Playlist Friday: Secret City Records

The playlist this week is the eighth in a series of playlists where we are checking out Canadian Independent Record Companies and the artists they represent. We have checked out Arts and Crafts, Constellation Records, [...]

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar May/2020

The playlist this week is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. And that is a lot! We have both a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release [...]

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Albums of 2017

Music from the year 2017 is what we are listening to this week. This was the year I became a Polaris Music Prize juror and I remember being introduced to so many of these albums. [...]

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Albums of 2011

What were you doing in 2011? The tracks on the playlist this week are from Canadian Indie albums released in 2011. Music has a way of transporting us to a different time in our memories [...]

Playlist Friday: 2018 Polaris Music Prize Long List

The Polaris Music Prize Long List has been unveiled live at The Drake Hotel in Toronto, Canada!  Well over 200 Canadian albums have been narrowed down to 40. You can find the Long List here. [...]

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Music I Am Liking

The playlists I make are already pretty biased to my tastes as a rule but this one is completely biased. It is full of tracks off albums I am really enjoying these days and a [...]

New releases for the week ending October 13th 2017

Chastity - Chains Listening to the latest EP by Whitby, Ontario’s Chastity, you feel and inspiring level of energy as they turn anger into something constructive. Throughout its few tracks the band offer a tight [...]

Secret City Records releases 10th anniversary compilation

By Regina Sienra Since 2006, Secret City Records has been putting out amazing records that immediately became classics among Canadian music fans. Their star-studded roster includes Basia Bulat, The Barr Brothers, Patrick Watson, Owen Pallett [...]

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Sights of Regina Folk Fest 2016

Pictures by ShonicaR3 The 47th annual Regina Folk Fest, which took place last weekend (August 5-7,) brought a collection of marvellous musicians from across the country and beyond to the Queen City. The lineup for [...]

Two Nova Scotia festivals announce their lineups

By Nick Jean While we're in the heights of summer, getting over the hangover of the past weekend's peak summer festivals, it's hard to believe it's already time to be thinking about the next season. [...]