From the monthly archives:

February 2012

The Elkcloner – “Sunbird”

February 29, 2012

I find this track undeniably captivating in a way I can’t really describe. The Elkcloner is the project of music composer Filip Mitrovic, who has scored music for several media entities, including films “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and “The Echo”, as well as television shows “True Blood”, “Lockup”, and “The Squeeze”. This track, and the other [...]

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Album Review: The Wooden Sky – Every Child A Daughter Every Moon A Sun

February 29, 2012

Artist: The Wooden Sky Album: Every Child A Daughter Every Moon A Sun Overall Rating: 8.2 Release Date: February 28 2012 Label: Black Box Toronto’s The Wooden Sky actually formed back in 2003, but changed their name in 2007 from Friday Morning’s Regret to The Wooden Sky, which has stuck since. “Every Child A Daughter [...]

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Sled Island – 2012 Headliners

February 28, 2012

Regulars will remember I traveled down to Calgary for Sled Island last June (as did regular contributing ace photographer Aaron Vanimere), and had an absolute blast. Great bands, great venues, definitely a worthwhile trip for anyone in the western provinces or states. I’m definitely planning on heading down again this year, and with that in [...]

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Today’s Tour Announcement: AWOLNATION (includes Edmonton Saskatoon Winnipeg)

February 28, 2012

I wasn’t really expecting any other big tour news this week after yesterday’s Bon Iver bombshell, but sure enough, this morning it came to light that AWOLNATION will be touring western Canada as part of a run-up to Coachella. This will include stops at: Winnipeg: April 1 at West End Cultural Centre Saskatoon: April 2 [...]

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Album Drops – February 28 2012 (ft Geographer Erin Passmore Plants And Animals Wooden Sky Tiny Victories)

February 28, 2012

Cranberries – Roses (Cooking Vinyl-worldwide / Downtown-USA / Gold Lake-Canada). First studio album since 2001; I don’t know about you, but I still find myself listening to their debut “Every Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We” every once in a while. Though that was back in 1993, so hard to say what the [...]

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On Tour: Bon Iver Comes To Edmonton and Calgary / Full Tour Itinerary

February 27, 2012

A lot of people were wondering if Bon Iver would come to Alberta this year, but as more and more dates were revealed, more and more fans were disappointed. But that quickly turned around this morning, as Bon Iver quietly added an Edmonton date at the Jubilee Auditorium on May 21; and a show at [...]

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Admiral Fallow – “Beetle In the Box” / Sophomore LP Drops May 21

February 27, 2012

I spent most of the weekend in Vancouver, but was of course checking twitter regularly – for any hockey trades of course, but also the usual suspects in the music world. One of the Saskatchewan bands I follow (and have talked about a number of times) – Slow Down Molasses – tweeted about this band [...]

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Spanish Prisoners – “Know No Violence” Video

February 24, 2012

Spanish Prisoners – Know No Violence (official music video) from Spanish Prisoners on Vimeo. If you were wondering what happened to all our snow, look no further. In yesterday’s email announcing their new video, Brooklyn’s Spanish Prisoners announced into our new music video for “Know No Violence”. So there you have it. The be-all, end-all [...]