By Regina Sienra
Since 2006, Secret City Records has been putting out amazing records that immediately became classics among Canadian music fans. Their star-studded roster includes Basia Bulat, The Barr Brothers, Patrick Watson, Owen Pallett and Plants and Animals. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the Montreal-based label has put together a compilation featuring 39 tracks.
From Patrick Watson’s “Daydreamer”, second track of the Polaris-winning album Close to Paradise, to tunes by bubbling acts like Suuns and Thus Owls, the Secret City Records 10th anniversary compilation makes up a historical document of the amazing musicians that have made this such a charming label.
The party does not end there. The label has also celebrated with a special showcase at POP Montreal, and if you’re around their hometown, drop by the Aux 33 Tours record store to get an exclusive tote bag when you purchase one of their releases.
You can stream the Secret City Records 10th anniversary compilation on Spotify and Apple Music, or get it on iTunes or Google Play. It is also available on CD.
Good morning!
Morning.
Morn
Good morning!
Goodmorninghowthehellareyouall?
Wet.
I think we’ll be wet here in a few mins/hours, it’s calling for it!
No rain expected here, but I’m so excited that it’s going to be a high of 22! After the highs of 32 last week, I’ll take it!
Good Morning Folks!
We got something like 3 C last night; I was cycling earlier, and had to switch from fingerless gloves to lined leather work gloves; and it made all the difference to my overall body temperature.
It’s pretty chilly out here today.
Very Chilly! I wish we had a way to play music here. Really missing that playlist/stream right now from R3.
Michael, no iPod? No little portable thinggie? Crikey, I still have a portable CD player.It plays CDs! Marvels of old tech!
well audio streaming is blocked here, but video streaming is not. Really doesn’t make sense. I’m going thru Youtube playlists at the moment!
Good morning everyone!
MW Maybe it’s Contrary Day?
@Benoit, not understanding that. This is all the time, video streaming not blocked, audio streaming blocked.
It’s now raining out! So much for going out for a run.
Also, I haven’t left my house since Saturday morning. I’m going a little nuts here.
@Tiff today is likely not a good day to venture out, unless it clears up of course
Hey @Tiff… does your condo complex have a workout room or club? You could go do the elliptical machine for a bit.
@justin – actually my building has three gyms lol. I am going to get some work done and then go on the treadmill.
@Mike – I NEED TO LEAAVVVEE lol.
I was ‘under the weather’ after a fun night on Friday, so saturday I just watched TV all day. And then yesterday I just ended up cleaning like every inch of my condo.
It’s not going to clear up for a while in Toronto. Just had a look on Intellicast, it’s a pretty big system. Finishing maybe around five in your parts?
So, tonight down South, it’s the future president vs the loser in a video’d blab-a-thon.
So many of my favourites on this label. Love love love.
that makes absolutely no sense, given that video streaming consumes more bandwidth
@krib, but they may consider some youtube video to be educational
Hello
Hiii
Busy and not at work. Have a lot of things to do, but my site is down, so…
Anyway, have you taken a look at #3albumsthatchangedmylife on Twitter? It’s so hard to pick three and I’m already kind of regretting my choices. Almost picked them in (on?) a whim!
Except Rah Rah, of course. That album is-was life changing at several, several levels.
@Justin If you’re around, I think this might interest you! https://twitter.com/joyformidable/status/780463454528401413
I would have no idea what to pick for that reginula.
Ooh 3 albums that changed my life? That’s a tough choice. For me Pixies – Doolittle, ABBA – Gold, Grease the soundtrack unfortunately no Canadian ones made my list
@Darbs @Wynn It’s veeeery hard. Besides Rah Rah, I said Dan Mangan – Oh Fortune and Stars – In Our Bedroom after the war. Together, those three got me through my dad getting/dying from cancer. But then, as “defining albums” it would still be Rah Rah’s, Silent Alarm by Bloc Party, and maybe some Weakerthans? or Library Voices? Even Feist. SO HARD.
I had a fabulous day on Saturday. I helped to organize and run Playing for Change Day in Regina. We had 10 hours of music and dance, a silent auction with many donated art works from local artists among other stuff, a great jam/craft space for the kids and great community of people. It was one of those days of great vibes and the warm fuzzies. I was completely exhausted yesterday but feeling pretty happy with how well the day went.
Not sure I have any albums that changed my life. Some I really liked, but nothing that I can say changed my life
Sounds great, Darbs! I saw some pics.
I spent most of my Saturday at a baby shower. I thought my skin would start to itch after an hour there (EW BABIES EW CORNY THINGS) but my cousins were there and I had not seen them in ages so I had a lot of hun with them and stayed for the whole thing. Then took my boyfriend to the movies to see Sing Street again. He had not seen it and he LOOOOVED it. You guys need that movie in your lives.
@reginula – Oh how I used to hate showers of any kind but baby showers most of all. All the cutsie baby stuff and all the stupid games they would make me play. Hated them!
Has everyone seen this?
