Hamilton: DreamCast
By Regina Sienra and Donna Lowe Hamilton (Definitely not the city in Ontario. The big musical that made Broadway cool again) has broken records, indeed, but one of its biggest achievements is bringing rap and [...]
Slow Down Molasses releases “Moon Queen”, first song from upcoming record
It looks like Slow Down Molasses, the Saskatoon dream-pop band, never really stop working. Just over a year after the release of their third album, Burnt Black Cars, the five piece have announced the release [...]
Fast Romantics’ “Julia” wins SOCAN Songwriting Prize
The 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize was awarded today to the Toronto-via-Calgary band Fast Romantics for their song “Julia,” beating out the likes of Polaris Music Prize nominees The Strumbellas, Dilly Dally and Andy Shauf. Each [...]
Amos the Transparent – Change My Mind
Amos the Transparent, the Ottawa six-piece, is back with a new single called “Change my mind”. The song was announced on a Facebook post and is available for purchase on their website for however much [...]
TrackBack – Revisiting Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton’s Knives Don’t Have Your Back
By Regina Sienra In 2006, Emily Haines was well on her way to becoming the stadium-filling figure she is today. Metric’s second album, Live It Out – released in the fall of 2005 – would [...]
Open call for Polaris Music Prize poster designers
This year, Polaris is sending out an open call for designers to create these special works.
From Zeus' forehead springs Ocean Potion
Just in time for the summer, Zeus announced today that guitarist Mike O’Brien and recently-added guitarist/keyboardist Jason Haberman have released four tracks from their new act, Ocean Potion (not the sunscreen). This is the first music [...]
Kathleen Edwards gets her guitar back
Back in August 2015, Kathleen Edwards posted on Facebook that her rare and valuable 1957 Les Paul Junior guitar was stolen from her house in Stittsville, Ontario. Today, the Ottawa singer-songwriter posted a picture [...]
Darbar’s Polaris long list playlist
(That title feels like a tongue twister, eh?) The announcement of the 2016 Polaris Prize short list is in about two weeks. What started as a list of 40, will be shortened to 10. This [...]