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Muruch's musical mascot Allison Crowe will release a new album on June 25th! Inspired by her work on the play Newfoundland Vinyl, the album will be Allison's first available as a vinyl LP. More details on the album will be ... Continue reading �

Bahamas’ Afie Jurvanen writes absolutely gorgeous music. My first encounter was when he opened for Noah and the Whale two years ago. The set was a delightful surprise as this fellow Canadian charmed the crowd with refreshing melodies. After the concert, I looked Bahamas up, and shortly afterwards he had a new fan. Bahamas’ first record, Pink Strat , is all about lyrics of love and loss, breathtaking vocals, and clever guitar sounds. Honestly, there is not one song on the album to overlook, for each one is a treat. When it comes to lyrics, [...]

I could pretend to be cool, to be hip, to be omnipotent, but the truth is I spent about six months last year vacationing off the face of the earth, and I didn't hear nearly as much new music as I normally would have. Thus any claim that I could tell you the ten "best" [...]

Looking back on the year 2012, it was a year full of great memories, wonderful company, and  of musical exploration. Discovering new bands and re-kindling my love for older ones, it was filled with amazing records and shows.  Looking back at my playlists, I revelled in the multitude of music with bands from around the world including favourites from my hometown and from across the globe. Upon looking closely, however, I noticed a pattern; many of the bands that I indulged in were Canadian.  Given that I enjoy a vast array of music covering many countries, I never really noticed [...]

There was no music during labor. I had made plans and playlists, of course, but in the end everything happened too fast for me to even pause to consider whether I was in a Constantines or a Yeah Yeah Yeahs mood. (Mostly I was in the mood to have this baby, and now please.) And [...]

Canadian duo Dala recently released their third studio album, Best Day. Dala's penchant for peppy country-pop harmonies and melodic folk-pop melodies fall somewhere between Lady Antebellum and Sylvie Lewis. The album begins with mandolin-accented country-pop ballad "Life on Earth," which shows off the girls' pretty, soprano-alto harmonies. The title track dances and sways on sweet [...]

Few things make me happier than the guitars, drums, and loud vocals, or, as one of my friends likes to call it, “shouty music”. But what sounds like noise to some is most definitely music to my ears. Canadian band My Darkest Days were discovered by Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger and are signed to Kroeger’s label [...]

The Strumbellas credit: Heather Pollock We're now more than half way through 2012, so it's time to reflect on what we've heard thus far. A few days ago I posted the list of my top albums of the first half of the year, so now it's time to have an actual listen. Of course, not all the artists are on CBC Music ...but they should be! Here 's my playlist of the best Canadian music of 2012 so far.

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Pop Culture , Music Appreciation , Between the Notes Jag Gundu, Getty At the tail end of 2011, we declared it "The Year Canadian Music Broke," what with everyone from Feist , Deadmau5 and Arcade Fire to Drake , Michael Buble and Justin Bieber dominating their respective genres at home and abroad. [...]

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Posted in Something For The Weekend Soundbite Wintersleep are an indie rock back from Halifax, Canada, who I've started listening to lately on a recommendation from a friend. Their latest album Hello Hum is to be released next week, on June 12. 'In Came The Flood' is one of the lead tracks from the album, a perfect kickstarter for your weekend. Lead [...]

It's only once in a while that you get that ache when you listen to an album, that feeling where you want to cry because it's so good, to run out into the street tears streaming, bearing it above your head and proclaiming its name. I know, I know - high praise. But great music [...]

Snoqualmie's self-titled debut is twenty-six minutes long, but it's a line only a minute five in that's constantly looping through my head: "River's arms will gladly pull you down / God knows there's a million ways to drown." Delivered in Blake Enemark's gentle tenor, this line from "clarissa" sounds almost upbeat, and therefore positively sinister. [...]

We've taken a few months off from booking and hosting Sound on the Sound Presents showcases, but we're back! And we couldn't be more excited for our first show of 2012: Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band's Official EP Release, June 1st at Columbia City Theater. Joining the newly stripped down and better than ever [...]

Finally Metric has dropped a new song from the upcoming album "SYNTHETICA" out on June 12, 2012. The song is called Youth Without Youth . Have a listen to the song. What do you think of the song?

• Metric - "Youth Without Youth"

Finally Metric has dropped a new song from the upcoming album "SYNTHETICA" out on June 12, 2012. The song is called Youth Without Youth . Have a listen to the song. What do you think of the song?

• Youth Without Youth » Youth Without Youth.mp3

One of the Venues for Dawson City Music Fest Looking for an alternative to Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, or the so-last-week (and the week before) Coachella? Maybe something a little smaller, cheaper, more obscure, or just further away? Here are a few recommendations from this year's crop of Canadian summer music festivals. Hillside Festival Guelph, Ontario July 27-29 The Gist: [...]

Things Dan Mangan and I have in common: a Will and Kate coffee mug, righteous mustaches, having written bad songs in high school. Luckily for us all, I stopped, and he got better. In this ten-minute mini-documentary Mangan discusses the past, present, and future of his music while journeying by car and ferry through some [...]

The Plain Stee l is an indie rock band from Hamilton in Canada. Having been around since the end of the last Century originally as a studio project for the guitarist, they have been through several iterations before finding the right groove and line-up in early 2011. There is an intriguing line-up of instruments which the band put to good use.  Ross Lizotte (guitar, vocals),  Caroline Olsen (viola, vocals),  Jay Lees (bass, vocals),  Vince Waters (drums) and  Geoff Ball (cello). The Plain Steel [...]

You'd think after Nirvana's "In Bloom" and The Strokes' "Last Nite" that the band-performing-on-a-retro-TV- show format would be rightly retired for music videos. But, then, Plants and Animals would release their charming, slightly sleazy and delightfully cheesy version, and you'd be wrong. And maybe, like me, glad you were.