NoMeansNo
Greetings everybody,John here from NMN and with a heavy heart I must announce the retirement of No Means No.A hiatus became a long hiatus and a lingering hiatus has become a permanent one. Thirty-five years and countless miles, a couple thousand shows and many more beers, a bunch of tunes and sweaty hoards of great fans, I can’t say thanks enough to everyone.I will continue to post here on our page about the Robots and future projects if and when they happen. Hoping to have the debut Compressorhead album out by next march so you have not heard the last of things yet.So cheers everyone! Raise a glass….xo
I did see that Garf.
@Darbs I survived to those by just cheering for my cousins at the games. I probably love those guys to much (the ones having the baby are my favourite cousin and his wife) ’cause I even sat through the gift-opening and stuff.
One thing I learned: If I ever have a baby (EW NO NEVER but in case of) I won’t tell my friends and family the baby’s gender. They are having a girl and it was plastered of pink things and dresses and princess’ crap. OH NO. I’d dress the baby in cute dinosaur costumes or something.
that three albums is similar to the 3 fictional characters thing… seems like there’s always some game to play on soc meds.
Off the top of m head and quickly, here are the three albums for me…
1 – gob “too late no friends”/rancid “and out come the wolves”. I found these albums around the same time (grade 9 i think?) and they forever changed my attitude about music… became a punk rock fiend where before I had only dabbled.
2 – Nirvana, “Incesticide”. I say this album over their others because this was actually the first nirvana tape I owned, circa grade 6 or 7, and me and my pals would turn my room into a mosh pit as we cranked that tape.
3 – BA Johnston “My Heart Is a Blinking Nintendo”. I went to every BA show in Halifax between 2003 and 2009 and I listened to “nintendo” constantly. It was unreal that someone I knew had made this album, and it solidified the DIY attitude that we all seemed to have back then. Some of us still have it… some less so now. them were the days.
Hi!
I played the 3 fictional characters game:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKvvoMhj8EF/?taken-by=maestro_fresh_west
I was afraid of playing the 3 characters one, haha.
I couldn’t even begin to decide what my three albums are…
Boy I love this playlist today!
It kept happening over and over when I discovered an artist/band I really liked, I would then find out they were from Montreal. Now I am finding out a bunch of them are not only from Montreal but are part of Secret City Records as well.
The Barr Brothers were one of my favourite performances of the year, by the way.
DarBar – I felt that way about Vancouver / Victoria bands.
It has been kind of a joke between the dude and I. His preferred sound seems to come from UK mine from Montreal. It is funny how often it happens.
So, de US presidential debate is tonight…? Geeeez
Yup (reg), 9 my time, so 8 yours. I’ll be interested to see or read a summary.
Is any else planning on watching the debate?
I have to watch it because of work…. but I’m afraid to, bahaha
I am even liking I Was a Daughter by Basia Bulat. Maybe I should give her another chance. :-p
I am absolutely not watching the debate but I am sure I will hear all about it after. Whether I want to or not.
What time is it on at? I have meditation at 7pm, so I suppose I can tune in around 8:30. But I think that would take away from whatever happens at meditation tonight…..
I’m sure that it’s all we will hear about for the rest of the week anyways.
@Tiffy, It starts at 9pm your time
Thanks Garf – hmmm I might watch it, but i’d probably get so riled up that I wouldn’t be able to sleep.
I didn’t know about this Jesse Mac Cormack. I am a new fan.
I won’t be watching the debate tonight. I’d rather poke needles into my forearm or something.
Fantasy question:
If OurBasement had it’s own radio stream, who would you want it to play?
Do I really need to tell you my choices? hehe. I could though.
🙂
Obviously, any watchers of tonight’s debates down South need this:
http://www.vox.com/2016/9/26/13048748/presidential-debate-vox-bingo-cards?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
I’m not sure if I have the stomach to watch the debate tonight. I hope Hillary schools Trump, but he’s one shady manipulative ass, so he might score some points.
I just hope the moderator actually makes Trump answer questions with something more substantial than ‘It’s going to be great’ or ‘I have have the best (insert whatever they’re talking about)’
He hasn’t actually outlined any sort of platform. HOW IS THIS STILL HAPPENING.
US presidential debate: Who is moderator Lester Holt?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37475696
David Bowie released three albums between 1974 and 1976 – Diamond Dogs, Young Americans and Station to Station – but, astonishingly, he had time to finish a fourth.
Called The Gouster, it was recorded in Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, during a two-week break from touring. It laid the groundwork for Young Americans (four songs, including the title track, made their way onto that album later in the year) but takes a more ragged, unruly approach to Bowie’s marriage of funk and art school pop.
But he was unsatisfied with the result and jettisoned the recordings… until now. Producer Tony Visconti has unearthed and remixed the tracks for a 12-disc Bowie box set, Who Can I Be Now? (1974-76).
The anthology appeared on Spotify this weekend, and you can listen to The Gouster in full via this link (starting at disc four).
well…Shomi is shutting down Nov 30
That didn’t last long
2 years, according to the article on CBC
27 months according to wikipedia
Yeah @Tiff… I’m exasperated with the US populace that is supporting Trump. I get their logic, but their logic is awful. Man I sure hope Hillary squashes Trump tonight. She has made mistakes too, more tactical ones. She should have defined herself better to the public before her opposition did, that stuff is hard to overcome.
@Reg.. oh man… The Joy Formidable is in Bend today… argghh! I’m in Portland right now. I’ll be in Bend in a couple weeks for a couple weeks.