Published on October 18th, 2018 | by Zoe Orion
Artist: Shaed Song: Melt Ep: Melt Melt is a rhythmic alt-electro track with strikingly powerful vocals and a plot twist ending that will take your breath away with its gorgeous simplicity. Listen: Artist: Dahlia Sleeps Song: ... Read More →
Published on October 17th, 2018 | by Larry Lootsteen
Artist: Petite Noir, “Blame Fire” Album: La Maison Noir/The Black House One of my favourites out of South Africa Sounds like: loving the mix of rock elements Link/Listen/Watch: Artist: Helena Hauff, “Hyper-Intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg” ... Read More →
Published on October 16th, 2018 | by Nerhys
Artist: Sauna Song: “Over” Album: Single Brand new Toronto band Sauna just released their first single. They have a cool, almost post-punk sound with plenty of synths. Listen: Artist: Peter Bjorn and John Song: “Wrapped Around ... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[Mat Kahansky is back with more music recommendations. I’m posting them because stupid WordPress isn’t working for him. Anyone want to help out with these annoying ERROR_500s? – AC] Artist: SKRAECKOEDLAN Song: “ÄPPELTRÄDET” Album/EP: ÄPPELTRÄDET Hardcore heavy rock ... Read More →
Published on October 13th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Hey Ontario Music Geeks! We have put together a really cool contest with Dine Alone Records and Auchentoshan Whisky for you this fall. We will be giving away 15 Limited Edition White Vinyl Dine Alone sampler ... Read More →
Published on October 12th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Weezer continues their prodigious output of new material with a new song entitled “Cant’ Knock the Hustle” which is a nod to Uber drivers. And yes, that’s Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy in the video. ... Read More →
Published on October 11th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Pantera is heavy, right? And trombones are made of metal, correct? So let’s call this a new take on heavy metal. Brooklyn’s Brass Against shows how it’s done. (Via Revolver and Tom)... Read More →
Published on October 11th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
So it’s a scary time for young men, eh, Donald? Lynzy Lab Stewart, who is based in Texas, would beg to differ. Her song, “It’s a Scary Time for Men” is rocketing through the Internet right ... Read More →
Published on October 10th, 2018 | by Larry Lootsteen
Artist: Slow Readers Club, “Supernatural” Album: Observe Great acoustic release from a favourite band out of the UK Sounds like: funky feelings Link/Listen/Watch: Artist: Talking Violet, “Sparjammer 67” Album: Round Dreams Loving the dream sounds ... Read More →
Published on October 9th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Over the weekend, Chris Martin of Coldplay performed at a charity event at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles during which he not only went through acoustic versions of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” (accompanied by Chad ... Read More →
Published on October 6th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[Poor Elon. He’s had a rough couple of months, what with that errant tweet and all. Larry Lootsteen takes a look at something that might cheer Elon up. – AC] As humans go, Elon Musk can ... Read More →
Published on October 5th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
GWAR is back with a new animated music video for “Viking Death Machine.” If you’re watching at work, you might want to turn down the volume a bit... Read More →
Published on October 5th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Come October 17, Canada will become the second national after Paraguay to make weed legal. Andrew Ahlsten has written a song about this unusual event. (Note the shout-out to Gord Downie in the lyrics. BTW, October ... Read More →
Published on October 4th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Behold HAMMERHEDD, a trio of brothers from Kansas City that rocks extremely hard in a Metallica/Megadeth/Gojira sort of way. How long before you think before they’re signed? Read more at Metal Injection (via Danny)... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield started a thing when he took a guitar up to the International Space Station and began to record songs. Now we have Drew Feustel, another resident of the ISS–he’s commander of Expedition ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Unbeknownst to me, today (October 3) is National Taco Day in the US. In honour of that comes this instrumental track called “Mr. Taco” by Ben Millburn. It features him in the guise of a character ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The annual tour introducing Canadians to innovative Japanese indie and underground music scenes returns this week. Since 2010, Toronto-based anesthesiologist Steven Tanaka has brought a different group of Japanese bands to Canada annually. He travels abroad ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[These are Larry’s picks for his regular Wednesday post. Stupid WordPress isn’t working properly, so I’m posting things for him. -AC] Artist: Army of the Universe, “Resin – 10th Anniversary Remake” Album: Resin Great band, great ... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Toronto’s cute-as-a-button Monowhales have just released a video for the third single on their Control Freak EP. Nice to see people putting Polaroid cameras to good use. Monowhales will soon embark on a tour with Edmonton’s ... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
[Here are Nerhys’ weekly picks. WordPress crapped out on her, so I’m posting things for her. – AC] Artist: Starset Song: “Bringing It Down (Version 2.0)” Album: Vessels 2 Ohio cinematic rockers Starset just released an ... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2018 | by Zoe Orion
Artist: Alice Merton Song: Why So Serious Album: Mint No need to be serious while listening to this new fun, anthemic electric guitar laden track from Alice Merton’s debut album Mint, out January 18th! Watch/Listen: Artist: Saint ... Read More →
Published on September 26th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Not only Tenacious D’s new album, Post-Apocalypto, arrive Friday, but there’s also an animated YouTube series that starts the same day. Jack Black is the artist. Who knew he could draw so well? To prime the ... Read More →
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 831: It’s a family affair
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And now, some good news about Ticketmaster. No, seriously.
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