Today’s song comes from Calgary’s favorite indie minstrel Danny Vacon and his other musical project, The Dojo Workhorse.  I Got Life can be found on the quintet’s 2009 debut full-length album “Weapons Grade Romantic” which hit shelves last summer.  The project, which emerged to fill Vacon’s need for a non-Dudes creative outlet, produces a folksy [...]

Two years ago, Wintersleep front-man Paul Murphy lost his grandparents; his mother lost her parents.  With the help of his brother Michael, some free time in Nova Scotia, and the wonder that is scotch, Postdata was born as a gift for Mom.  12 ideas for an album were laid down using the most modest of setups [...]

I haven’t listened to a lot of Dallas Green/City and Colour in about 6 months.  This is due in part to a self-inflicted saturation of the project in 2008 and early 2009, and in part to my discovery of Dan Mangan last year, who has fared quite admirably in satisfying my moody acoustic/folk-rock needs.  However, [...]

Thanks (in large part) to the strangely fascinating drum beat, I’ve found this song on repeat for the better part of today; if any music theorists reading this can explain what is going on with that snare, in terms of time signature, please feel free to comment.  Where and When comes from the Canadian indie-folk/rock [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lunchtime post today, as I will be spending my evening watching Jim Cuddy and the rest of Blue Rodeo play downtown Calgary.  I re-discovered today’s tune on a CD I found while searching through my desk at work this morning; It  is a really sick acoustic cover of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, done by the always soulful Ray [...]

My post for today is another fantastic piece from the Calgary indie/folk artist Michael Bernard Fitzgerald.  Reach You is off MBF’s most recent album The MBF Love LP, released earlier this month.  I have found that i’ve developed a significant crush on this song, mostly because I like to think that he is singing it to me.  Unfortunatly, due to [...]

So I was at the Coldplay concert in Calgary last night, and was positive that the band was opening their set with Kids by MGMT.  So positive in fact, that I started singing the first verse to Kids before getting glared at by a posse of 16 year old girls.  With all the controversy surrounding [...]

Keeping with the recent Canadian-themed posts, I thought I would bring out another fantastic piece done by Canada’s own Metric.  Live it out is the title track off Metric’s 2nd full-length album, released in 2005.  The album is a fine example of Metric’s use of simplicity meshed with a new wave sound, and was well received throughout North [...]

I’ve got a disgustingly good tune today for everyone to wind their weekend down with.  Gimme Sympathy can be found on Metric’s brand-new album Fantasies, officially released on April 7th, 2009.  The acoustic version of Gimme Sympathy is another track that was only included as a bonus-track when pre-ordering Fantasies.  Currently based out of Brooklyn, LA, [...]

This post is a favorite of mine as I am a huge fan of music featuring both male and female vocals.  Hazy comes to us from Rosi Golan’s debut album The Drifter and the Gypsy, and features a vocal contribution from William Fitzsimmons.  Currently based out of Brooklyn, the Israel born Golan spent her very early [...]

Staying on the topic of the fast approaching Juno Awards, tonight’s song comes from an artist who will be performing at the award show this Sunday.  City and Colour, the solo side-project of Canadian singer/songwriter Dallas Green, will be returning to the stage where it won the award for Alternative Album of the Year in [...]

Now I know Bright Eyes isn’t a “new” undiscovered artists but I’m hooked on this song right now so its going up.  First Day of My Life comes from the band’s 2005 release I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.  The album received high praise from critics and was featured on many best-of-2005 lists including Rolling Stone, [...]

This song was introduced to me by a close friend at York university, and I fell in love with it immediately.  I think it’s the passion and fierce delivery that impressed me so much. 
Bon Iver, or good winter in french, is the current musical project of indie-folk singer/songwriter Justin Vernon.  The song itself comes from [...]

Another tune tonight, coming from Canadian Dallas Green’s solo acoustic-folk side-project City and Colour.  On the song in question, Sleeping Sickness, the legendary Gord Downie lends his incredible vocals to the track.  Up until Gord begins singing I really enjoyed the song.  However, when his voice cut in I was stopped dead in my tracks.  His [...]

I’ve got a pretty sick cover for everyone today from the indie-rock/folk artist Cat Power.  Covering the Oasis mega-hit Wonderwall, Power delivers a minimalist rendition of the song wrapped in her signature smokey style.  The song was one of the tracks left off of Power’s 5th album The Covers Record, which consisted almost entirely of [...]

Over the Christmas Holidays, I received a gift in my inbox in the form of Portland indie-folk/rock artist Jive White Boy’s album Knives That Stab Your Face. What I found was an original and completely unexpected sound that stayed with me long after listening. The song I chose to highlight is the title [...]

Here is a man who could take me any day. With his poetic and untamed lyrics, Ramona Cordova takes the top spot on my list of favourite artists. His first album was released in 2005 with the title The Giver’s Reply and is a completely themed album devoted to the story of a boy named Giver. Somewhat comparable [...]

I first heard of Paolo Nutini a couple years ago when he was opening for Amy Winehouse during a tour of Canada.  Unfortunately, I was unable to see either artist perform as Winehouse cancelled the remainder of the tour due to exhaustion (Read: Exhaustion from smoking crack instead of eating and sleeping).  New Shoes was [...]