Viewing Party, On
by Jim Di Gioia
Tune in and turn On to Winnipeg’s Viewing Party
Categories: Albums • Tags: Manitoba, Viewing Party
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Boat Culture, Marble
by Jim Di Gioia
Marble is a fresh slice of jangle pop from Toronto’s Boat Culture.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Boat Culture, Ontario
Donovan Woods “Could I Be Your Girl”
by Jim Di Gioia
A true #CanadianMusicConvo between Donovan Woods and Jann Arden, courtesy of DOMINIONATED.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Donovan Woods, Ontario
Bobby Uzóma “Alone”
by Jim Di Gioia
a voice as crystalline and pure as Bobby Uzóma’s can’t be contained by any borders.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Alberta, Bobby Uzóma, Ontario
Ghostkeeper, Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks
by Jim Di Gioia
Ghostkeeper’s disparate musical elements form an unparalleled and formidable combination on Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Alberta, Ghostkeeper, Turtle Island
The Jins, The Jins
by Jim Di Gioia
Meet Vancouver trio The Jins: roommates, bandmates, partners in crime.
Categories: Albums • Tags: British Columbia, The Jins
Brunch Club, Brunch Club EP
by Jim Di Gioia
3 is truly a magic number for Edmonton’s Brunch Club.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Alberta, Brunch Club
The Wilderness of Manitoba “Brigden Fair”
by Jim Di Gioia
Like the amusement ride in the lyrics of their new song “Brigden Fair”, The Wilderness of Manitoba come full circle.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Ontario, The Wilderness of Manitoba
Napalmpom, The Core Competencies of Napalmpom
by Jim Di Gioia
Calgary’s Napalmpom plays to their rock ‘n’ roll strengths on their second LP, The Core Competencies of Napalmpom.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Alberta, Napalmpom, The Pursuit of Happiness
Various Artists, Cha Cha Cha: The Songs of Shotgun Jimmie
by Jim Di Gioia
Cha Cha Cha… is an engrossing and captivating encapsulation of Shotgun Jimmie’s impressive musical canon. (via Comin’ Around Records)
Categories: Albums • Tags: Bruce Peninsula, By Divine Right, Compilation, Jon Mckiel, Ontario, Shotgun Jimmie, Spencer Burton, The Burning Hell
Young Galaxy “Stay For Real”
by Jim Di Gioia
Young Galaxy knows the best way to stay human is to stay real.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Québec, Young Galaxy
Partner “Comfort Zone”
by Jim Di Gioia
Follow Partner’s lead, make the most of your time in your own personal “Comfort Zone.”
Categories: Songs • Tags: New Brunswick, Ontario, Partner
Dan Misha Goldman, Champion of the Afterworld
by Jim Di Gioia
Champion of the Afterworld is very much Dan Misha Goldman’s dream, fully realized and vividly captured.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Dan Misha Goldman, Ontario, Québec, Snowblink
Tropic Harbour “New Life”
by Jim Di Gioia
Tropic Harbour’s “New Life” is an ode to starting over.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Alberta, Tropic Harbour
Wolf Saga “Keep Dancing”
by Jim Di Gioia
Wolf Saga’s uplifting pop anthem “Keep Dancing” is perfect fuel to keep spirits high.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Ontario, Turtle Island, Wolf Saga
The Pinc Lincolns, Joy to the World
by Jim Di Gioia
There’s a rainbow of variety in Winnipeg band The Pinc Lincolns’ limited colour palette.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Manitoba, The Pinc Lincolns
Land of Talk “Inner Lover”
by Jim Di Gioia
Land of Talk’s “Inner Lover” is a romance born between two worlds.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Land of Talk, Québec
Century Palm “Reset Reaction”
by Jim Di Gioia
Century Palm knows the drill. This is not a practice run. “Reset Reaction” is the real deal.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Century Palm, Ontario
Rob Dickson, Proof of Our Years
by Jim Di Gioia
Proof of Our Years is a spacious record, honest and sometimes raw, with more than enough room for Rob Dickson’s love of music and family to sit side by side.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Rob Dickson, Yukon
