Muneshine – Full Throttle (featuring the Darcys)

JUNO Award nominated producer Muneshine recently released a new track “Full Throttle”. Working in collaboration with Canadian mainstays Darcys, the song sees both artists stepping outside their comfort zones to create something brand new. “Full [...]

By | May 31st, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: , |22 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 30th May 2017

Catherine MacLellan releasing album of Gene's songs Fans of Gene MacLellan's music get a double treat this summer; not only is his daughter Catherine doing a stage show of his songs, she's also releasing a [...]

By | May 30th, 2017|Categories: News|20 Comments

Just another blog post

It is Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK (and I am too energy efficient to come up with something to post). This traditionally means that many places are closed and the heavens open (as [...]

By | May 29th, 2017|Categories: stuff|12 Comments

Playlist Friday: Northern Lights

The playlist this week takes us up north to experience the Northern Lights of music from NWT, Yukon and Nunavut. I put them all together as it is an area whose music I was really [...]

By | May 26th, 2017|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |33 Comments

New releases for the week ending May 26th 2017

Fake Shark - Faux Real (Light Organ) If you feel like you’ve heard of Fake Shark before, but can’t quite describe what it sounds like, you’re not alone. The Vancouver-based band has not made it [...]

By | May 25th, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: , , , |15 Comments

Jeffery Straker – Dirt Road Confessional

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Jeffery Straker's latest album, Dirt Road Confessional, is now available through Acronym Records. The Saskatchewan native's cross-Canada tour kicks off in Saskatoon on May 25, with a European jaunt slated for late summer [...]

By | May 24th, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: |19 Comments

ICYMI for Tuesday 23rd May 2017

RIP: MuchFACT? The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has effectively killed MuchFACT, the MuchMusic funded Foundation to Assist Talent on video. As part of Bell Media’s TV renewal approval, the CRTC approved the deletion of [...]

By | May 23rd, 2017|Categories: News|22 Comments

Basement Revolver – Johnny Pt 2

Following hot on the heels of their successful (over 800,000 plays on Spotify and nearly 100,000 plays on SoundCloud) first EP "Johnny" last year Basement Revolver have released a track from their second EP "Agatha", [...]

By | May 22nd, 2017|Categories: New Music|Tags: |8 Comments

Playlist Friday: Grant Lawrence Dirty Windshields

The playlist today is in honour of Grant Lawrence and his new book Dirty Windshields. There was a rockin' book release party last Saturday, May 13 in Vancouver. The Commodore was full of friends, family, [...]

By | May 19th, 2017|Categories: Playlist, Playlists, Show review|Tags: , , , |33 Comments

New releases for the week ending May 19th 2017

Daniel Romano - Modern Pressure (Independent) Called Modern Pressure, the new LP — Romano's seventh solo album — was recorded in Finnsäs, Sweden, with longtime engineer Kenneth Meehan. A press release compares it to the [...]

By | May 18th, 2017|Categories: New Music|18 Comments