Posted in music, tagged Jay Som on March 17, 2017| 1 Comment »
From Oakland, California USA…it’s Jay Som (hey I’m wearing my California Golden Seals hat today…it’s green. Neat).
Whoa… Jay Som was hanging out with Nardwuar the other day at SXSW.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day! Gunna meet with my Dan Gunn who is in Vancouver this week for a conference, then bee-line it out Match in Queensborough to rock the Irish Green Beer Party.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged madi, Pham, Sober Rob on March 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Pham has a dark sound EDM jammer with Sober Rob and featuring the vocals of Madi. The song is called “Alibi.” Just a bay, 5 days old and a quarter million spins on Soundcloud.
Talking on Billboard; “The decision was to set the sounds in contrast. We found our common creative ground with (vocalist) Madi. In this example, the vocals became really light and instrumentation started to get gritty and hard hitting.
“We wanted to introduce something new, push the envelope amongst the wave of replicating sound aesthetics. To sum it up, what you’re about to hear is an otherworldly thing. An anthem, if you’d call it one.”
What I love about the information superhighway is that Pham is from Poland, he’s collaborating with a singer out of LA…and I’m blogging about this song from Vancouver.
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also I have new music concept.
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Oh this is really chill.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged BJ Wilbanks on March 14, 2017| 1 Comment »
BJ Wilbanks channels that retro soul vibe.
The hype says, “authentic exploration of love and the pursuit of enlightenment has been referred to as “Back Porch Soul,” fusing the musical roots of Americana, Motown and Delta Blues into an intoxicating blend of Southern Rock.”
That’s cool BJ. Back Porch Soul from the man outta Georgia. Let’s hit play on a couple songs form his upcoming April 28th self-titled debut.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Kill Paris on March 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
“Oh are you tired? We’re ALL tired, we all lost an hour of sleep.” — Meredith Geddes on Daylight Savings time.
Happy Monday, let’s punch it up on a grey tired wet Monday in Vancouver after the horror that is Daylight Savings.
I’m not gunna bitch too hard about it…I like the later sunlight.
Kill Paris is from LA…big sounding EDM cut. He is clearly a WAY better DJ than me because my back to the audience promo pic would be to a small gaggle of folks, all of them asking if I have any Drake.
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I stopped by my folks place the other day to track down a couple Canucks jerseys I had stored away, and look what I found?!? Did you used to rock a Starter Jacket for your favourite team?
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Beach Slang, The Menzingers on March 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
“I’m hardly ever right, but I’ve never been wrong.”
The warm fuzz wraps around Beach Slang’s A Loud Bash of Teenage Feeling‘s “Spin The Dial.” The new music video has a timeless or vintage feel, but captures contemporary California urban beach vibes.
“Life, I suppose, is about really getting alive, about getting after it. I hope this shakes that good feeling into you”
Here’s the new music video.
Look out for Beach Slang in Vancouver on April 16 in support of Jimmy Eat World at the Commodore.
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The Menzinger’s After The Party is such a great record. My favourite song drifts all over the place. Today it is “Midwestern States.”
The song makes me nostalgic for being broke but in love.
My wife and I don’t have stick and poke tattoos….but yeah, I still feel this.
Most nights we always fall asleep with something dumb on Netflix
Some nights trash reality or kids cartoons or shitty documentaries
Not perfect but we’re good together
Yeah, me, you, and our bad tattoos
Yeah, all our stick and pokes, all our inside jokes
We’ll regret them when we’re dead and sober
But we’re still breathing and the party ain’t over
Huh…both bands are from Pennsylvania…I didn’t do that on purpose.
Happy Friday. Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged K. Flay, Mirror Manor on March 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Producer Tim Hancock is Mirror Manor. He sent over his remix of K. Flay’s “Blood in the Cut.” The original is a monster modern rock hit on radio…the remix glosses it up for a dancefloor….because the kids don’t dance to rock & roll.
Happy Friday! Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Blu J, Matthew Chaim on March 9, 2017| Leave a Comment »
BLU J share their first original of 2017. For the song “Safe,” they teamed up with Matthew Chaim. Apparently these guys have some sort of Vancouver connection? Their Facebook says San Fran/Vancouver….huh.
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Finished watching Freaks and Geeks last night. Colour me new….but that was my first time checking it out. Only one season in 1999? Criminal NBC, criminal.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Young Galaxy on March 9, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Amped today to get an email from Young Galaxy. The Montreal indie group shared the spacey-disco jam “Stay For Real.”
Young Galaxy talks about the urgency behind the song; “We can no longer stand idly by and rely only on the people who shape the world for us culturally and politically. We must stay true to ourselves and feel the courage of our convictions in the face of polarizing political and personal views. But most of all, we must show empathy, compassion and love – even when faced with increasing existential threats, and fear and hostility. This song is a statement of intent, as we enter a new era, to hopefully serve as a reminder to ourselves of what our responsibilities are as artists in this troubled time.”
Proceeds form the independent single will go to Plus One.
“We are proud to be able to partner with Plus One (www.plus1.org). Proceeds from the sale of the song will go to defending the rights of the marginalized through Pivot Legal Society (Canada), ACLU Nationwide (USA), and W.A.V.E (EU).”
Go with yourself.
Posted in Capital Rock City, music, tagged Current Swell on March 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Scott Stanton from the Vancouver Island band Current Swell stopped by CFOX in Vancouver to talk their new album, When To Talk and When To Listen. The album is out on May 12th on Nettwerk Records. Their 6th album comes off the heels of 2014’s most excellent Ulysses.
The band mostly in Nashville with Jacquire King. Scott talked about the vibes of Nashville and how that filtered into the record. He talked about writing collaboratively with Dave Lang. Scott also explained the genesis of the first single “It Ain’t Right.” I asked him about some other songs on the record we can look forward to. One song is the title track which he said has line like, “the woman is in the garden again.” That woman is their neighbour, who likes to garden. And he said we can get excited for side one, track one, “Marsha.”
Current Swell will have some shows and festivals going down this summer. Including a trip over to Europe and some US dates in May.
05/03 San Diego, CA – Casbah
05/04 Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Café
05/05 San Francisco, Ca – Hotel Utah
05/07 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
05/11 Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
05/12 Portland, OR – Star
05/13 Seattle, WA – Tractor
1. Marsha
2. You Got It Easy
3. It Ain’t Right
4. When to Talk and When to Listen
5. Woman in White
6. Staying Up All Night
7. Use Me Like You Do
8. Thief of Joy
9. Like I Fight for You
10. The Time and the Weight
11. Marsha Reprise
Posted in music, tagged Fleet Foxes on March 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Fleet Foxes are back! On June 16th, the band will release Crack-Up on Nonesuch Records. Man, it’s been 6 years since Helplessness Blues. Nuts.
They shared a song today. Jesus, it’s almost 9 minutes! “Third of May / Ōdaigahara” is the name of the cut. If you’re familiar with Fleet Foxes sound, you’ll be able easily slide into this one.
The band also announced a tour, their first since 2011! (I still have the t-shirt from when I saw them in Vancouver). No Pacific Northwest dates…yet. Lame. For tour dates check out their website.
11. Crack-Up
The Morning After 