After a summer that seemed to fly by far too fast, Julie (BowlingStone.com co-writer/band-mate/sister) hopped a plane back to Toronto today.  Before she left however, she burnt me a CD containing a range of artists from James Taylor to Will Smith.  Also on the CD was an acoustic version of Maps, from the Yeah Yeah [...]

Sorry for the long delay since the last post; it was our end-of-season softball tournament this weekend.  7 games, 2 destroyed knees, 1 sunburn, and a win in the finals later, I am back with some music.  Today’s post comes from the UK indie-rock band Stereophonics, and is their take on The Rolling Stones classic Gimme Shelter.  [...]

Very cool tune today, coming from the Canadian folk/indie-rock artist Dan Mangan.  Robots can be found on Mangan’s latest EP Roboteering, released in March of 2009; The EP contains songs from an upcoming full-length release titled Nice, Nice, Very Nice.  The album will be a follow-up to Mangan’s Postcards and Daydreaming which was recorded in [...]

I was listening to some tunes at the office today, and Weighty Ghost came on from the Juno nominated Canadian indie band Wintersleep; There’s something about the band’s song-writing, both lyrically and melodically, that makes me want to hold up in my apartment with paper, pens, and a week’s worth of microwaveable dinners.  Dead Letter & the Infinite [...]

Partying at weddings is amazing.  Amazing until you wake up the next morning sprawled across your couch, still wearing your suit, and wondering why you have flowers from the reception centerpieces scattered across your apartment floor.  With the exception of finding myself on the dance floor during Poker Face by Lady Gaga however, I believe last night was [...]

I apologize for the two-day delay in getting this post up; I had planned on putting it up last night, but received a phone call from a friend of mine after work.  3 bars, 8 hours, and a 1am phone call to my sister for a ride home later, I found myself in no condition to [...]

Tonight’s post features another tune from the two-time Polaris Music Prize nominated Calgarian Chad VanGaalen.  City of Electric Light can be found on VanGaalen’s third full-length album Soft Airplane, released in September of 2008.  In 2007, VanGaalen’s Skelliconnection album was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize, eventually bowing out to the winner Close to Paradise, from Patrick Watson.  [...]

I’ve got a reallllllllly good track for everyone today.  Typically, I don’t listen to a lot of today’s hip-hop as I’m not a huge fan of hearing music about hoes, bling, blang, guns, and sizzurp, but today’s song is an exception.  One Track Mind comes to us from the Canadian hip-hop artist Classified, and his 2009 [...]

Today’s tune is coming out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the indie/alt-rock band Dr. Dog.  Alaska can be found as the 5th track on the band’s fourth studio album We All Belong, released in February of 2007; We All Belong would crack Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums of 2007 at position #39.  On a side-note, I believe strongly that [...]

This morning was our annual Fantasy Football draft, and let’s just say I’m feeling really confident about the team; I managed to snag Stompin’ Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald, and Chad “this is my bounce-back year” Ochocinco.  In music-related news, I came across a really cool project last week called The Transit Tapes.  It is described [...]

Today I’m posting a song that speaks to every person who has ever been on the losing end of a relationship; Not that it’s something to be reminded of, however it’s important to note that there are more of us out here.  The song does well in reflecting exactly how damaged one can become.
All Their Broken [...]

Today’s lunch-time tune is coming in from the Seattle indie/southern-rock band Band of Horses.  The Funeral was the first single out in support of the band’s debut album Everything All the Time, released in March of 2006; The song’s lyrics are believed to reference the multiple abortions had by various girlfriends of lead vocalist Ben Bridwell.  [...]

So I was at a club in Calgary last night, a dance club to be specific, Vinyl Retro Lounge to be more specific, and I saw my first shirtless bar posse; Three dudes rocking bleach-blond mo-hawks, matching tribal tattoos, and no shirts getting their drink on.  I was sure that gold like this only went down [...]

I’m a firm believer that there is no feeling more confusing than waking up from a nap.  Every time I go through this ordeal the same three questions race through my painfully soggy mind: Why is there so much damn sun?  How come I’m fully dressed?  Should I be at work right now?  After working [...]

I was lucky enough to catch the last half of The King Khan & BBQ Show during this year’s Sled Island festival; We were actually at the bar to check out the grease-kings themselves Monotonix.  The Canadian band has this really cool doo-wop/punk/garage-rock feel that made me think I was at a really sweaty Buddy Holly [...]

So we had one of the most insane  thunderstorms I’ve ever witnessed in Calgary last night.  So insane in fact, that when it woke me up I was certain we were under some kind of attack.  After regaining my composure, and putting down my golf club, I found myself on the couch listening to some tunes.  [...]

I played the first 14 holes of my round today 4-over par.  In spectacular fashion, I then proceeded to play the last 4 holes at 6-over par, limping into the clubhouse with an 82; 82 or not, I’m still fairly confident that a professional golf career is a possibility.  Today’s track comes to us from the Australian electronic [...]