
The talented, wicked-smart, beautiful, and otherwise awesome Megan Hamilton , who last fall relocated to Kingston, Ontario, has a central/western Canada tour coming up next month. It starts in Ontario and then she and her band will make there way out to Vancouver and back in a van. I wish them well! Go see them if you can. They are in Toronto on 14 May at the Holy Oak, host to many charming lower-key (but still rocking) shows. Download : Megan Hamilton & the Volunteer Canola , " [...]

I'm really late with my top songs list. There are far too many and it's likely I missed a whole bit. In order not to just give a list of 100 songs, I'll split it into four-parts with a 10-word limit describing each track. #76 (Why Don't You Go) Take A Hike by Thunder Power ( myspace / video ) Even if she tells me, I'm not leaving. #77 Wishing Well by Love Is All ( myspace / video ) Josephine Olausson is a goddess. I'll make her feel better ;). #78 [...]

Tyrone Warner or Silver Speakers or Tyrone Warner and the Silver Speakers is a singer-songwriter from Toronto (yay!) that comes with the fanfare that comes with being a male singer-songwriter. After seeing only a handful of people coming out to Jason Bajada at NXNE, it's a tough thing to play an acoustic and sing soft spoken but well written material. Tyrone is a guy who does it all, co-starting his own record label, Graven Records as well as recording his first length album, Streetlights and Stars which includes a variety of references to [...]