Song of the Day: March 29, 2019 - "Price You Pay" by Buckman Coe

Tomorrow (March 30) Buckman Coe is will perform at his album release show in Vancouver at the Rickshaw (with some excellent people I might add - Tonye, and Erica Dee).

His new album, Gathering Storm, came out at the end of February, and we’re celebrating both the new music, and the hometown release with today’s Song Of The Day, “Price You Pay”.

The song features both of the artists performing at the release show with him, and the video shows off some mid-winter Vancouver scenery. Check it out below.

Song of the Day: March 26, 2019 - "Forever" by Leisure Club

Just in time to coincide with the suddenly sunny weather, Vancouver’s Leisure Club have released a brand new single “Forever”

The band says the deceptively upbeat song is “about addiction and the things that drive it. What starts as an escape and coping mechanism becomes a vicious cycle, feeding the very things that started it. The theme of the song is a representation of a person’s relationship with addiction. Once present, it’s something that is carried for the rest of one’s life. Even when beaten and overcome, it lurks ready to come out again.“

Have a listen below!

Song of the Day: March 24, 2019 - "All Hands" by Tim Baker

Another new one from Tim Baker, as we creep closer to the release date for his new album Forever Overhead.

“All Hands” is the second single to come out, and the whole album is scheduled for April 19th.

It definitely has a Hey Rosetta! vibe to it, which makes sense as the press release say it “explores connections, but is less of a lament than a thank you letter, dedicated to the people who have helped Baker throughout his career, and part nostalgic anthem about his Newfoundland home.”

Tim is scheduled to perform on June 1st at the Commodore Ballroom (after being moved from the Imperial due to popular demand!).

Song(s) of the Day: March 23, 2019 - "Sibling Rivalry" and "Scorpion Hill" by PUP

So much exciting PUP news!

Two more singles, released together, from their upcoming album Morbid Stuff - “Sibling Rivalry” and “Scorpion Hill”. I love this album so much already.

The band is coming to town to play a sold out show at the Wise Hall on the 29th of March - I hope you didn’t sleep on tickets!

The new album is out on April 5th and they just had their late night talk show debut on Seth Meyers.

GO PUP GO!

BONUS! “Kids” on Late Night with Seth Meyers!!!

Song of the Day: March 22, 2019 - "Creator Made An Animal" by Snotty Nose Rez Kids ft. Boslen

New music from Snotty Nose Rez Kids!

Been waiting for this one after being pretty obsessed with their Polaris nominated album The Average Savage - and now we have a new single “Creator Made An Animal”, and release date for their next album Trapline - May 10th.

The JUNO nominated duo will also be heading out on tour, and their Vancouver show is May 30th at Fortune Sound Club with DJ Kookum.

This is what the band has to say about the new single (that features 19-year year old Boslen - a Haisla/Jamaican from Chilliwack):

“Creator Made An Animal is our way of paying homage to the place that we call home as our spirits awaken and our people rise up,” the band comments. “Creator Made An Animal carries an aggressive and assertive energy that imitates the way society portrays Indigenous people and People of Colour across Turtle Island. Our ancestors were stereotyped as savages, and we are often regarded as the pissed-off generation who haven’t gotten over what colonization has done to our lands and to our people. Through stylish delivery, we proclaim ourselves as the Father 7th Generation and let the world know that we aren’t changing for anyone. The future is ours. We are powerful as human beings and it’s integral that we respect the knowledge that was passed down from our ancestors. Many of us also carry their pain, but every single one of us carry their power. Embrace that power, stay true to that power and to yourself!”

Song of the Day: March 21, 2019 - "Can't Find My Heart" by Broken Social Scene

After Broken Social Scene released their an EP this year entitled Let's Try The After - Vol 1, it was pretty much expected that Volume 2 would be coming after.

What wasn't quite as expected was how quick we would be hearing new music from Vol 2. "Can't Find My Heart" is the first peek at the companion EP, due out April 12th.

Kevin Drew says, “The theme is to continue. Sickness, suicide, uprise, love, death, betrayal, hurt, joy, sex, communication, battles and divisions … Let's just get to their after and start building again. How do we do it within the isolation of self prescribe empty popularity? How does the ego revolt? How does the heart win? Can it? Maybe after we will find out.”

Have a listen below!

Song of the Day: March 17, 2019 - "Hideout" by The Dark Fruits

“Hideout” is the second single off Authors of Affection, the debut album from Yukon’s The Dark Fruits. The video shows 4 kids devouring a hamburger, and lead vocalist Jeff Wolosewich says:

"It’s an homage to an old Andy Warhol performance art piece, filmed by Danish filmmaker Jorgen Leth. I was just trying to think of a really simple idea for the video yet I also wanted it convey that feeling of a secret place or a special moment in time. I remembered this idea from Leth where Warhol just sits and eats a burger, but it’s so much more than that. There are so many micromovements he makes… it becomes almost like a beautiful ballet. I thought I’d enlist my kids to try it - all with just one take each - and I was going to pick the best one. In the end, cutting them all together made it work. I love how it captures these four fleeting moments in time, from young to older and older to young. The bonus was that my kids all ate the burgers entirely, and it only took them 4 and a ½ minutes each. If you’re a parent, you know how special that is.”

The album was out at the beginning of the month, so you can check it out now!

Song of the Day: March 16, 2019 - "Tell Me I Exist" by Lydia Ainsworth

Phantom Forest comes out May 10, but we’re getting another tease at the new album from Lydia Ainsworth with the latest single, “Tell Me I Exist”.

The existential song has an ethereal vibe, and Ainsworth says in an interview: "I find many facets of social media to be meaningful and I feel more connected than ever with kindred spirits who I'd probably not been able to connect with had the technology not been there. But I am afraid of the way it is being harnessed by dictatorial powers. Our faces all stored in a tidy database. Technology has become a distraction to the truth."

She also announced a batch of tour dates, but looks to be skirting Vancouver, so hopefully will be back here sooner than later!