by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Promos
VIOLET NIGHT Tell A Story Of Self-Acceptance On New EP, daydream drama VIOLET NIGHT don’t just play their instruments – they use them as tools to carefully construct emotion. Hailing from Toronto, ON, the band aims to traverse soundscapes as diverse as their...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Interviews
Photo Credit: R.D. Cane Vancouver’s SLIP~ons Announce Debut EP with Video for “Heavy Machinery” What do you get when you combine two Canadian music legends into one guitar-heavy, power-pop unit that strives to sound like Minneapolis in the 90s? You get SLIP~ons!...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Promos
Jazz Supergroup PILC MOUTIN HOENIG Release Stunning YOU Are the Song Album No rehearsal. No overdubs. Not even a plan. None of that is all that unusual for seasoned jazz players. But when the acclaimed trio of Jean-Michel Pilc, François Moutin, and Ari Hoenig reunited...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Promos
North Battleford, SK’s JACKIE K Releases Third Single “We Can’t Quit” From She’s A Story There are times in all relationships when you drive each other crazy. Maybe someone drinks or smokes a little too much or complains about their weight but bulldozes junk food...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Reviews
Montreal’s Loryn Taggart brings the swagger on her new blues/jazz/folk track “Scandal Monger” Montreal-based genre-bending musician Loryn Taggart is ecstatic to release “Scandal Monger,” the second single off her forthcoming debut album....
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Festivals & Events
TIM HORTONS OTTAWA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2023 LINEUP FEATURING HEADLINERS DEAR ROUGE, TIM BAKER, AND BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival returns June 22-25 with free all-ages concerts from headliners Dear Rouge, Tim Baker, and Bedouin...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Festivals & Events
DJ Pee .Wee (AKA Anderson Paak), Fleet Foxes, Lord Huron, Peach Pit, Bahamas, Sudan Archives, Allen Stone, Neal Francis, Jesse Roper & More After a wildly successful inaugural year in 2022, the Phillips Backyard Festival Series (presented by Phillips Brewing &...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Interviews
Photo Credit: Talent Nation Rising bedroom-pop artist Loren Aronov shares introspective new single “mask On” Growing up in a quaint suburb of Toronto, Loren Aronov always dreamed of becoming a pop star. Driven by external pressures and societal...
by JamesM | May 23, 2023 | Promos
Photo Credit: Osnap Photography Nu-Reggae Band THE MEMBERZ Release New Single “WHAT AH JOY” Toronto-based “nu-reggae band The Memberz strive to break the boundaries of traditional “genre-ification”. On their new single “What Ah Joy,” they are...
by JamesM | May 22, 2023 | Promos
TAZE KOZAK’s hot new tune “Down and Out (Up and High)” is out now Canadian-based musician from Cumberland, BC, Taze Kozak has unveiled his latest single, “Down and Out (Up and High).” This upbeat, fresh n’ hot, storytelling tongue...