With another February comes yet another Groundhog Day where the groundhog does in fact see his shadow and we are doomed yet again to six more weeks of winter. Since you're inevitably going to be staying inside, why not get cozy and settle into the weekend with some free tunes? ...
Ladies and gents, it's official: Friday is here! Let's celebrate with a little jam session, shall we? This week we're bringing you tons of free goodies. Check out a video from Nada Surf's album release show and free singles by Grand Duchy, Yellow Ostrich, Xray Eyeballs, and Zambri. Then, finish it off ...
Rootsy Canadian folksters covering a tune by a rocking lo-fi Marylander? Sure, why not. It's one in a line of covers being released by Cuff The Duke over the next few weeks, eventually coming together to create the In Our Time , one of two EPs acting as counterparts to the two companion LPs the band has planned (the first of which was last year's exceptional Morning Comes ). The first to make its way to the surface is the band's take on Smog 's "Cold Blooded Old Times." And while divining what motivates a [...]
We (i.e. I) have been very happy to partner with the good people of Paper Bag Records for the last year or so to premiere some of the excellent performances in their Paper Bag Session video series. Filmed by Mitch Fillion of Southern Souls , these live performances from the Paper bag roster usually happen in quirky locations and provide a new, fresh take on some of the label's best music. Earlier this week, they released a (FREE!) compilation download of some of the sessions' most memorable performances, which you can grab yourself [...]
Even quicker this morning: You know those Paper Bag Sessions videos that have been cropping up here and on other blogs? The ones that capture Paper Bag Records ' inimitable roster of artists delivering some pretty intimate performances for the camera (as shot by Southern Souls Mitch Fillion)? Well, the label has kindly gone one step further, by distilling a few of those performances into an audio-only format, and compiling them into The Paper Bag Sessions Volume 1 . Cuts by Austra , Cuff The Duke , Elliott BROOD , PS I [...]
Paper Bag Records are giving away a free sampler of their session tracks over at their website . The album, titled The Paper Bag Session Vol 1 , features the likes of Austra, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Cuff the Duke. Grab your copy, for the price of an email address, right here: The Paper Bag Session Vol 1
You know you've done something right when your record label repackages your album and releases a newer version of it in the same year. In the case of Toronto's Austra , it's just a small indication of the monster year they have had. Feel It Break (Deluxe Version) will feature not only the original album, but a host of b-sides, remixes and covers, including this cover of the Roy Orbison track Crying . Consider Roy Orbison is a late 50s era crooner and Austra is well... an operatic midnight electronic band, you can very well realize [...]
Over the course of this year, I've dedicated five posts Young Galaxy , and peripherally included them in a number of others, making them my second-most blogged about artist for 2011 (just behind Austra). This means two things: One, that I really, really love this band. Two, that they're riding on one hell of a year. Not content to end things with anything less than the bang, the band has collected its many remixes done over the last little while and packaged them up as a digital album. The result is Versus , a collection of [...]
Paper Bag Records released Part 1 of the latest installment in the Paper Bag Sessions video series this weekend, featuring Katie Stelmanis of Austra performing a solo acoustic version of "Lose It". Paring the song back to just voice and piano really focuses all the listener's attention on Stelmanis' amazing vocal abilities, and it gave me a new appreciation for her songwriting ability. Part 1 was posted all over the social networks and blogs (see Sunday's QBiM QUiCK HiT post of the video here), [...]
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There are few things I love more in life than I do demos and acoustic performances. They offer a rare glimpse into the origins of a song- the unfiltered, driving ideas behind them, unconcerned with huge arrangements or matters of production. They're frequently the most honest takes, leaving the artist exposed and alone, with nothing to hide behind save for the words and music spilling out of them. Austra 's performance of "Lose It" for the fabulous Paper Bag Sessions hits all of these marks perfectly. On Feel it Break , Katie Stelmanis' voice [...]
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Happy Halloween everyone! In time for this, my favorite band Young Galaxy has released a music video called Phantoms from the album Shapeshifting . So who is not afraid of ghosts? Have a safe Halloween this year.
ein bißchen spät heute, aber den fall 2011 sampler von paper bag records wollen wir gern noch aufnehmen. so lässt sich der samstagabend genussvoll zur neige bringen. es sind einige herrliche perlen darauf enthalten. zwei beispiele voran, den rest kapert Ihr Euch über die webseite des hervorragenden labels, klick . tracklisting: 01. cuff the duke – always looking (dum dum girls cover) 02. elliott brood – if i get old 03. austra – identity 04. young galaxy – cover your tracks [...]
WHO: The good, good people at Paper Bag Records . WHAT: A free mixed sampler of tracks from the label's roster, including Cuff The Duke , The Rural Alberta Advantage , Young Galaxy , PS I Love You and Austra. WHEN: It's available right now as a free download, but wait too long, it won't be free forever. WHERE: Facebook fans can get it through Paper Bag's Facebook page , [...]
One more video to round out your week, this time from longtime Soft Signal favourite Young Galaxy . The band has put out a trio of companion videos to accompany some of the best tracks from Shapeshifting , and is now adding a fourth to the tune of "Phantoms." This is the first live-action video from the album, but its imagery is just as stark, bold, and vivid as any of the animated entries, following two white-sheeted spectres escap ing the city and The clip was directed by Luke McCutcheon and the band's own Matthew Shapiro. And unlike the phantoms in [...]
Paper Bag Records are one of our favorite labels, looking after Austra , Grimes , Johan Agebjörn and Young Galaxy - just to name a few. They're also the label that released the True Blue compilation of Madonna covers for the album's 25th birthday. The label is offering a free mp3 download of 10 new tracks, a Fall '11 sampler if you will. Grab it for free here , at the price of just one email address. [...]
In case you forgot, Madonna originally became known for her music. There was always the image, sure, real and/or cultivated, and she was a fashion trendsetter from the start, but none of that would have mattered had Madonna not also been a hit machine. Yes, once upon a time Madonna made records, and very good ones at that. Her first three releases (and four out of five) stand not only as an impressive seven year run, but also as some of the defining sounds of the 1980's. A quick listing of some of those sounds-- "Borderline," "Lucky Star," "Material Girl," [...]
If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a bit of a Paper Bag Records loyalist (just go ahead and type "Paper Bag" into the search box on the right). So it's exciting for me when I get to say that Soft Signal and Paper Bag are teaming up to bring you some exclusive content from the label's enviable roster of artists. You can expect to see a bunch of new stuff in the coming months from the likes of Austra, Young Galaxy, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Cuff The Duke that you won't be able to get [...]
( email | facebook | twitter ) It's easy to lose sight of the fact. But man, back in 1982, we meant it. We were not going to shave, or cut our hair, or wear a suit, or paint our bedroom walls white, or conform to society, and all of those jerkstore football players were just too dumb for our complex, well-read, greasy-skinned corner of the universe. It's pretty much all we talked about back then. The words "time" and "spare" come [...]
If you do one thing right now, just one thing, then go and make yourself a nice cup of tea. If you fancy doing two things, then crank up Facebook, head over to Paper Bag Records' page and get yourself a free download of their awesome sampler. It includes tracks from Austra , Rural Alberta Advantage , Young Galaxy , and, one of our session favourites, PS I Love You . Grab the download here: 'Paper Bag Records Sampler'
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