all things past serve to guide you on your way

• Monday, May 6, 2013

  Purity Ring  Grandloves  ||  I saw Purity Ring play at the Danforth Music Hall last night, and it was really awesome! The music was entrancing, and the stage show was beautiful. Check out this article to see how their interactive “light cocoons” were created.

• Friday, May 3, 2013

  The National & St. Vincent  Sleep All Summer (Crooked Fingers cover)  ||  Last night I went to a midnight screening of a film called Mistaken For Strangers at Toronto’s Hot Docs festival. The National’s lead singer Matt Berninger invited his brother Tom to be a roadie for the band a few years ago, and Tom decided to bring along a camera. The result is this documentary that is not so much about the band as it is about the relationship of two very different brothers. Really enjoyable. See the movie if you get the chance, and give this lovely duet a listen!

• Tuesday, April 23, 2013

  The Fight  Hard Lines  ||  The Fight are a rock and roll band from Edmonton, and they also happen to be very good friends of mine. They put out their first LP a couple of years ago, but they are about to get started on their most exciting project yet. Starting this week, the band is heading out with The Mohawk Lodge for a great big North American tour! Additionally, they are releasing a new 7” with two new songs, including this one. What’s especially exciting is that Exclaim! has been awesome enough to feature this news on their site: check out tour info here and 7” info here. Be sure to give them a listen, download their stuff, and see if they’re coming to your town soon!

  Source: SoundCloud / Open Circles

• Thursday, March 28, 2013

  Last Of The Bandits  No More Love  ||  Last week I had the pleasure of volunteering for Canadian Music Week here in Toronto. I was the assistant stage manager at a lovely restaurant/venue called Czehoski; I met a lot of cool people and got to listen to more than twenty bands from all over the world. Some of them were kind enough to give away their music, so I was sure to grab every CD and download card that I could. Check out this song from local group Last Of The Bandits, and listen to more – including a sweet tune about Terry Fox – here.

• Sunday, March 24, 2013

  

• Wednesday, March 6, 2013

  Jim Guthrie  The Rest Is Yet To Come  ||  How crazy good is this song? Jim Guthrie’s first solo album in ten years (!) Takes Time arrives in May, and I’m super psyched. Now, More Than Ever, his last record, has a load of plays in my iTunes. Check out this fellow’s stuff. One time I passed him on the street and he was talking to Julie Doiron; it was rad.

  Source: SoundCloud / Static Clang

• Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  CHVRCHES  The Mother We Share  ||  I’m really digging this group lately! Check out their Soundcloud for more sweet tunes.

  Source: SoundCloud / CHVRCHES

• Friday, February 8, 2013

  Joel Plaskett Emergency  Snowed In/Cruisin’  ||  It snowed a lot in Toronto today, so here’s a relevant song that also happens to be really frigging good.