Dan Mangan – More or Less
Dan Mangan‘s fifth album is out this week. Titled More Or Less, the collection showcases the singer’s return to straight-ahead songwriting after 2015’s experimental Club Meds.(Vancouver Sun)
Doug Paisley – Starter Home
Plenty has changed for Doug Paisley since his 2014 album Strong Feelings. He’s a family man now, which prompted him to take a break from touring and recording—though not, it seems, from writing. Which brings us to one thing that hasn’t changed: the Toronto singer’s gift for spellbinding subtlety on songs that take quiet hold of your heart and refuse to let go.(Paste)
Future Peers – I’m Sorry EP
Hailing from Toronto, rockers Future Peers are readying a new EP, I’m Sorry, which finds them sanding off some of their rougher edges in favor of a poppier leanings. That isn’t to say Future Peers have lost anything that made their previous releases so thrilling, if anything they’ve made a stride forward in expanding their art-punk palette.(Impose)
Kojo “Easy” Damptey – Giants
LeBarons – Summer Of Death
Summer Of Death, set for release on November 2nd, is a milestone almost two years in the making. Production started in January 2017 at John Dinsmore’s Lincoln County Social Club recording studio where previous magic was made by artists like The Strumbellas, Timber Timbre, The Wooden Sky, and Elliott Brood. This unhurried approach allowed us to imbue each song with its own unique character.((US))
Moonface – This One’s For The Dancer & This One’s For The Dancers Bouquet
The latest record from Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug is actually two albums: nine of the tracks are jazzy, sax-centric art-rock jams, while the other seven are marimba-based epics sung with a vocoder and featuring lyrics about the Greek myth of the Minotaur. On their own, both albums would be uniquely experimental; together, they’re downright bizarre.(Exclaim!)
Good morning!
Hello
So. Fall is here, the wet streets won’t dry, and me with only my fenderless road bike! The mountain bike’s unavailable, sadly. I’m hoping the streets will go damp before drizzle returns.
Ah!, my new gloom band name: Drizzle Returns
We had some rain here this morning, but had stopped by the time I got to Sunderland
Did Darbar do this? I can see why she likes Future Peers; they’re very Wolf Parade-y
Good morning everyone!
Hi Justin
Good morning! Yay for new releases!
@krib – I didn’t do this but I did add some to the calendar.
Moonface is the one I am most excited about this week. Dan Mangan’s album promises to be a good one as well.
Future Peers does sound interesting to my ear but I am not sure I hear the Wolf Parade-y part.
Royal has the Moonface Bandcamp with it up there.
The Michael Barclay book tour event went pretty well last night. I only stuttered and stumbled over words a little bit. My conversational flow in an interview needs some work, but I did okay. The band did a great job with many guest vocals by local singers including Marshall of RahRah at the end.
@darbar it sounds like you did very well with your interview. I don’t recall if it is for here or another hat you wear.
Also, thanks for keeping me company with the ever increasing Halloween playlist. It is improving with age:)
This looks like a great batch of new releases. I will be having to wait until the evening to really dig in. Getting back into the swing of life at home has me scrambling a bit.
Michael Barclay is another Polaris juror and reached out to me when he was setting up the tour. I would try to post what his answers were if my brain could have retained what we said. I was joking that I have never done an interview so why not do it live on stage in front of a bunch of people for my first time. Ha!
How was your Vancouver trip morgana? I hope it was fun and informative as well.
@darbar Vancouver was good. Completely exhausting but good. I made it to one mellow show; SYML. A few galleries and eating out, lots of walks on the beach. The main event was the eye doctor and it seems to have been good. They have said I have extreme binocular vision. I want to be hopeful that they can help me but I am also fairly sceptical. I did some reading last night that is helping me get on board. I am waiting for the shipment of equipment so i can start the rehab exercise …..
heading out now.
Until tomorrow friends.
I hope it works!
Also released today, Whitehorse – A Whitehorse Winter Classic
https://open.spotify.com/album/5dwECLG5cKWIFw51Htb3yG?si=ubrFrYWBTcCvJlxKIZngVA
Antoine Corriveau, who I discovered through Polaris, has an EP released today, Feu de foret.
https://open.spotify.com/album/21dq0E7Ouny4YnPqLih4FD?si=wgNb3Q_DQ5uq8ojViezXDw
Mother Mother – Dance and Cry also released today!
http://open.spotify.com/album/23W8LJkx5kBafzqasAuU0z
Another one! Les Trois Accords – Beaucoup de plaisir
http://open.spotify.com/album/4uQGSkxCC9MAIpag8HLCVA