Allison Crowe and Kashka Show How Different Leonard Cohen Covers Can Be
Allison Crowe strips down 'Bird on a Wire' and Kashka dances up 'Everybody Knows.'
Artist: Allison Crowe Title: Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen cover) Link Text: Allison Crowe – Bird on the Wire (Leonard Cohen cover) File Name: 03BirdonaWire.mp3 Bitrate: 200 kbps Genre: Folk Year: 2012
You go through phases in life, it's just a given. Some times an abrupt change signals a transition from one frame of mind to another, other times it's more subtle. I can look back at the archives of this blog and see the phases I've gone through, and in some case, even track changes in artists I've written about. Take Kat Burns, for instance. She first entered my consciousness as the voice behind Toronto's Forest City Lovers, back when I was deep in a torrid love affair with all things acoustic, folk, and pop. Now that I've been [...]
It was a very hot July 22nd in Ottawa. At least it didn't rain. Here is 4in1 Acoustic Park Sessions #5 that took place at MacDonald Gardens Park . Decided to have it under the nice stoned gazebo. It was more like 6in1 but this was another good installment. Playing at the session were: • Factory Owl • Alex Silas • Kashka [...]
Kashka is the moniker for Forest City Lovers' Kat Burns and her friends and collaborators. She started writing these songs in 2009 with the help of James Bunton ( Ohbijou , Light Fires ), where the two would collaborate over long distances (Bunton on tour with Ohbijou, composing beats in the van and Burns sequestered away on Toronto Island for a composition residency). The winter of 2011/2012 had Kat assembling what was to be her full length debut in Vichada; a recording process that pushed Kat to think outside her normal songwriting process and channel this new voice. Look [...]
Frank Yang Who: Forest City Lovers What: One of Toronto's steadiest bands of the last half decade or so releasing three albums of folk-pop - each better than the last - most recently, 20102s Carriage . Why: Sadly, all things must come to an end and last week the band announced that they would be calling it a day with one final farewell show; this show. When: Thursday, April 19, 2012 Where: The [...]
Katie Sadie So yeah, Canadian Musicfest kind of screwed me over this year. For the past however many years, we've had a good arrangement: Canadian Music Week, as it was once know, runs the week before SXSW and allows me to a) get into some semblance of game shape for a club-hopping festival, b) check out some bands that I might otherwise have to find time to see in Austin, and c) allow me to build up a backlog of content to allow me to keep posting while I'm experiencing taco country. [...]
Artist: BenjaminFrancisLeftwich Title: Ticket To Ride (The Beatles Cover) File Name: SoundCloud
Artist: Fred Title: Eleven Link Text: Fred - “Eleven” File Name: Fred-Eleven.mp3 Year: 2011
Artist: Husky Title: The Woods Link Text: Husky - “The Woods” File Name: Husky-TheWoods.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Lake Forest Title: 02 Autumn Skies Link Text: Lake Forest - “Autumn Skies” File Name: lake_forest-autumn_skies.mp3
Artist: Neufvoin Title: “Drunken Captain” Link Text: Neufvoin - “Drunken Captain” File Name: 02-drunken-captain.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Neufvoin Title: Polar Song Link Text: Neufvoin - “Polar Song” File Name: 03_polar-song.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: Neufvoin Title: Villasukka Link Text: Neufvoin - “Villasukka” File Name: 06-villasukka.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Genre: Rock Year: 2009
Frank Yang Who: Forest City Lovers , Snowblink , Snailhouse , Bocce , Kite Hill , Richard Laviolette , Octoberman , The Meek, Jenny Omnichord What/Why: Local label Out Of This Spark is turning five years old in 2012, and they're marking a half-decade of discovering, incubating and launching some of the area's best new talent the way any good anniversary should - with family, friends and a tonne of great music. Details on the event over here [...]
