It’s Release Radar playlist time! Release Radar are playlists that let you know what is new each month. We have a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release playlist to help you to discover new music. Some of the videos in the YouTube playlist can also be found on the Spotify playlist but the playlists are very different and you should check them both out.
The YouTube playlist has over 50 new uploads. There is another video from the N’we Jinan project, new releases, some great covers and collaborations, lyric videos and live videos, and some of the videos we featured here at OurBasement. There is lots to watch and discover in the playlist so I encourage you to check it out.
The Spotify Release Radar playlist has over 90 songs on it this month. The tracks are new releases with some being teasers for upcoming albums, some just released albums and a couple remixes. There are many tracks from artists that have been featured here on OurBasement. This month I was most excited about the songs from Black Mountain, Close Talker, Odonis Odonis and Reignwolf. If you want a shorter playlist, follow my DarBar’s Picks playlist which has my favourites from the last few weeks.
Royal Canoe, Wintersleep, Pup, Digawolf, Tanya Tagaq, Dan Mangan and others all had more new tracks for us to enjoy this month as well. Keep them coming! Always great to hear new tracks from artists you enjoy.
The Saskatchewan artists with new tracks are Close Talker and Reignwolf and I think that is it this month. There are some videos by Reignwolf, Shannon Rae, Foxwarren and Megan Nash. I love my Saskie artists!
Featured Artists:
LIAM – Times Like This
“My name is Liam. I’m a songwriter, sideman, and mix/audio engineer. I write songs about my feelings. I am inspired by old guitars, dark rooms, my talented friends, warmth, and I really like Ryan Adams. First and foremost: I’m releasing an album I worked on with my friends and with Howard Redekopp (Tegan & Sara, Mother Mother, New Pornographers). “Times Like These,” the record’s first single, is now out.
This song is about the times in our lives when we feel our worst; our most anxious, most depressed, most broken. When we are low, we feel vulnerable and human. I had a rough year, but at 22, I could feel the growth that laid beneath everything else. “Times Like These” is about embracing our lows. Learning from our lows. Allowing our lows to make the highs rich and full.
Jane’s Party – Sattelite
Our new single, “Satellite,” depicts an other worldly encounter our lead singer (Jeff) had with a mysterious individual some years back whilst playing a bar gig in our local Toronto. With their unorthodox attire and unique mannerisms, his attention was caught immediately. But, before he could even go as far as a hello, they were gone without a trace as if they were never there in the first place.
Around the same time, Jeff was obsessed with watching UFO conspiracy footage and had come across a phenomenon known as The Black Knight Satellite – an object that seems to blink in and out of existence while orbiting the Earth in a very unusual manner. This analogy of the Satellite was the perfect way to describe the strange encounter that he couldn’t stop thinking about.
“Satellite” is the latest track to be shared off of Casual Island, our fourth full-length that’s out now! This album feels very personal to us, like we’re sharing that initial intimate experience when you’re first coming up with the song and recording it in your bedroom.
Enjoy the playlists! Don’t forget to click follow on that DarBar’s Picks playlist, it is being updated at least weekly.
Thanks DarBar
OH, and Good Morning
You’re welcome Scott
And good morning to you as well.
Good Morning
Hi tiffy!
Hello 🙂 Thought i’d stop by and see who’s hanging out.
Usually just a few of us pop in and out these days. Nice to see you drop in. 😀
I am catching up on what happened at Christchurch. So terrible.
I haven’t had a chance to look into any of that yet. I saw something about 47 people dead.
It sounds like it was a terrible thing that happened in Christchurch.
I feel for the victims and their families. Sometimes words are not adequate.
I know I have no words. Sounds like more white supremacy shit. Ugh…
Howdy. I got sucked into my book until late last night so I have slept in this morning.
Sorry to have missed some friends but maybe they will come back and say hi to me as i add caffeine
Kaslo Jazz Etc wordplay contest;
“an extraterrestrial’s best
buddy stays up worrying
about getting a 2019 Kalso
Jazz Etc Festival ticket”.
contest open until March 20th at noon.
