Tag Archive for the term: canadian

In the second year of its popular Indie Band Residency, the Banff Centre has invited Woodpigeon, The Witchies, Analog Bell Service, and Basia Bulat to take part in this unique program – which offers an opportunity to rehearse, write and record new work, perform, and mix with some of the best recording engineers in the [...]

Her second album Heart of My Own is coming out in January, so she’s sharing a track in advance, the blond wise eyed darling, full of strings.

Obviously engaged in that most Canadian of pastimes — demolishing a two-four of Five-Oh — Sophie Glowa’s two drinkers call to mind such iconic hoserboy duos as Bob and Doug, Wayne and Garth, Bubbles and Ricky. And like their predecessors, these guys are funny and kind of sweet even as they’re capable of engaging in [...]

We received these stunning, cryptic seaside moons and post modern paintings made of rust and road and graffiti from the great Canadian photographer Joe Donohue who, it turns out, seems very humble and friendly as well, as established artists tend to be, perhaps knowing full well how hard it can be for us all on [...]

A 19-song set of Aaron’s original music mixed in with cover songs from all sorts of genres. This album features Aaron alone with an acoustic guitar, and was recorded live in a friend’s living room in Boston, MA.

Track listing:
1. Somewhere Else
2. James
3. Alone In Your Song
4. Ode To A Friend
5. [...]

Arrright sweets, it’s summer cold here but let’s dance it out to the post-work drinks, the kicking off of shoes, the hands in the air and booty intelligently activated by fly animation and world record breaking freestyle. Check out Art of Fresh.

I look a lot like Cadence Weapon’s ex-girlfriend apparently, enough that he stopped a live show once to talk about the uncannyness, and though that was a little awkward I’ve always beeen a fan of the man and his small town sass, city smart lyrics that explore his own experience, sexy grin, sly sense of [...]

Whether he’s animating for his own music or for friends Chad VanGaalen’s music videos are freakin stunning, no wonder so many great bands have sought to collaborate, as you can see clicking through these pages.
Don’t know about you but I’m finding spending some time enjoying these bright, disturbing moving pictures is a brain healthy, [...]

I was chatting with a friend last night at the Mittenstrings launch, and between sweet watercolour videos, amazing harmonies and the surprise of Anna McGarrigle joining in on guitar and recorder, I was saddened to hear that the very recent news of Fusion III’s bankrupcy leaves many of the amazing indie musicians we know screwed [...]

Before Joni Mitchell was Joni Mitchell she was Joni Anderson of Saskatoon, the fair young maid of Canadian folk music singing on the Oscar Brandt Hootenany show, Let’s Sing Out. We were watching these old Let’s Sing Out! episodes at our last meeting of the Ladies Aux – our jam band burbling with anarchist stew [...]