Victoria’s Band of Rascals sent over the music video for their song “Giv’her to the River.”
Check out Band of Rascals on April 17th at Upstairs Cabaret in Victoria.
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Victoria’s Hawk and Steel released their new single “David and Katie.” The song is from their upcoming record Anywhere But Here which comes out on June 23rd. The song tells the morose alt-country fable of…. David and Katie. neat.
It is the studio cut from a song we first heard close to a year ago when I was on The Zone.
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And if I may share a clip from my radio show on CFOX in Vancouver…this is a call I got the other day from Jose. Jose survived an insane motorcycle accident.
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Twisted fingers and happy hearts… Mike Edel released a new song on his soundcloud the other day called “Blue Above The Green.” He says the song is about spring time.
Mike Edel’s new record is called India, Seattle. The Victoria folkster is hitting the road with fellow Island squad Towers & Trees. We’ll get a chance to see Mike Edel on April 9th in Vancouver at The Biltmore and the following nights in Victoria at The Roxy.
And let’s check in with Towers and Trees. Check out this beauty cover of Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast” recorded on The Zone with my best English mate Jon Williams.
April 9th? Is that a Thursday? Maybe I could go to that?
Go with yourself.
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My 7-year old daughter offers her insights on the 1983 classic Van Halen party jock jam.
Go with yourself.
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Brooklyn mood rockers The National released a new song today called “Sunshine on my Back.” The song was recorded during the Trouble Will Find Me sessions and is a free download if you rent or download their “documentary” Mistaken For Strangers from VHX. The song features the vocals of Sharon Van Etten.
Read more: Consequence of Sound // Pitchfork
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Downloaded the new Sufjan Stevens record Carrie & Lowell last night. It is a perfect folk record. (Pitchfork review here)
The record follows his fractured relationship with his mother Carrie. How their relationship shaped him and how her death effects him. Talking to Pitchfork Sufjan says, “This is not my art project; this is my life.”
The language and poetry is crushing. Exceptionally beautiful. I love the line in this song near the end, “My brother had a daughter, A beauty that she brings. Illumination.”
As dark as the record often is, you have these uplifting moments.
Talking about the nature of art on his blog:
“To objectify art is to measure its commercial value and squander its transcendental powers of benevolence. Reciprocity demeans art; or, rather, it functions to incarcerate its powers, to judge it for its charity. Like putting Mother Theresa on trial, or in prison, for the crime of compassion. On the contrary, perfect art, as a perfect gift (without ulterior motive, without gain, without compensation) courageously gives itself over to the world asking nothing in return.”
Sufjan Stevens will be in Vancouver on June 9th for a show at the Orpheum.
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I do loves me the UK duo Seafret. Their February ep Oceans still gets heavy play on my rainy day commutes on the Skytrain or to chill after a long day back in Coquitlam.
Seafret’s new single is called “Atlantis” and comes out on May 11th.
Talking about the song Seafret says, “The track is about a situation that’s breaking down; where both sides are doing everything they can to make it work, but it’s doomed to fail despite their efforts. Growing up by the sea, we’ve always been fascinated by the legend of the Lost City of Atlantis and we thought it would be interesting to use it as a metaphor to evolve the song into something different than a standard heartbreak track.”
Their debut full length is due sometime in 2015.
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The Quidditch Canada National Championship will be this weekend at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.
Wait..isn’t quidditch that wizard game from the Harry Potter books? How are muggles from Canadian Universities playing the sport? I talk to Talor Mykle-Winkler from the SFU Marauders about the sport.
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Having a hard time chilling out today. Mondays can feel long for me. They start bright and early getting my daughter ready for school. Then a ferry ride, bus, and train right into work.
Then a train ride to the suburbs, some light grocery shopping and organizing. My place is a bit of war zone. Can’t seem to sit still or focus.
I have a about 20 ideas in my head, but none of them will barf out. Like a constipation of energy. Not good.
I turned on the TV to have something on in the background and a commercial for Netflix’s new drama Bloodline came on. The commercial got me to pause and pay attention because the song used was bewitching. And also Coach Taylor.
The trailer featured a cover of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” by singer Lissie.
Here is an original cut from 2013. Her only soundcloud post (that I could tell).
What a cool song. Lissie is new to me but clearly has a following. She has a couple fans on twitter and quite a few plays on her one soundcloud, the above cover, and this techno jammer.
I like her style. Maybe you will too.
Go with yourself.
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When there is shit going on in the this world. A movement, a happening, it is music that provides the soundtrack.
There is something special about punk rock and people need to articulate something. Victoria Ruiz fronts the politically blistering Downtown Boys. Their record Full Communism comes out in May. The first feature song is called “Monstro” and features a fast-forward thought bomb from the Rhode Island based singer who spits between English and Spanish. The song survives and advances into a nice saxophone hook .
I was trolling Montreal based-American-Australian band Ought’s twitter to see if they had any new music. They retweeted Downtown Boys, but I did not find any new music.
I’ll have to settle for “Pill” from their Once More With Feeling ep.
Once more with feeling!
Go with yourself.
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The Morning After 