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Video

Great Lake Swimmers – “New Wild Everywhere” Video / Currently Touring (#yegmusic May 6)

April 20, 2012

If you’re reading this Friday, or even Saturday, I’m in the midst of my sixth and final course trying to attain my accounting designation. I’m also officially “between jobs”, with my last day at Lilydale yesterday (again, if you’re reading this Friday); and I start at Direct Energy on Monday. In the meantime, we have [...]

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Yellow Ostrich – “Marathon Runner” Video

April 18, 2012

This is the new video for Yellow Ostrich‘s “Marathon Runner”. Directed by Matthew Lessner, the track is off the album “Strange Land”, out now on Barsuk Records. We’re big fans of Y/O here at NMM, and have mentioned them quite a few times previously. To be honest, though, I’m not exactly sure what they’re trying [...]

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Porcelain Raft – “Drifting In And Out” Video / 7″ Drops June 26 / Tour Dates

April 4, 2012

Porcelain Raft’s “Drifting In And Out” (stream the video above) is the opening track to their debut full-length album, “Strange Weekend”, full of hazy, wistful melodies wrapped in a cocoon of sun and solitude. The band will be releasing a 7” with the above track on the A-side, and “Chain” on the B-side, on June [...]

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Hollis Brown – “Ride On the Train” Video

March 29, 2012

Many of you probably didn’t know I’m a huge fan of trains – the real ones, and also model ones. I used to have a pretty large layout set up in my basement, in fact. Be that as it may, it also means that if you feature trains in your videos, it’ll definitely increase your [...]

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In Medias Res – “This Could Be the One” Video / Tour Dates (incl Edmonton March 9)

March 7, 2012

One of the best finds of last year, for me at least, remains Vancouver’s In Medias Res. Extraordinary band, and their album “It Was Warm And Sunny When We First Set Out” ended up #7 on my best-of list for 2011. I could listen to that album over and over and over again. They just [...]

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Mmoths – “Heart” / Eponymous EP Drops Next Tuesday (March 5)

March 2, 2012

You know after a while of being a music blogger, and following other music bloggers, and other bands, there’s certain people that when they tweet about a band, you just know to send it home because you’ll probably like it. Yep, that’s how I feel about Superhumanoids. Last summer, just prior to Sled Island 2011 [...]

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Caveman – “Vampirer/Old Friend” Video

March 1, 2012

Caveman – Vampirer/Old Friend (In The Backyard Sessions) from Caveman on Vimeo. Last fall I streamed a video from this band, Caveman, called “Great Life”. At the time I called it “jaw dropping” and an “intricate matrix of emotions”. Turns out that’s what they’re all about, because this video, shot last fall while in Los [...]

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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 [...]