiece is out now on Saddle Creek, and she’ll be heading out on a huge North American tour next month, including a stop in Vancouver on October 25th at the Kingsway Club.

• Kirk

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“You Can Call Me Al” by Dwayne Gretzky

Renowned Toronto cover group Dwayne Gretzky has been packing venues with their live shows for over a decade, and now they’ve unveiled a brand new series, Dwayne’s World, which will see new covers uploaded to youtube monthly.

Filmed inside a DIY set that’s made to look like a rad 70s basement, the latest released is a fun version of the Paul Simon classic, “You Can Call Me Al”.

Check it out below, or see their previous video, Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”

• Kirk