Hello morgana! Fun with words on both accounts.
I was enjoying your playlist @darbar but then I was on hold with Air Canada and had to listen to their sounds … my kid is flying tomorrow so I needed to check in if the grounding of the 737 Max aircrafts was going to effect here. All is good. Now, back to regularly scheduled listening:)
Glad to hear it doesn’t affect her plans! Enjoy the listening.
Oddly the Air Canada agent had an American accent. I guess they are pulling in staff from all over to deal with the issues. She laughed at our itinerary; ” who wants to be flying around northern Canada in the winter?” Better than going anywhere in the US of A is what my inside voice was saying.
you might have been passed to a freelance call centre that handles multiple companies if they have an influx of calls
I would love to travel around Canada in the winter. Fewer tourists so more chance of meeting the locals.
She was aware she was talking to a Canadian right?
I do believe I am having difficulty separating my disgust over the politics in the US from the people in general.
We have many dear friends in the states that I am missing. I continue to encourage them to come here for a visit.
Yes, it is not all Americans. Most seem quite reasonable and likeable even but ugh…
OK, that Liam Duncan song totally took me off guard. I was puttering along doing my own thing when this guy threw down some lyrics that are very real, tough and nicely phrased for the music. A good example of how love/breakup songs are not all pithy.
Thoughts on ITunes willing to anti up a greater percentage of revenue to artists as opposed to Spotify?
I will have to have another listen to the lyrics. He is coming to Regina soon and is with a local artist I like as well. I think I am busy that night though. :-/
Ahh I see what you mean about the lyrics.
I haven’t read about it yet but I am all for more revenue to artists.
Pedro shared something on FB earlier in the week. I’ll see if I can find it ….
about revenue to artists not breakup and love song;)
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/songwriter-royalties-appeal/?fbclid=IwAR1l7X2StUrFMoragP1FA4bZguG0byMBy8ofcihn65J7YFsgRnQ2NRQBga0
time for me to go and be good and do my weight lifting for eye balls.
back in under an hour
So Amazon and Spotify want to continue keeping 89.5% of revenues away from writers, composers and rights holders. Of the big 3, only Apple is not appealing.
Corporations as slave owners.
(And good day!)
“weight lifting for eye balls”
weight lifting for eye balls
AKA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_rehabilitation
So, do we protest by pulling the plug on Spotify and make the move to Apple?
Not until I can share playlists with non Apple users.
Or do we explain to them why they need to become Apple users?
Possibly. I remain doubtful it would work for my purposes. I will have to look into it further before I make the leap.
All I have in the way of a ‘puter is an iMac, and I don’t even use AppleStuff™.
I have invested quite a bit of time into my Spotify account which I am sure is far less than you @darbar. I am not sure I am prepared to make the move either, just asking questions.
Yes moving would be a lot of work and I have spent hours and hours and hours on it already. But if a better service that actually pays artists better is available, I am all for it. I don’t like the idea of making people pay to listen to my playlists though. I have a hard enough time getting people to listen and thanks again to those that do. I spend so much time putting them together it’s nice that more than just me listen to them.
I should go back to shorter playlists though. They are all getting so long!
Ha! I just looked at my calendar and I had planned on doing Release Radar next week. I could have done Junos or Celtic one this week. That’s what happens when I am working at 2 places and juggling multiple things after work. Oops
They are big playlist. I appreciate all the effort. I also appreciate my skip button. Someone else will be skipping the tunes I linger on and add to my regular rotation and visa versa so I figure big playlists are good and then each listener takes it from there.
@DBS, oh that won’t do, you will be docked 1 hours pay, as soon as we start paying people
Oops, but quite easy to make it look like it was intended; Post Juno fall-out playlist?
That was my thinking morgana. Different people with different tastes etc
I will think about what to do next week instead. Juno isn’t out of the running.
The kid gets home momentarily. Last few hours to get everything ready for her trip then off to a play; Children of God.
See you all next week.
Have a great weekend!
Just put that on my tab Garf.