Artist: Octoberman Title: Thirty Reasons Link Text: Octoberman - “Thirty Reasons” File Name: 05ThirtyReasons.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Todd V Wolfson I feel that I should say up front that any reservations I have about Kathleen Edwards and her work are entirely my own issues. Since her 2002 debut Failer , I've enjoyed her honest, roots-rock fare but always felt like I expected more from her creatively even though across her first three albums, she'd never shown any signs that she had ambitions beyond being a good singer-songwriter. That said, the fact that she spent her downtime following 20082s Asking For Flowers [...]
Artist: Kathleen Edwards Title: “Change The Sheets” Link Text: Kathleen Edwards - “Change The Sheets” File Name: Kathleen_Edwards_Change_The Sheets.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: ohbijou Title: Mossy Lungs Link Text: Ohbijou - “Mossy Lungs” File Name: Ohbijou-MossyLungs.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Snowblink Title: Ambergris Link Text: Snowblink - “Ambergris” File Name: Snowblink-Ambergris.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Genre: Rock Year: 2010
Artist: The Pack A.D. Title: 1. Sirens Link Text: The Pack A.D. - “Sirens” File Name: the_pack_ad-sirens.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Forest City Lovers Title: Light You Up Link Text: light you up File Name: forestcitylovers.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2010
Frank Yang There's many great things about the long-running Toronto institution of Nu Music Nites at the Horseshoe - not least of all the fact that they're free - but the fact that they often feature such random assemblages of acts that each set can feel like its own standalone show and not part of a larger bill is certainly a big part of the fun. Such was the case on Tuesday night when rather than one headline-calibre act, as you'd normally be fortunate to have, they had two - and quite markedly different ones at that. [...]
Artist: Diamond Rings Title: “Mellow Doubt” Link Text: Diamond Rings - “Mellow Doubt” File Name: diamond-rings-mellow-doubt_201 1-11-16-174913.128.mp3
Artist: Forest City Lovers Title: Keep the Kids Inside (Rainy Day Version) Link Text: Forest City Lovers - “Keep The Kids Inside” (Rainy Day Version, live at Exclaim) File Name: ForestCityLovers-KeepTheKidsIn side(RainyDayVersion-Exclaim). mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Forest City Lovers Title: Tell Me, Cancer Link Text: Forest City Lovers - “Tell Me, Cancer” (live at Exclaim) File Name: ForestCityLovers-TellMeCancer( Exclaim).mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Fucked Up Title: I Hate Summer Link Text: Fucked Up - “I Hate Summer” File Name: FuckedUp-IHateSummer.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Kathryn Calder Title: Arrow Link Text: Kathryn Calder - “Arrow” File Name: kathryn_calder-arrow.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: Kathryn Calder Title: Slip Away Link Text: Kathryn Calder - “Slip Away” File Name: kathryn_calder-slip_away.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2010
Idée Fixe When you've spent much of your life doing one thing, and that one thing draws to a close, it's not unreasonable to decide to do something completely the opposite next. So for Bry Webb to make his first post- Constantines record Provider a quiet, mainly acoustic affair only stands to reason - particularly for anyone who heard him operating as Harbourcoats before the Cons went on hiatus. But to suggest that Provider is just the Cons frontman gone unplugged is a grave [...]
Artist: Bry Webb Title: Rivers of Gold Link Text: Bry Webb - “Rivers Of Gold” File Name: BryWebb-RiversOfGold.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Rae Spoon Title: Crash Landing Link Text: Rae Spoon - “Crash Landing” File Name: RaeSpoon-CrashLanding.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Genre: Electronica Year: 2011
Frank Yang If you have a look over the last couple weeks of posts, you may notice that I've been to a number of shows lately; certainly the busiest stretch in some months. So when I say that to get me out of the house for a late Sunday night show on the other side of town would require something pretty dang special, I mean it. Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm not sure which, The Shop at Parts & Labour was hosting just that. I'd have probably gone if it was just Veronica Falls [...]
