Ummagma – LCD
Who says that you shouldn’t meet your heroes? Ummagma did and the result is a stunning remix that also acts as the lead single for their forthcoming ‘LCD’ EP. After Robin Guthrie heard their track [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 18th July 2017
Ziibiwan's "Winter's Child" Passes Down Native Knowledge for the Trap Era Anishinaabe producer Ziibiwan makes music at the cutting edge of dance but uses it to share tradition and convey the struggles of Canada's Indigenous [...]
The New Haunts
Edmonton based progressive indie rock band The New Haunts are an unconventional mix of guitar riffs and detailed rhythms. They produce truly original music by combining influences from each member’s eclectic styles and musicalities. The [...]
New releases for the week ending July 14th 2017
Neil Young - Hitchhiker Hitchhiker is the rare archival release that can appeal to both rabid superfans and casual listeners. Recorded over the course of a single night in 1976, it captures Neil Young in [...]
Emily Millard – Eisblumen
Montreal-based singer/songwriter Emily Millard is set to release her latest collection of alt-folk gems, By Heron & By Season, on October 7. Formerly known as Miss Emily Brown, the new LP follows the Canadian Folk [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 11th July 2017
Contemporary Throat Singer Improvises a Harsh Vision of Canada Tanya Tagaq is a transformative performer. She herself transforms. Her music transforms. And, by the end, her audience transforms.(The Link) Project Soundcheck tunes into artists to [...]
Soundcloud closes 2 offices laying off 40 percent of its workforce
In shocking news to its employees, SoundCloud, the digital music service provider, has decided to shut down its offices in San Francisco and London making roughly 41% of its staff unemployed. Though SoundCloud had already [...]
New releases for the week ending July 7th 2017
Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder Before taking a break of seven years from releasing albums, Broken Social Scene established itself as one of indie rock's most epic practitioners. The group's ambient, experimental 2001 [...]
Arcade Fire crank up the satire & weirdness at London gig
In a case of "if you can do it why can't we" Arcade Fire decided that, if US 'it-girls' Kylie and Kendal Jenner could sell classic band T-shirts with their own image or logo superimposed [...]
ICYMI for Tuesday 4th July 2017
Left on the dial No surprise, it's taken more than one radio station to replace Radio 3. "Replace" is the wrong word, because nothing will replace it. But S2W has assembled a listening roster that [...]