Our second listen off the upcoming CHVRCHES record Every Eye Open is really good. “Never Ending Circle” is the name of the cut. Record is out September 25th.
Here is the previous CHVRCHES song.
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We’re giving away a trip to Iceland here at CFOX.
Last summer I talked to Ryan Jacobs. He is an “elf expert” and wrote an article a couple years ago for The Atlantic about the belief in elves in Iceland.
Go with yourself.
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Neil Sanderson of Three Days Grace talks about the music video for the song “Human Race,” it’s themes, the themes of the album ‘Human,’ and the bands thoughts out on the road.
The music video (below) was directed by Mark Pellington, the same Mark we talked about with the new Silversun Pickups video.
Three Days Grace performs this Saturday at the Hard Rock Vancouver.
Go with yourself.
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Philadelphia’s Modern Baseball is touring with Pup!
11/17 – Portland, OR @ Analog Theater*
11/18 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
WINTER TOUR! @puptheband @jeffrosenstock @TinyMovingParts! NEW MOBO SONG w/ PRE-SALE TICKET! http://t.co/LWfJFdgyWl pic.twitter.com/BcIUGfCLJB
— Modern Baseball (@ModernBaseball) August 11, 2015
Go with yourself.
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Blue Sky Miners are based out of Toronto but many of the band members are from Victoria.
Jenna Gogo and Mark Lavoie I remember from Victoria. Jay Mitchel is also a BC guy.
The group is getting some hype now in Toronto and have a debut self-titled ep and our first single is “Cold Water.”
Talking about the music; “This EP is the product of two years of exploration and growth as a band. The songs and lyrics are a reflection of our feelings and fears ranging from heartbreak to the uncertainties that the future holds. We are calling for change, both within ourselves and the world around us.
“These songs are also a celebration of the albums we grew up with, utilizing vintage guitars, amps, keyboards and recorded using old tube and ribbon microphones. An homage to the sounds that made us want to become musicians in the first place. We were very fortunate to have an amazing team behind us. We couldn’t be more happy and humbled by the support and inspiration we received while creating this sound that we like to call ‘Rocky Mountain Desert Rock’. The Blue Sky Miners EP is a product of the many creators and artists who helped make this all come to life.”
August 20 – Victoria, BC – Upstairs Cabaret
August 21 – Vancouver, BC – Studio Records
Go with yourself.
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Looking forward to Lana Del Rey’s new record, Honeymoon. Consequence of Sound has the new song “High By The Beach.” Have a listen!
Go with yourself.
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Squamish Valley Music Festival this weekend. Coral and I are heading up on the Sunday so we’re excited for that.
New music! Young Galaxy are putting out a new record on October 30th called Falsework. First single is “Body.”
The new @younggalaxy single ‘Body’ is up on @iTunes worldwide! Includes the @peakinglights Disco Dub: http://t.co/YZiDXkbH94
— Paper Bag Records (@PaperBagRecords) August 7, 2015
PaperBag Records also commissioned a short story to go along with the record.
During the writing and recording of the Falsework, Young Galaxy and Paper Bag Records commissioned Scotiabank Giller Prize winning novelist/blogger/journalistSean Michaels to write a story that would work as a campaign piece to the album. Read the story here.
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Twin Circuits and Tier 3 teamed up to remix Tove Lo’s “Bodies.”
Go with yourself.
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I really should have written a blog yesterday. So much new music to get to.
Let us begin in Philadelphia and a record I will for sure be picking up on October 30th. Beach Slang‘s The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us. Compact disc, digital, and cassette (so hot right now) but the jewel in the crown will be one of those 800 press vinyl from the Polyvinyl store.
NOISEY: “…packs in their trademark hopeless romanticism and a lust for nostalgia over emotional vulnerability.”
Grand Stand: “The feelings of youth and vulnerability lie at the core of Beach Slang‘s music, which is part punk, part pop and all catharsis. It references the ghosts of the Replacements but keeps one foot firmly rooted in the present. It’s fun and it’s serious. It’s sad but it isn’t.”
I love it.
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Silversun Pickups from Silverlake, California (or is it Silver Lake?) have a new record called Better Nature out on September 25th.
