New releases for the week ending February 23rd 2018

Adam Cicchillitti - Canciones While touring Quebec and the Maritimes in 2016, guitarist Adam Cicchillitti played an outdoor concert at La Fête de la Musique de Tremblant, a summer festival curated by violinist Angèle Dubeau.(CBC [...]

Midnight Shine – High Road

TAKING THE HIGH ROAD: Midnight Shine’s third album reaching new heights It’s a little bit cliché to say it’s been a long road for Midnight Shine to get here. It’s a little bit ironic, too, [...]

By | February 21st, 2018|Categories: New Music, News|Tags: , , |41 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 20th February 2018

Hedley dropped by management, radio, tour opener amid sexual misconduct allegations Besieged pop-rockers Hedley faced a barrage of more bad news Friday as they were dropped by their management team, abandoned by other musicians opening [...]

By | February 20th, 2018|Categories: News|6 Comments

Hyness – The End Of Music (EP)

Hyness is a four-piece band fronted by singer/guitarists Marcus and Amy Addams. Drawing inspiration primarily from the glorious fuzz that defined the first half of the 1990s, the group’s debut EP The End Of Music [...]

By | February 19th, 2018|Categories: New Music|Tags: |22 Comments

New releases for the week ending February 16th 2018

Born Ruffians - Uncle, Duke & The Chief Luke Lalonde was feeling lost. Following the release of Born Ruffians’ 2015 album, Ruff, the frontman admits that he was “losing focus and losing desire, I guess, [...]

Searchlight 2018, Round One

Voting on the first round of this year's Searchlight began yesterday. With over 2,700 entries from all over Canada, including 14 from "The North", covering genres from Classical to Rock and Indigenous to Country. You [...]

By | February 14th, 2018|Categories: News|43 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 13th February 2018

What Iceland can teach Ottawa about growing its local music scene Grimur Atlason is director of Reykavik's Iceland Airwaves festival, which has grown significantly since it began in 1999 and now draws around 80,000 visitors [...]

By | February 13th, 2018|Categories: News|52 Comments

New releases for the week ending February 9th 2018

Adrian Underhill - CU Again Produced by famed Brit producer Adam Bainbridge, aka Kindness (Robyn, Solange, Blood Orange), the LP is available to pre-order now at this location. A video for the title track recently [...]

Josh Mover & The Shakers – When I Steal Your Heart

Hey Our Basement, I’m Josh Mover of Toronto indie rockers Josh Mover & The Shakers, and we’re super excited to share our new single “When I Steal Your Heart” with you today. It’s taken from [...]

By | February 7th, 2018|Categories: New Music|Tags: |20 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 6th February 2018

Cree cellist and composer showcases Orchestral Powwow in Vancouver A UBC graduate and former Vancouver resident, Derksen is performing music from her album Orchestral Powwow, the first album to showcase the unique music genre Derksen [...]

By | February 6th, 2018|Categories: News|30 Comments