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Edmonton Folk Music Festival – Lineup Announcement
So yours truly was invited to today’s media launch. It was pretty cool to see the full lineup about twenty minutes before the public, and to see Terry Wickham speak and introduce the lineup to everyone, not only the mainstage acts but also delving into the workshop participants as well. I think T...
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So yours truly was invited to today’s media launch. It was pretty cool to see the full lineup about twenty minutes before the public, and to see Terry Wickham speak and introduce the lineup to everyone, not only the mainstage acts but also delving into the workshop participants as well. I think T...
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PUP – World Tour / The Dream Is Over Now Available
Toronto punk rock act PUP just announced a world tour to support their current album, The Dream Is Over (Royal Mountain/SideOneDummy), which will take them into the US, as well as Europe, and Australia, in addition to their home country. The dates include one here in Edmonton at the Starlite Room...
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Toronto punk rock act PUP just announced a world tour to support their current album, The Dream Is Over (Royal Mountain/SideOneDummy), which will take them into the US, as well as Europe, and Australia, in addition to their home country. The dates include one here in Edmonton at the Starlite Room...
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Gord Downie And The Tragically Hip – The Soundtrack To My Life
When I read the Gord Downie announcement yesterday its gravity didn’t hit me right away. It was more like a slow simmer, until somewhere around mid-morning I started to reflect. And reflect. And reflect a little more. And then started to write. Maybe it’s because I’ve been surrounded by cancer th...
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When I read the Gord Downie announcement yesterday its gravity didn’t hit me right away. It was more like a slow simmer, until somewhere around mid-morning I started to reflect. And reflect. And reflect a little more. And then started to write. Maybe it’s because I’ve been surrounded by cancer th...
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Teen Body – Daymoon
This Brooklyn collective includes a pair of vocalists, Shannon Lee (who also plays guitar), and Alex French (who also plays bass), as well as a second Alex (Bush, who also plays guitar). The quartet’s music takes a quasi-sentient journey through the dreampop folds, brushing it with pastels and gl...
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This Brooklyn collective includes a pair of vocalists, Shannon Lee (who also plays guitar), and Alex French (who also plays bass), as well as a second Alex (Bush, who also plays guitar). The quartet’s music takes a quasi-sentient journey through the dreampop folds, brushing it with pastels and gl...
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Deerhoof – Criminals Of the Dream
Criminals Of the Dream is the third single off Deerhoof’s upcoming album The Magic, which will be released June 24. The video, which you can stream above, was directed by Trevor Shimizu and Josh Brand. Yes, that Johs Brand (St. Elsewhere, and one of my favourite shows of all time, Northern Exposu...
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Criminals Of the Dream is the third single off Deerhoof’s upcoming album The Magic, which will be released June 24. The video, which you can stream above, was directed by Trevor Shimizu and Josh Brand. Yes, that Johs Brand (St. Elsewhere, and one of my favourite shows of all time, Northern Exposu...
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Velveteins – Hanging From the Ceiling
Hanging From the Ceiling is the Velveteins’ new single, which is included on their reworked A Hot Second With the Velveteins EP, produced by Lincoln Parish (Cage the Elephant), and soon to be released on May 27 (Fierce Panda Canada). Some delicious, lush, jangly indie-pop, certainly the band’s ma...
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Hanging From the Ceiling is the Velveteins’ new single, which is included on their reworked A Hot Second With the Velveteins EP, produced by Lincoln Parish (Cage the Elephant), and soon to be released on May 27 (Fierce Panda Canada). Some delicious, lush, jangly indie-pop, certainly the band’s ma...
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Magic Potion – Jelly
Stockholm trio Magic Potion recently released one of the most blissful, dream pop essences of a song called Jelly. Equal parts soul-crushing and soul-enriching, it’s a perfect lead-in to their debut full-length due out at the end of the month (PNKSLM Recordings). If you want more in the meantime,...
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Stockholm trio Magic Potion recently released one of the most blissful, dream pop essences of a song called Jelly. Equal parts soul-crushing and soul-enriching, it’s a perfect lead-in to their debut full-length due out at the end of the month (PNKSLM Recordings). If you want more in the meantime,...