Link Text: Esben & The Witch - “Hexagons II (The Flight)” File Name: hexagonsiitheflight.mp3
Artist: Adam & The Amethysts Title: Dreaming Link Text: Adam & The Amethysts - “Dreaming” File Name: AdamAndTheAmethysts-Dreaming.m p3 Genre: Indie Folk Year: 2011
Artist: Animal Man Title: Do You Feed Link Text: Fucked Up (as Animal Man) - “Do You Feed?” File Name: Animal Man - Do You Feed.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Bon Iver Title: Calgary Link Text: Bon Iver - “Calgary” File Name: calgary.mp3 Genre: Indie Year: 2011
Artist: Persian Rugs Title: Always All Link Text: Persian Rugs - “Always All” File Name: persianrugs.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Veronica Falls Title: Come On Over Link Text: Veronica Falls - “Come On Over” File Name: Veronica Falls - ComeOnOver.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Genre: Alternative & Punk Year: 2011
Artist: Veronica Falls Title: Found Love In A Graveyard Link Text: Veronica Falls - “Found Love In A Graveyard” File Name: Veronica Falls - Found Love In A Graveyard.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Here is part II for Friday and Saturday on what shows I will be checking out at Pop Montreal . Friday - September 23, 2011 12pm to 5pm DJ Tim CO-OP @ Nouveau Palais (281 Bernard O) 1pm Symposium - Voices on Voices with Tune-Yards 8pm Touchy Mob @ Ukrainian Federation Alternative options can be: Cousins @ Casa del Popolo, Sandman Viper Command @ Les 3 Minots [...]
Awhile back I decided to use a film camera and take some photos from this year's NXNE Festival in Toronto. Bought a roll of B&W Illford 36 exposure film. Wanted to see what the results were on printed photo/film. Took me awhile to get the film developed and scanned the good photos I took (Wish I got a better scanner. Anyone know a good brand to buy?) It would be too much to type up on which acts [...]
Photograph by Sabrina Diemert Toronto's North by Northeast - or NXNE - is the younger cousin and orienteering opposite of the behemoth Austin music extravaganza South by Southwest. Over its 17 years, the festival has swollen to 7 days of concerts (ranging from cozy church acoustic sets to sprawling punk moshing at Yonge and Dundas Square), films (mostly music-centric documentaries, including this year's highly touted Better Than Something: Jay Reatard ) and interactive conferences (if you were a musician and could get advice from Brian Wilson, wouldn't you?). As with any event attempting to [...]
Artist: Crocodiles Title: I Wanna Kill Link Text: Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill File Name: 02-I-Wanna-Kill.mp3 Bitrate: 215 kbps Genre: Indie Year: 2009
Artist: Dan Mangan Title: Oh Fortune Link Text: Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune File Name: Dan-Mangan-Oh-Fortune.mp3 Genre: Alternative Year: 2011
Artist: Deerhoof Title: Let's Dance the Jet Link Text: Deerhoof - Let’s Dance the Jet File Name: 05-Lets-Dance-the-Jet.mp3 Year: 2011
Artist: forest city lovers Title: country road Link Text: Forest City Lovers - Country Road File Name: 03-country-road.mp3 Bitrate: 180 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Girls Title: Vomit Link Text: Girls - Vomit File Name: Girls-Vomit.mp3 Genre: Alternative Rock Year: 2011
Artist: Gramercy Riffs Title: Call Me Link Text: Gramercy Riffs - Call Me File Name: GramercyRiffs-CallMe1.mp3 Year: 2010
Artist: Library Voices Title: Party Like It's 2012 Link Text: Library Voices - Party Like It’s 2012 File Name: 04-Party-Like-Its-2012.mp3 Bitrate: 212 kbps Genre: Alternative & Punk Year: 2010
Artist: M83 Title: Midnight City Link Text: M83 - Midnight City File Name: M83-Midnight-City.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Artist: Memoryhouse Title: 'Lately' Link Text: Memoryhouse - Lately File Name: memoryhouse-lately.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: OFF! Title: Upside Down Link Text: OFF! - Upside Down File Name: OFF_Upside-Down.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: PS I Love You Title: Get Over Link Text: PS I Love You - Get Over File Name: PS-I-Love-You-Get-Over.mp3 Genre: Garage/Lo-Fi Year: 2010