100 Mile House, Hiraeth
by Jim Di Gioia
100 Mile House’s Hiraeth is a record of reminiscence for a time, place, and people who may never have been.
Categories: Albums • Tags: 100 Mile House, Alberta
Men Without Hats “I Got the Message”
by Jim Di Gioia
I got the message, Men Without Hats: you can’t be in (mid-life) crisis as long as you’re dancing.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Men Without Hats, Québec
Blackpaw Society, Let’s Destroy Humans
by Jim Di Gioia
BlackpawSociety lets us in on a musical conversation he has with himself on his new LP, Let’s Destroy Humans.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Blackpaw Society, Ontario
Mary Margaret O’Hara, Miss America
by Jim Di Gioia
Time hasn’t weathered the songs on Mary Margaret O’Hara’s Miss America; it has only strengthened them.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Mary Margaret O'Hara, Ontario
Spirit of the West “Save This House”
by Jim Di Gioia
As a call to action, Spirit of the West’s “Save This House” is as applicable and relevant to today’s social unrest as it was to environmental issues 27 years ago.
Categories: Songs • Tags: British Columbia, Spirit of the West
Matt and Sam’s Brother “Spacesuit (Live)”
by Jim Di Gioia
A new live version of “Spacesuit” is a gravity-defying journey through the mind of Matt and Sam’s Brother (aka Charlie Kerr).
Categories: Songs • Tags: British Columbia, Matt and Sam's Brother
Fancey, Love Mirage
by Jim Di Gioia
There’s an enduring easy-to-love, hard-to-forget attitude coursing through Fancey’s Love Mirage.
Categories: Albums • Tags: British Columbia, Fancey
Little Sprout, Little Sprout EP
by Jim Di Gioia
Vancouver’s Little Sprout isn’t afraid to make art out of personal experience.
Categories: Albums • Tags: British Columbia, Little Sprout
Kingdom of Birds, Kingdom of Birds EP
by Jim Di Gioia
You get the sense that regardless of how old the calendar says they are, as long as the members of Kingdom of Birds are making music together, they’ll be in their golden age.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Kingdom of Birds, Ontario
Charlotte Day Wilson “Work”
by Jim Di Gioia
Existing in our world doesn’t take any effort at all. Exercising our rights as individuals, as human beings? That takes work.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Charlotte Day Wilson, Ontario
Kurtis Eugene “For What It’s Worth”
by Jim Di Gioia
Kurtis Eugene listened to what his mama said and used what he’s got for good.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Kurtis Eugene, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Os Tropies, The Soil
by Jim Di Gioia
Toronto’s Os Tropies make música para o mundo, música do mundo–music for the world, music from the world.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Ontario, Os Tropies
The Courtneys “Silver Velvet”
by Jim Di Gioia
Angelic tones paired with monster rhythms: Meet Vancouver’s The Courtneys.
Categories: Songs • Tags: British Columbia, The Courtneys
Surf Dads, Summer Vacation
by Jim Di Gioia
Plan the perfect mid-winter getaway: add Surf Dads’ *Summer Vacation* to your playlist and itinerary, and let this Regina duo do all the driving.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Saskatchewan, Surf Dads
J Blissette “Love Letter”
by Jim Di Gioia
Lethbridge’s J Blissette rises from the ruins of their city’s shifting music scene with a “Love Letter” to its past.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Alberta, J Blissette
Everything Is Geometry “Screens and Me #2”
by Jim Di Gioia
When technology and information threaten to take you under for the third time, you need massive hooks, the kind Fredericton’s Everything Is Geometry wield on “Screens and Me #2”, to keep you afloat.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Everything Is Geometry, New Brunswick
Loscil, Monument Builders
by Jim Di Gioia
Loscil’s Monument Builders is desolate. Dramatic. Devastating in the unmovable inevitability that our Earth is forever marked by abandoned cenotaphs to humanity’s greed and petulance.
Categories: Albums • Tags: British Columbia, Loscil
Pick A Piper “Geographically Opposed”
by Jim Di Gioia
Pick A Piper’s “Geographically Opposed” bridges many distances.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Ontario, Pick A Piper
The Haiduks, Lazy Sundays
by Jim Di Gioia
The Haiduks’ Christian Richer and his label, Kinnta Records, may never sell a million records, or make the holy grail of year-end best-of lists, but they make the indisputable argument that in 2016, making records is less about retail sales and more about relationship-building.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Québec, The Haiduks