With the exception of sex and drugs, there are few things more satisfying than a well executed key-change. Doin' , from Canadian Chris Adeney's indie/folk/progressive-rock project Wax Mannequin , features one such key-change; unless completely dead inside, listeners should experience a moment of head-bobbing. The song can be found on Wax Mannequin's fifth-full length effort "Saxon", released by Canadian indie-label Zunior on August 4th of 2009. The album follows-up on Adeney's 2007 "Orchard and Ire", and the 2004 release "The Price"; The Price features the song Message from the Queen which, if one has [...]
That's right folks, the snow is falling here in Hali and the eggnog is getting chilled. Normally that means a downturn in the blogconomy, but it also means lots of Christmas cheer and countless holiday cover songs. While those songs are fun and get us smiling, it's also a terrific chance to start lending a hand. to be honest, I can't think of a better cause than helping the homeless and the hungry, so I am happy as a kid on Christmas morning to let you know about a special charity record featuring a ton of talent. The [...]

As though I needed yet another reason to justify a complete lack of posts on this blog, I've now taking on co-hosting duties for the recently revived Zunior.com Podcast . In its previous incarnation the podcast was done on a monthly basis by veteran Halifax-based host (and all around good guy), Steve Dinn . However, he's found it a bit tough to fit in to his increasingly busy schedule these days, so the torch has been passed to myself and good friend Luther Mallory . We're going to aim for a bi-weekly schedule [...]

Zunior.com is celebrating its 5th anniversary this weekend. In honour of that milestone, Canada's little digital music store is throwing a big hootennany at The Tranzac on Saturday night that promises to be an amazing evening of excellent music. Set aside the fact that I work for Zunior. Hell, even overlook that I'm playing this show myself (come early...!). I don't need any ulterior motives to peddle this show, as the sheer strength of the lineup alone leaves me salivating. Check it out for yourself: [...]
The hard-hitting duo of Cambridge, Ontario's HotKid have just released a brand new full-length called Someday Somehow . Just in case 10 adrenaline-filled tracks weren't enough to get your ears salivating (...or waxing, I guess?) the album's price should ought to seal the deal...because it's FREE! That's right, you can download the whole shebang for zero spacebucks from Zunior. Just click image below and get your fists ready for pumping: Here's a track from the album to get your tails wagging, but seriously, [...]

Frank Yang If there's an advantage to writing about the same band for the third time in the span of a month, it's that rather than try and lay down some background, I can just point you here and here and voila - you're up to speed. If there's a disadvantage, it's completely running out of things to say. But I'll soldier on. Sunday night was the long-awaited album release party for Bruce Peninsula's debut A Mountain Is A Mouth and there [...]
(weewerk) records has released a compilation in celebration of their six year anniversary. (weewerk) is an independent record label, artist management, and promotions company based in Toronto, Canada.The label is home to some great artists, a few most notable being Elliott Brood, FemBots and Great Lake Swimmer. The compilation can be purchased at Outside music or Zunior . The track from the Fembots, titled In The Red is on the compilation and is today's track of the day. Fembots - In The Red [...]
(weewerk) records has released a compilation in celebration of their six year anniversary. (weewerk) is an independent record label, artist management, and promotions company based in Toronto, Canada.The label is home to some great artists, a few most notable being Elliott Brood, FemBots and Great Lake Swimmer. The compilation can be purchased at Outside music or Zunior . The track from the Fembots, titled In The Red is on the compilation and is today's track of the day. Fembots - In The Red [...]