Check out this short-film for the single “Nightlight.” The film was directed by Mike Pellington…Mike Pellington, you mean the same guy that directed Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy?” Yeah THAT Mike Pellington. You’re watching Meg Steedle who might recognize if you watched Boardwalk Empire.
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I just posted some Four Tet the other day…and now this? A recently re-discovered Four Tet song posted up on Soundcloud.
made this on a plane end of last year… not sure what I was thinking or why it exists.
— Four Tet (@FourTet) August 5, 2015
Let’s have a listen to “BACK2THESTART.”
Free download? This song will be making the lounge set. 100%.
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What else… right… a remix of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.” I *feel* like I’ve heard this song, or a remix like it before? No matter…. Classic song, sounds good. Also a free download.
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Tomorrow I should have a remix of Tove Lo’s “Bodies.” and working on interviews with Mumford & Sons, Royal Blood and Atlas Genius.
Go with yourself.
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Feeling like a little ball of energy lately. Building on some radio ideas and I think I’ve hit on a podcast idea.
I’ve been struggling with my Numark NS7ii DJ controller. I was about ready to light i ton fire this past weekend. The machine has never really worked as advertised. On my old Intel 2 Duel Core Macbook Pro…it glitches, or locked up. The Serato and Numark people were both like, “it’s your computer.”
I bought a new Macbook three weeks ago and the second time I use it, glitches hard. Sunday night, it wouldn’t even play a single song. I plug in my old Macbook, works the best it has ever worked. I don’t know. It is frustrating especially now as I am thinking of trying to DJ a lounge night somewhere in Vancouver. I’ll need it to work. I’ve been on with the tech support people at Serato, and yapping with my friend Tyson (who programs hardware for a different music company) and we (they) think we have it figured out. I hope. PRAY. Tyson thinks it’s a software conflict too.
“The best controller ever built. period.” Jeeeeezus. To be fair…when it works…it works so gloriously that if I get this thing sorted out, I am sure I’ll change my tune and be singing its praises.
Which brings me to today’s song. Four Tet. I’ve been thinking of my lounge set lately. And all the great chill wave and downtempo artists I used to play at the Veneto Lounge like Four Tet. In Victoria on the weekend I stumbled into Ditch Recorts (to buy Kurt Vile…well actually I wanted Titus Andronicus‘ new album but it was $40!) and I found a 2015 record from Four Tet. Four Tet’s new album is called Morning/Evening. Keiran Hebden inherited some Indian music from his grandfather and pulled some samples out of a 1983 song called “Main Teri Chhoti Behana Hoon” by Lata Mangeshkar.
Toro y Moi happens to have some new sounds too…and I always enjoyed his stuff.
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I was putting my kids to bed tonight when it dawned on me that one day I won’t. Sometimes it’s a chore. Sometimes I don’t want to do it. But then when I don’t have to, I’ll miss it so much.
I was talking to my Dad the other day about how funny and great little baby babble is. I kinda wish I could record it all the time and save it for when I’m an old man. My Dad said I really should make a pint of recording. The thing is, as soon as I pull out my phone (so far at least) Jack stops babbling. Like he knows…or he gets distracted by the phone. I strapped him in to the car seat today on a quest to buy more coffee beans and I got 15 seconds out of him before he saw my phone and was more interested in swiping at it.
Go with yourself.
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Alternative Nation has this story of an early Alice in Chains show in Pullman, Washington at WSU.
Here is the set…love the cover of “Suffragette City” near the end.
1. Killing Yourself
2. Man In A Box
3. Love, Hate, Love
4. We Die Young
5. Sunshine
6. Queen Of The Rodeo
7. Social Parasite
8. Put You Down
9. Real Thing
10. I Can’t Remember
11. Sea Of Sorrow
12. Suffragette City
13. Taxi Driver
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Max Kerman from the Arkells talks about his role in a viral wedding proposal video.
Chris Murray from Ottawa wanted to surprise his Arkells loving girlfriend with a memorable wedding proposal and asked Max to help out. He said yes and then she said yes. Neat.
Go with yourself.
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The Morning After 