Artist: Real Estate Title: It's Real Link Text: Real Estate - It's Real File Name: Real-Estate-Its-Real.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Royal Bangs Title: 'Grass Helmet' Link Text: Royal Bangs - Grass Helmet File Name: royal-bangs-grass-helmet.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Ruby Coast Title: Neighbourhood Link Text: Ruby Coast - Neighbourhood File Name: RubyCoast-Neighbourhood.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps
Artist: The Pack A.D. Title: Crazy Link Text: The Pack A.D. - Crazy File Name: The_Pack_AD_Crazy_128.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: Twin Shadow Title: 08 Castles In The Snow Link Text: Twin Shadow - Castles in the Snow File Name: 08-Castles-In-The-Snow-.mp3 Genre: Alternative Year: 2010
Artist: Wild Nothing Title: Live In Dreams Link Text: Wild Nothing - Live in Dreams File Name: 01-Live-In-Dreams.mp3 Genre: Shoegaze Year: 2010
Artist: Yukon Blonde Title: Wind Blows Link Text: Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows File Name: Yukon-Blonde-Wind-Blows.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
Photograph by Sabrina Diemert Toronto's North by Northeast - or NXNE - is the younger cousin and orienteering opposite of the behemoth Austin music extravaganza South by Southwest. Over its 17 years, the festival has swollen to 7 days of concerts (ranging from cozy church acoustic sets to sprawling punk moshing at Yonge and Dundas Square), films (mostly music-centric documentaries, including this year's highly touted Better Than Something: Jay Reatard ) and interactive conferences (if you were a musician and could get advice from Brian Wilson, wouldn't you?). As with any event attempting to [...]
Artist: Crocodiles Title: I Wanna Kill Link Text: Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill File Name: 02-I-Wanna-Kill.mp3 Bitrate: 215 kbps Genre: Indie Year: 2009
Artist: Dan Mangan Title: Oh Fortune Link Text: Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune File Name: Dan-Mangan-Oh-Fortune.mp3 Genre: Alternative Year: 2011
Artist: Deerhoof Title: Let's Dance the Jet Link Text: Deerhoof - Let’s Dance the Jet File Name: 05-Lets-Dance-the-Jet.mp3 Year: 2011
Artist: forest city lovers Title: country road Link Text: Forest City Lovers - Country Road File Name: 03-country-road.mp3 Bitrate: 180 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Girls Title: Vomit Link Text: Girls - Vomit File Name: Girls-Vomit.mp3 Genre: Alternative Rock Year: 2011
Artist: Gramercy Riffs Title: Call Me Link Text: Gramercy Riffs - Call Me File Name: GramercyRiffs-CallMe1.mp3 Year: 2010
Artist: Library Voices Title: Party Like It's 2012 Link Text: Library Voices - Party Like It’s 2012 File Name: 04-Party-Like-Its-2012.mp3 Bitrate: 212 kbps Genre: Alternative & Punk Year: 2010
Artist: M83 Title: Midnight City Link Text: M83 - Midnight City File Name: M83-Midnight-City.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Artist: Memoryhouse Title: 'Lately' Link Text: Memoryhouse - Lately File Name: memoryhouse-lately.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: OFF! Title: Upside Down Link Text: OFF! - Upside Down File Name: OFF_Upside-Down.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: PS I Love You Title: Get Over Link Text: PS I Love You - Get Over File Name: PS-I-Love-You-Get-Over.mp3 Genre: Garage/Lo-Fi Year: 2010
Artist: Real Estate Title: It's Real Link Text: Real Estate - It's Real File Name: Real-Estate-Its-Real.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2011
Artist: Royal Bangs Title: 'Grass Helmet' Link Text: Royal Bangs - Grass Helmet File Name: royal-bangs-grass-helmet.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Ruby Coast Title: Neighbourhood Link Text: Ruby Coast - Neighbourhood File Name: RubyCoast-Neighbourhood.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps
Artist: The Pack A.D. Title: Crazy Link Text: The Pack A.D. - Crazy File Name: The_Pack_AD_Crazy_128.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: The Paint Movement Title: Fortune's Window Link Text: The Paint Movement - Fortune’s Window File Name: Fortunes-Window.mp3 Year: 2011
