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Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness: December 2016 extension

By Darlene Barss This playlist stream started with one Canadian Indie song and then a word in the title of that song led to another Canadian Indie song and that led to another Canadian Indie [...]

By | December 16th, 2016|Categories: Playlists|68 Comments

New releases for the week ending December 16th 2016

Tastes Like A TeaseTastes Like Pissacoustic Crystal Sound JourneysColin Hillstromacoustic Pluto in Scorpio (Demos)A-Malternative I am going to sleep now but first I will show you how to stop your awful swellingElf Pityalternative Now is [...]

By | December 15th, 2016|Categories: New Music|41 Comments

ICYMI News from the past week for Wednesday 14th December 2016

This season’s most terrifying Christmas song was written by a Canadian robot A team at the University of Toronto computer science lab have developed a neural network capable of writing melodies and lyrics on the [...]

By | December 14th, 2016|Categories: News|44 Comments

Music ♥’s Everybody: SOCAN’s Merch Store for Charity

"Music ♥'s Everybody" is the intriguing message of a new merchandise campaign unveiled by SOCAN Monday, with all proceeds going to the Unison Benevolent Fund, a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief [...]

By | December 13th, 2016|Categories: News|23 Comments

Altar Eagles

When not part of the group and production team The New Royales, LA-based Torontonian, Erik Alcock, can be found working on his home recording project Altar Eagles where he writes, produces and performs all the [...]

By | December 12th, 2016|Categories: You should be listening to...|Tags: |48 Comments

New releases for the week ending December 9th

FireSunset Ridersacoustic Absolutely AnythingEP Clubalternative Acoustic sessions in the haze (Vol.1)Broke Diplomatesalternative Band camp Greatest HitsMarcus Kihnalternative Not A Day Goes Bybaby giraffealternative Annie's DeadLittle Coyotealternative Les brûlésLes brûlésalternative half-assed banjo recordings (and bird nests) [...]

By | December 8th, 2016|Categories: New Music|28 Comments

ICYMI News from the past week for Wednesday 7th December 2016

Prism Prize Increases Grand Prize The Prism Prize, awarded for best music video, celebrates its fifth consecutive year by increasing the cash prize from $10,000 to $15,000. The long list of 20 videos is due [...]

By | December 7th, 2016|Categories: News|60 Comments

The Medicine Hat

The Medicine Hat is a five-piece band from Hamilton, Ontario making experimental pop music. Frontwoman Nabi Sue Bersche's nimble, raw lyricism is illuminated by a voice like holy fire: blistering and purifying. Focussed guitar work [...]

By | December 6th, 2016|Categories: You should be listening to...|Tags: |78 Comments

A Primitive Evolution – The Prize

A Primitive Evolution formed in the fall of 2007 out of band Lye (and before that Aphasia), vocalist Brett Carruthers and bassist Stephany Seki began jamming with drummer Stu Dead, founder of Playdead Cult, a [...]

By | December 5th, 2016|Categories: You should be listening to...|Tags: |26 Comments

It’s [almost] Christmas

Christmas Song by Bliss Carman ABOVE the weary waiting world, Asleep in chill despair, There breaks a sound of joyous bells Upon the frosted air. And o’er the humblest rooftree, lo, A star is dancing [...]

By | December 2nd, 2016|Categories: Playlist|Tags: |54 Comments