New releases for the week ending January 6th 2017
With a new year comes even more new music. He are a few of my selections for this week. To see the full list of this weeks releases why not open this in a new [...]
ICYMI News from the past week for Wednesday 4th January 2017
Lineup announced for Coachella festival Seeking to challenge the New Year’s blues Coachella released the lineup for its sunny summer festival yesterday. Or if California isn't exotic enough for you, you could always head out [...]
Top 9 Canadian Albums of 2016
9 Wintersleep - The Great Detachment Wintersleep's sixth studio album marked a return to form for the group. Compared to the band's previous two efforts these tracks sound absolutely expansive. It was recorded primarily live-off-the-floor [...]
New releases for the week ending December 23rd 2016
For the last few weeks I have used each Thursdays post to list all of the music the music that had been released from that week (with a slight overlap for anything that had slipped [...]
ICYMI News from the past week for Wednesday 21st December 2016
2016 Gold/Platinum Year-End Review Music Canada is looking back at who was awarded gold and platinum certification over the past year. Tegan and Sara launch foundation in support of LGBTQ rights Tegan and Sara have [...]
Could streaming sales be music’s saving grace.
The growth of streaming services contributed to music revenue rebounding in 2016 but are consumers ready to pay for music again? The year 2016 may be remembered as the year streaming services like Spotify and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