Artist: Twin Shadow Title: 08 Castles In The Snow Link Text: Twin Shadow - Castles in the Snow File Name: 08-Castles-In-The-Snow-.mp3 Genre: Alternative Year: 2010
Artist: Wild Nothing Title: Live In Dreams Link Text: Wild Nothing - Live in Dreams File Name: 01-Live-In-Dreams.mp3 Genre: Shoegaze Year: 2010
Artist: Yukon Blonde Title: Wind Blows Link Text: Yukon Blonde - Wind Blows File Name: Yukon-Blonde-Wind-Blows.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2010
Photo by National Capital Commission It's pre-Canada Day today but here goes. Happy Canada Day 2011! Hope everyone will be enjoying their weekend and celebrate Canada's 144th birthday. I decided to make a mixtape which all the acts are Canadian. I know some of the songs don't have Canada as a theme but just wanted people to have fun to the songs on Canada Day. Enjoy! Aidan Knight - North East South [...]
Artist: Aidan Knight Title: 08 Jasper Link Text: Jasper File Name: aidan_knight-jasper.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Artist: Aidan Knight Title: North East South West Link Text: North East South West File Name: 05 North East South West.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Pop Year: 2010
Artist: Arkells Title: Whistleblower (Audio rip) Link Text: Whistleblower File Name: Whistleblower (Audio rip).mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Rock
Artist: Birthday Girls Title: Let's Take This Party Downstairs Link Text: Let’s Take This Party Downstairs File Name: 02 Let's Take This Party Downstairs.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Alternative Year: 2010
Artist: Cuff The Duke Title: Remember the Good Times Link Text: Remember The Good Times File Name: 04 Remember the Good Times.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Indie Rock Year: 2007
Artist: Jason Collett Title: Love Song to Canada Link Text: Love Song To Canada File Name: 01 Love Song to Canada.mp3 Genre: Alternative Year: 2010
Artist: Joel Plaskett Emergency Title: True Patriot Love Link Text: True Patriot Love File Name: 08 True Patriot Love.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Rock Year: 2001
Artist: Slow Down, Molasses Title: Wake Me Up At The Coast Link Text: Wake Me Up At The Coast File Name: 06 Wake Me Up At The Coast.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Rock Year: 2011
Artist: The Express Title: Dark Days In Montreal Link Text: Dark Days In Montreal File Name: 06 Dark Days In Montreal.mp3 Genre: Pop
Artist: The Wilderness Of Manitoba Title: Mother Song Link Text: Mother Song File Name: the_wilderness_of_manitoba-mot her_song.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Wildlife Title: When I Get Home Link Text: When I Get Home File Name: 03 When I Get Home.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Alternative/Punk Year: 2010
Artist: Young Rival Title: Got What You Need Link Text: Got What You Need File Name: 01 Got What You Need.mp3 Genre: Alternative Year: 2010
The closest of seeing Forest City Lovers at NXNE was at the Analogue Gallery 's BBQ. There was only two of them there. Kat Burns and the violinist who I forgot her name. It was a nice beautiful set as always and played at the back of the gallery. Great way to enjoy Forest City Lovers on a bright sunny day. [...]
Toronto - Playing against the lovely Church backdrop that is the Music Gallery, Toronto based folk band Forest City Lovers provided a lush gentle introduction to my night at North By Northeast . Starting off with a lovely solo piano number by Kat Burns, her lovely voice permeated the entire building with a lovely dose of calm, only slightly interrupted by the idiot photographer who put his camera too close to the mic which caused the clicking of his camera to become an inadvertent drum beat. The rest of the group soon joined the act and [...]
Artist: Forest City Lovers Title: Light You Up File Name: SoundCloud
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