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Julie Ruin – I Decide
Read a cool interview this morning with Sara Landeau of Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna’s new project. Her previous bandmate from Bikini Kills, Kathi Wilcox, is also in the band. Their debut album Run Fast came out in 2013; its follow-up, Hit Reset, will hit the stands on July 8 (Hardly Art). Check ou...
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Read a cool interview this morning with Sara Landeau of Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna’s new project. Her previous bandmate from Bikini Kills, Kathi Wilcox, is also in the band. Their debut album Run Fast came out in 2013; its follow-up, Hit Reset, will hit the stands on July 8 (Hardly Art). Check ou...
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Untitled
Yeh, don’t know too much about Aaron Powell, but a while back he sent me his new track called Rattlesnake from his project Fog Lake. He’s expecting to release an album in the fall via Orchid Tapes.
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Yeh, don’t know too much about Aaron Powell, but a while back he sent me his new track called Rattlesnake from his project Fog Lake. He’s expecting to release an album in the fall via Orchid Tapes.
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Glint – Daydreamers
New York’s Glint released their epic third album, Inverter, in early March (Votiv). And in this case, epic isn’t just a word, it’s a state of being. Soaring, majestic chords reach out over cascading vocals, as energy washes over you like a torrential waterfall. Check out Daydreamers above.
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New York’s Glint released their epic third album, Inverter, in early March (Votiv). And in this case, epic isn’t just a word, it’s a state of being. Soaring, majestic chords reach out over cascading vocals, as energy washes over you like a torrential waterfall. Check out Daydreamers above.
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Interstellar 2016 Edition
Yeh, so I was sick for a good part of this week, or I would’ve blogged about this earlier – but our friends over at Interstellar Rodeo have announced the lineup for the 2016 Edmonton rendition. Some amazing acts in here, some I’ve seen before, some I’d love to see. Saturday’s probably the best da...
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Yeh, so I was sick for a good part of this week, or I would’ve blogged about this earlier – but our friends over at Interstellar Rodeo have announced the lineup for the 2016 Edmonton rendition. Some amazing acts in here, some I’ve seen before, some I’d love to see. Saturday’s probably the best da...
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Twin River – Settle Down
Goodness, how I love Courtney Ewan’s voice. It’s like a breath of fresh air that wants to wrap you in its warm embrace and just squeeze all the toxic emotions from your body. Check it out on Twin River’s newest single, Settle Down, which will appear on the band’s forthcoming Passing Shade, out Ju...
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Goodness, how I love Courtney Ewan’s voice. It’s like a breath of fresh air that wants to wrap you in its warm embrace and just squeeze all the toxic emotions from your body. Check it out on Twin River’s newest single, Settle Down, which will appear on the band’s forthcoming Passing Shade, out Ju...
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Kikagaku Moyo – Silver Owl / New Album Out May 13
Tokyo band Kikagaku Moyo today released their newest single, called Silver Owl. An epic psych-howler of a track, a smash-you-over-the-head-with-their-guitars sort of track. It’s the second single off their impending album, House In the Tall Grass, which drops May 13th (Guruguru Brain). I already ...
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Tokyo band Kikagaku Moyo today released their newest single, called Silver Owl. An epic psych-howler of a track, a smash-you-over-the-head-with-their-guitars sort of track. It’s the second single off their impending album, House In the Tall Grass, which drops May 13th (Guruguru Brain). I already ...
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The Cabin Fever – “The Curse On Us”
The Cabin Fever recently premiered the second single off their forthcoming album, Enjoy Yourself, called The Curse On Us. The alternative/shoegaze trio out of Los Angeles is comprised of Sean Moriarty (guitar/vox), Joel Bedolla (guitar), and Tripp Beam (drums). Check it out above.
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The Cabin Fever recently premiered the second single off their forthcoming album, Enjoy Yourself, called The Curse On Us. The alternative/shoegaze trio out of Los Angeles is comprised of Sean Moriarty (guitar/vox), Joel Bedolla (guitar), and Tripp Beam (drums). Check it out above.
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On An On – Icon Love
Yours truly has been a fan of On An On for quite a while now, having first mentioned them back in 2013. Check out their newest video, for Icon Love, off their most recent album And the Wave Has Two Sides, currently available.
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Yours truly has been a fan of On An On for quite a while now, having first mentioned them back in 2013. Check out their newest video, for Icon Love, off their most recent album And the Wave Has Two Sides, currently available.
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