Following a short intermission Friday night at the 9:30 Club , a smiling Kathleen Edwards opened with "Empty Threat," the first song on her new album Voyageur . With a folk-charged chorus like "I'm moving to America," how could she not win the affections of this crowd? I hear a male voice beside me sigh "wow" as she finishes the first song, her voice sounding just as beautiful and unique as I remembered. As I strike up conversation with said gentleman beside me about folk music, why someone brings a notepad to a show, [...]
We're expecting pretty great things this year from fine indie pop/rock- ette Hannah Georgas . On the heels of her excellent 2010 album This Is Good (which earned a pair of Juno nominations), Georgas partnered with Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh last fall to produce and collaborate on the follow up. While much of her music has a vibrant charge -- think Ingrid Michaelson or Missy Higgins fronting an edgy alt/pop band -- Georgas [...]
Daniel Boud If the ubiquity of decorations, lights and carols wasn't enough of a hint, let me be the one to break it to you - like it or not, the Christmas season is upon us. And with the holiday season comes Christmas concerts and performances, but if Handel's Messiah or The Nutcracker Suite aren't your speed, local hardcore heroes Fucked Up would like to offer you an alternative - a complete album recital of David Comes To Life . As touring commitments for [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive WireImage for Good Housekeeping Lights, camera... music? Movie mania is in full swing in Toronto thanks to TIFF , but the festival also shines the spotlight on homegrown music with the Festival Music House series, a three-day event featuring a lineup of Canada's best rising acts. Produced by indie label Arts & Crafts, the invite-only showcase is designed to introduce Canadian talent to industry [...]
Speaking of former members of Hinterland , here's Drawn Ship , a minimal rock duo from Vancouver. Below you can hear the slinky, ominous "Glass Eye." The track comes from the Drawn Ship's upcoming Low Domestic , due September 6 through Scratch . Go to Exclaim! to read my recent interview with the band. If you dig this track, be sure to check out the rest of this stellar album.
It was a interesting last Friday for Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2011 . Time flies by so quickly. Here is part one from Day 10. The acts I saw were: Cuff The Duke Silver Creek Hannah Georgas Cuff [...]
I'm not going to pretend to know exactly what's going on in Hannah Georgas 's new video for "Chit Chat," but I like it. The This Is Good track has long been a favourite of mine, and now Georgas has found the time to put out an accompanying video. directed by Justin Broadbent and Michael Leach, the clip captures all the restrained energy and ferocity of the song, sussed out through an all-female cast and near-constant slow motion. +MP3: Hannah Georgas - Chit [...]
"Chit Chat" by Hannah Georgas , from the album This Is Good .
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases Amazon | Paper Bag Records PS I Love You , Young Galaxy , Winter Gloves and You Say Party ! are some of the acts appearing on 'True Blue,' a free digital covers album of Madonna 's 1986 smash album released this week through Paper Bag Records. PS I Love You's Paul Saulnier says the band's version of 'Where's the [...]
Buck 65's Talkin' Honky Blues was nothing less than a revelation in 2003: There was rap again, whitebread hip-hop even, thrown in a centrifuge together with folk flavour, reverbs of Cash-ified country and Salinger echoes of adolescent blues, refined with a hoarse, rusty voice that certainly didn't come straight outta Compton, but out of Mt. Uniacke , some distant hicktown in Nova Scotia, Can. Rich Terfry/ Buck 65 was already a vet way back then, now celebrating 20 Odd Years with his aptly titled new record. Actually, it feels like a perfected roundup of his earlier efforts, [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Even though Hannah Georgas is nominated for the Juno Awards for New Artist of the Year or Songwriter of the Year tonight (March 27), she seemed at ease and glowed through her Juno Fest performance at the Drake Hotel in Toronto Saturday night (March 26). The Vancouver-based pop-rock singer, who released her album, 'This is Good,' almost a year ago, was joined by a three-piece backing band. She headlined a show that also included Meaghan Smith, competition for the New Artist category, [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Samir Hussein, Getty Images Last night, Canadian Music Week wrapped up with the 11th annual Indie Awards. Once a quaint celebration of lesser-known Canadian acts, the so-called Grammys of the indie scene have grown up. Held in a swanky ballroom at the Fairmont Royal Hotel, and broadcast to the world via XM Radio, the Indies are a big-time production [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Awards Matt Barnes The XM Verge Music Awards celebrated the best in Canadian music on March 1 with eclectic performances by the Acorn, Tokyo Police Club and Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie, all of whom were eclipsed by Michou's shocking upset as Artist of the Year over the likes of Arcade Fire and Tegan and Sara . The four-piece from Windsor [...]
No salimos de Canadá, país donde el talento para la música parece inagotable. Hoy nos fijamos en la cantante y compositora Hannah Georgas, quien pese a su juventud y a una trayectoria musical aún no demasiado extensa, ya ha dado evidentes muestras de su gran capacidad, ganándose en poco tiempo la admiración de crítica y público en su país. Sus comienzos musicales tienen lugar hace unos años, cuando se encontraba en el Instituto, formando parte de una banda junto a Tim Oxford de Arkells. Ya en la Universidad empieza a grabar sus propias maquetas, publicando su [...]
With Canadian Music Fest being less than a month away, words can't even express how excited I am for all the talent that's going to be in Toronto from March 9-13! I hope to check out Hollerado , Hannah Georgas , Die Mannequin , Dinosaur Bones , Paper Lions , Bombay Bicycle Club , Everlea , Nightbox and MANY MORE ! With over 800 artists - local and international - being featured at this 5 day festival...all it costs is $75 for a wristband to gain access to all shows. [...]
Filed under: News , New Releases Warner Music Buck 65 's new album title is deceiving. '20 Odd Years' seems like the perfect name for a disc that marks two decades in the rhyming game, but the Canadian rapper says a stroll down memory lane wasn't the intention when he first set to work on the project. "I actually didn't realize the anniversary until the record was almost over," Buck 65, aka Richard Terfry, [...]
Here is another installment of the best of 2010 Canadian albums. So many great albums out in 2010. There are two 2010 Polaris Music Prize nominated album and two from Ottawa in this list. This time its from #31-#40. Hope you will like who is in this list. Don't forget to check out their music. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II) A change from their debut album and its more of a trancey [...]
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by teepoo Sometimes a song explains more of how you feel better than you can in words. This is Good comes off Vancouver BC artist Hannah Georgas' album by the same name. It tells the story of a girl who is in love or at least thinks it is, and it feels good. But she's questioning why she has waited this long to do anything about it.. but at the same time, throughout the song, you're not really sure how the guy feels about her either. [...]
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