Diamond Joel Plaskett unleashed his most ambitious work to-date last year with his 3-disc, 27-song, epic Three.  With the help of Ana Egge and Rose Cousins on accompanying vocals, Plaskett found himself  with another album shortlisted as the best full-length Canadian release of the year; the other album was Ashtray RockAshtray Rock reviews from Plaskett’s [...]

Today’s song comes in from Toronto-based singer/songwriter/producer Royal Wood and his second full-length album A Good Enough Day, released via Canadian Dead Daisy Records in 2007.  The album follows-up on Wood’s 2004 debut LP Tall Tales, and has since been followed-up by a 2009 EP titled The Lost and Found EP.  This past November, Wood supported [...]

There are a lot of things to like about today’s tune.  There’s that sort of Jim Cuddy mixed with Joel Plaskett vibe that can be heard, there’s the fantastic harmonies during the chorus that just ache to be turned up, and then there’s the charming lyrics like “I’m too old for the girl I love but [...]

Gone, Gone, Gone is another number from the pride of Nova Scotia, Joel Plaskett, and his 3-disc magnus opus Three.  Released in March of this year, Plaskett’s 3rd full-length solo effort captured his 2nd PolarisPolaris reviews nomination, however I’m not completely convinced this album should be considered a solo-album proper.  For myself, the backing vocals (I use the [...]

I need to try and get this post up as quickly as possibly, as this computer is likely to get thrown off my balcony if Mr. Federer loses this 5th set.  Today’s song is a wicked catchy number from the British Columbia indie-rock quintet Mother MotherMother Mother reviews.  Hayloft can be found on the band’s [...]

Tonight’s post features anotherAnother Year reviews 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 [...]

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 ClassifiedClassified reviews, and his [...]

The highly anticipated short-list for this year’s Polaris Music Prize was released this week, viewable here.  I chose to ignore this until today as I was quite disappointed that my prediction regarding the Japandroids‘ Post-Nothing was completely incorrect.  However, I am now over it and would like to highlight one of the artists that did make [...]

Dear Palm Springs outlet mall:
I adore you, with all of my heart.  Thank-you for allowing me to become the proud new owner of a Burberry suit, without having to skip 2 condo payments.
Love, 
Chris
 So my mom convinced me that at the ripe age of 25 it was time to purchase my first suit.  After years of [...]

Tonight’s tune is anotherAnother Year reviews from the Canadian indie-rock artist Joel Plaskett, this time coming from his solo album Three.  Three is Plaskett’s third solo album, released on March 24th of 2009.  The number three is a common theme throughout the release with the album containing three discs, each disc having 9 songs, and many [...]