From the monthly archives:

November 2011

Grammies. Ppffftttt. Best Albums. Pfffftttt. Let the Mocking Begin

November 30, 2011

If you’ve known me or followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll know my general opinion of award shows. They’re useless. You can try and refute me if you will, but many have tried, and all have failed. The only exception I’m aware of is the Polaris Music Prize, who in general tries [...]

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Caity Fisher / Diehatzu Hijets / Sir Ma’am Ma’am at Wunderbar (Preview)

November 30, 2011

We don’t do a lot of “day of” previews here on NMM, but tonight’s show at Wunderbar strikes a chord, not only because of the quality of local artists playing, but also because of the eclecticism of the show. First off you have Caity Fisher, a blues-folk recording artist in the Old Ugly Records family. [...]

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LIVE! Slow Down Molasses / Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra / Doug Hoyer at Haven Social Club (Pics!)

November 29, 2011

It was a very long weekend. And not in the good way. I was in an all day workshop Friday AND Saturday, working towards my accounting designation, so by the time that finished on Saturday afternoon, even with a beer and a half after its conclusion, I was still pretty exhausted. But there was no [...]

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Album Drops – November 29 2011

November 29, 2011

I know it’s not even December yet, but realistically there’s not a lot of ‘new music’ coming out between now and the end of the year. I mean, who can blame them, right – everyone’s too focused on Christmas, and blog reading is already starting to fall. Best to wait until the new year. Unless [...]

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The Never Setting Suns

November 28, 2011

The Never Setting Suns are a trio started by good friends Corey Larrison and Tyler Griffin back in 2008. The Cincinnati natives needed someone to play bass for them, asked friend Chris Courts, and poof, you have an indie rock trio from Cincinnati, Ohio. To date they’ve released a self-titled EP (March 2009), and a [...]

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Adam And the Amethysts – “Prophecy” Video / Touring Western Canada Now

November 25, 2011

ADAM & THE AMETHYSTS – Prophecy from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo. I had forgotten how naked my inbox gets on US holidays like yesterday, with all our American friends enjoying a day off for football and turkey – you know, Thanksgiving. Fortunately, I still have some emails I’m trying to get through, including this [...]

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Slow Down Molasses / Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra Tour Continues: Edmonton Saturday! (Calgary and Saskatchewan too)

November 25, 2011

We’ve been tracking Slow Down Molasses for a while now here on NMM. We streamed one of their tracks in the spring; and I managed to see them during Calgary’s Sled Island festival in June. They reminded me very much of some of their provincial brethren at the time – Library Voices and Rah Rah [...]

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Young Buffalo – “Baby Demons”

November 24, 2011

After a crazy summer and early fall touring to support their most recent EP, “Young Von Prettylips” (that title still makes me laugh), Mississippi’s Young Buffalo (Jim Barrett and Ben Yarbrough) just released a new track, titled “Baby Demons”. You can stream it below (and buy it on bandcamp for ‘name your price’). The duo [...]