Mon, 03/20/2017 - 14:09 by karyn
As a part of Bandcamp’s amazing “Our First 100 Days” series, Philadelphia’s Nothing have released the track “Spell”. For the first 100 Days of He Who Must Not Be Named’s presidential administration, 100 different bands are putting out a new song every day, which can be streamed directly from their Bandcamp pages or all purchased for a $30 dollar minimum from Bandcamp, with the proceeds going to benefit various worthwhile causes.
Fri, 03/17/2017 - 15:36 by karyn
Central to this year's Capture Photography Festival, Song of the Open Road is a new exhibition bringing together artists from Canada, Eritrea, Ireland, Sweden and the US. The works presented will be displayed inside, outside and across all of the gallery's spaces, embracing a different set of approaches and conceptions.
Fri, 03/17/2017 - 15:23 by karyn
How can you be mean to a band like Erasure. They’re legends! Chains of Love… A Little Respect… and apparently they never stopped writing music? I think it’s important that we are all nice to these guys. Please correct me in the comment section if they have a shady record after so many years and don’t deserve the courtesy… I haven’t been keeping up.
Mon, 03/13/2017 - 13:01 by karyn
Sweden’s pop music troubadour Jens Lekman has released the video for “How We Met, The Long Version” today off of his stellar new album Life Will See You Now. The clip features Lekman in all his blazered glory strumming his guitar while standing in front of a galaxy of stars.
Fri, 03/10/2017 - 14:39 by karyn
Winter; a four-to-six months long defining experience for many. In Alberta, winter's cold climate is often perceived as a challenge to navigate. Hence, architectural designs are conceived with this reality in mind. However, many seem to believe the structures are perhaps too protective and isolating, rather than appreciative of the season.
Thu, 03/09/2017 - 15:53 by karyn
In the realm of bands that are not British but choose to sing like the Brits do, my list of acceptable candidates begins and ends with Guided by Voices (in Britain they call liars "lorries"). Just because Canada is part of the commonwealth doesn't mean that you get away with this. "Love Me Tinder" is a real song title as well as the first single off of Forever 1999. This is problematic.
Wed, 03/08/2017 - 11:56 by karyn
Today Walla Walla Washington’s Chastity Belt offer up their brand new single, “Different Now” ahead of the June 2nd release of their third album, and second for Hardly Art, I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone. All breezy, shimmering guitar over a languidly jaunty rhythm, “Different Now” isn’t so much of a departure from what we’ve come to expect from the four piece but it acts as a definitive statement that the band have mastered the tools they have been working with since the independent release of their debut album No Regrets in 2013.
Mon, 03/06/2017 - 12:29 by karyn
The open road. For almost all aging rockers, the very concept is synonymous with freedom and vitality, the kind of place where the soul can heal following a tragedy and return from the abyss with renewed strength and, with any luck, maybe even the creative spark needed to produce a late period masterpiece like the Monkees’ Pool It! or the Beach Boys’ Still Cruisin’ (wait, these are terrible).
Wed, 03/01/2017 - 15:02 by karyn
UK post punkers Wire are still kicking and today release “Diamond In Cups,” the second single off of their upcoming 15th studio album Silver/Lead. The album drops on March 31st, which happens to be the 40th (!!!) anniversary of the quartet's first live show.
Thu, 02/23/2017 - 12:03 by karyn
Dirty Projectors have always been divisive. They are the type of band that people desperately love or hate and it’s easy to see it from both sides. Their records all share the same touchstones such as complex musicianship, unusual rhythm and melodic structures, abstract lyrical concepts and challenging arrangements that can culminate in a pretension that many find unappealing.
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