New release for the week ending November 17th 2017

Barenaked Ladies - Fake Nudes “Fake Nudes,” out Friday and exclusively premiering today at HuffPost, finds Barenaked Ladies channeling the harmonies fans have come to love, alongside a fresh electronic-driven sound and lyrics filled with [...]

By | November 16th, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: |55 Comments

Lavender Child – Happy Illusions

Lavender Child's latest single, Happy Illusions, is said to have been inspired by her attending a weekend at an outdoor music festival. "The environment alone was stunning; lush forests with enchanting art installations throughout the [...]

By | November 15th, 2017|Categories: Video Release|Tags: |50 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 14th November 2017

Music publishers call on Canada to extend its copyright terms The International Confederation Of Music Publishers swung by good ole Canada last week to suggest – maybe recommend – officially “request” – and possibly politely [...]

By | November 14th, 2017|Categories: News|43 Comments

The Wild Raccoon Podcast for November 2017

In this months podcast, Wild Raccoon looks at some of Gord Downie's work by playing covers of Hip songs from several Canadian artists along with a cover by the man himself. He will [...]

By | November 13th, 2017|Categories: Podcast, Wild Raccoon|18 Comments

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Remembrance Day

The playlist this week is in honour of Remembrance Day.  It is important to honour and remember those that have fought and those that have fallen to give us the freedom and peace we have [...]

By | November 10th, 2017|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |55 Comments

New releases for the week ending November 10th 2017

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Medicine Songs Buffy Sainte-Marie’s more than half century-long career has yielded no shortage of songs that can be “put to work,” as the trailblazing songwriter put it in an interview with q [...]

By | November 9th, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: , , , , |24 Comments

Young Galaxy – Elusive Dream

Montreal duo Young Galaxy has returned with a song for our times, an intimate commentary on current social, political and personal landscapes. “Elusive Dream” was independently released last Friday via Gorilla Vs Bear. The song [...]

By | November 8th, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: |34 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 7th November 2017

'My father would have been very grateful': Cohen fans come together for star-studded tribute concert Leonard Cohen fans from around the world came together to celebrate a Montreal icon for the star-studded Tower of Song: [...]

By | November 7th, 2017|Categories: News|20 Comments

Band of Rascals – Holler

Created with lights, smoke bombs, and powdered dye in an abandoned power plant on Vancouver Island, and leaving the bands equipment covered with the stuff ever since. But, as you can see in the visually [...]

By | November 6th, 2017|Categories: Video release|Tags: |33 Comments

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness Nov/2017

We are getting back into the flow of the Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness this week. It began back on Sept 23, 2016 with 20 songs that I seeded it with. After five times of [...]

By | November 3rd, 2017|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |77 Comments