Cold Specks - “Winter Solstice.” A quivery, soulful voice that drills into the depths. Her debut album I Predict A Graceful Expulsion was released on May 22nd, and you can stream it over at Exclaim!.
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Brian Dunn - “Radios (CBC),” from their upcoming sophomore album TVs and Radios, which is due out June 19. Talk about ear worms that get stuck in your head after one listen. “Turn the CBC back on…”
Brian Dunn Tour Dates:
June 14 - Toronto ON @ NXNE
June 15 - Sudbury ON @ Townehouse
June 16 - Sault Ste Marie ON @ Lop Lops
June 18 - Thunder Bay ON @ The Apollo
June 19 - Kenora ON @ Shooters Pub
June 20 - Winnipeg MB @ Pop Soda’s
June 21 - Regina SK @ The Exchange
June 22 - Lethbridge AB @ The Slice
June 23 - Edmonton AB @ The Black Dog
June 28 - Vancouver BC @ The Cobalt
June 29 - Calgary AB @ The Palomino
July 6/7/ 8 - Sudbury ON @ Northern Lights Fest. Boreal
July 10 - Kingston ON @ The Mansion
July 11 - Peterborough ON @ The Spill
July 12 - Ottawa ON @ TBA
July 13 - Montreal PQ @ TBA
July 14 - Guelph ON @ TBA
July 15 - Toronto ON @ The Garrison
Stream the new Metric track - “Speed the Collapse” from upcoming Synthetica. The album will be out on June 12. Check out more album details and the previously released single “Youth Without Youth.”
Wind Up Radio Sessions - “Little Bird.” This Montreal quartet will be releasing their sophomore album Bird Eyes on May 22nd. Stream the single above, grab it for free over on Soundcloud, and check out the album and the band on tour if you like what you hear!
Wind Up Radio Sessions Canadian tour dates:
May 24: Ottawa, ON – Raw Sugar Cafe
May 25: Hamilton, ON – The Casbah Lounge
May 26: Guelph, ON – The Cornerstone
May 27: Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge
May 30: Thunder Bay, ON – The Apollo
May 31: Winnipeg, MB – Frames Arts Warehouse
June 1: Saskatoon, SK – Lydia’s
June 2: Calgary, AB – The Palamino Steakhouse and Social Club (afternoon show)
June 3: Edmonton, AB – Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus
June 5: Kamloops, BC – The Art We Are
June 6: Vancouver, BC – The Railway Club
June 7: Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar
June 8: Duncan, BC – Garage Showroom
June 9: Kelowna, BC – Streaming Cafe
June 20: Quebec City, QC – Coop l’Agitée
June 21: Fredericton, NB – The Cedar Tree
June 22: Halifax, NS – TBA
June 23: Charlottetown, PEI – Baba’s Lounge
June 24: Moncton, NB - PlanB
The Crackling - “Keep Me Drunk.” Loving his gritty voice, and the angelic accompaniment by the Vancouver Children’s Choir near the end. Kenton Loewen, best known for being a part of Dan Mangan’s band, will be releasing Ashen to follow his debut album under this moniker. The EP will be released on May 22nd. In the meanwhile, listen to the single streaming above, and download it over on Soundcloud.
Brian Borcherdt (of Holy Fuck fame) has teamed up with producer Leon Taheny (Final Fantasy, Bruce Peninsula) to form Dusted. Their debut album Total Dust will be released July 10th, and the duo has released a teaser video for single “(Into The) Atmosphere,” which you can see above. It’s a serious piece of expansive elation. You can stream the whole track over on Exclaim!, and if you like what you hear, pre-order the album from label Hand Drawn Dracula.
TOTAL DUST Track Listing:
1. All Comes Down
2. (Into The) Atmosphere
3. Cut Them Free
4. Low Humming
5. Bruises
6. Pale Light
7. Property Lines
8. Dusted
9. Long It Lasts
10. There Somehow
Kingston, ON hometown heroes PS I Love You are on the cover of Exclaim! this month and their new album Death Dreams is streaming over on exclaim.ca now.
Here’s last year’s video for ‘Get Over’ off PS I Love You’s 2010 debut, Meet Me At The Muster Station.
Shameless plug: I was an extra in this video and you can see me for about a second around the 0:34 mark wearing plaid and playing pool! -JM
Click through the headline to stream Regina folk-pop collective Rah Rah’s single “Little Poems.” They’ve got their third full-length, The Poet’s Dead, planned for release in the fall.
RAH RAH UPCOMING LIVE DATES
May 25 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo’s
May 29 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Lo Pub
June 2 - Sarnia, ON @ Sarnia Artwalk (w/ Hawksley Workman)
June 3 - St Catharines, ON @ The Mansion House
June 13 - Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks (w/ Parlovr)
June 14 - Hamilton, ON @ This Ain’t Hollywood
June 15 - Toronto, ON @ The Dakota (NXNE, Hidden Pony Records showcase)
June 16 - Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange (St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival)
This is really lovely. Winnipeg’s Jenny Berkel has a warm, inviting voice. Coupled with skilled and gentle guitar plucking, “Love Is A Stone” is a folk gem. Stream the single above, and grab a free download of the track on Soundcloud. Berkel will release her debut Here On A Wire on May 1st.
Jenny Berkel will be touring across Canada with another prairie gem, Demetra Penner. See the tour dates below:
Upcoming tour dates:
May 5th – London, ON – The Brass*
May 6th – Guelph, ON – The Cornerstone*
May 8th – Hamilton, ON – Homegrown*
May 9th – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge*
May 10th – Toronto, ON – OCAD Student Gallery*
May 12th – St. Catharines, ON - The Mansion*
May 14th – Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo*
May 16th - Woodstock, NB - Fusion Cafe
May 21st - Antigonish, NS - House show
May 25th - Fredericton, NB - Charlotte Street Arts Centre
May 24th – Halifax, NS – The Company House
May 26th - Montreal, QC - Le Depanneur
May 28th - Toronto, ON - The Gladstone Hotel
* w/ Demetra Penner
