Vancouver’s indie-rock/alt-country ensemble Ox are back this year, with their 3rd full-length release “Burnout”.  The album, released on November 10th of this year, follows up the band’s 2006 effort “American Lo-Fi”.  Today’s song is the title-track from Burnout, and is a fine example of the dusky Americana-flannel sort of vibe the band is capable of [...]

Yesterday, Vancouver’s indie/folk-pop ingénue Hannah Georgas walked away with CBC Radio 3’s Bucky Award for “Best New Artist”.  Not 10 minutes later, I received a text from a friend letting me know that Radio 3’s best new artist was somehow missing from my blog that was supposed to highlight best new artists; she quickly followed this up [...]

A friend of mine lent me Brasstronaut’s debut EP “Old World Lies” 3 months ago, during a hangover-curing steak & eggs/red eye breakfast.  The EP was ultimately left at the bar, found by a waitress, passed on to the bartender, and then given to another friend of mine who spent 2 months attempting to return [...]

Listened On comes to us from the Vancouver-based indie-rock duo of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, and their side-project Lightning Dust; Webber and Wells’ full-time project is the Canadian indie/psych-rock ensemble known as Black Mountain.  This particular tune can be found on the band’s self-titled 2007 debut effort, and would go on to reach #1 [...]

Tonight’s song is from the Brampton, Ontario trio The Junction, and their sophomore LP “Another Link in the Chain”, released on July 29th of this year.  The album follows-up the band’s 2007 self-titled debut effort, released via Universal Records.  Since the release of Another Link in the Chain, momentum seems to be steadily building for [...]

Today’s song comes to us from the Toronto, Ontario indie-rock/pop group The Ghost is Dancing.  This Thunder can be found on the band’s sophomore full-length release “Battles On”, which hit shelves on April 28th of this year; the album follows up the band’s debut effort The Darkest Spark, which was released in the summer of [...]

Today’s song comes from the Vancouver indie-rock five-piece Minto, and their 2nd album “Lay It On Me”, released in June of this year.  The album follows up the band’s 2006 debut release “Fields and Factory Floors”, when they were still known as The Smokes.  Now flying under the Minto banner, the band’s lineup has solidified [...]

Today’s song comes to us from the indie-rock/electronic Montreal trio Think About Life, and is easily one of my favorites of 2009.  Consisting of keyboardist Graham Van Pelt, drummer Matt Shane, and vocalist Martin Cesar (Dishwasher), Think About Life have released two full-length albums to date; Havin’ My Baby can be found on the bands [...]

Tonight’s song comes from John O’Regan, and his indie-pop/electronic-folk (yeah I’m genre tagging something electronic-folk) side-project Diamond Rings; his main project is fronting the Toronto-based indie-rock act The D’Ubervilles.  As far as I can tell, the ridiculously charming All Yr Songs can only be found on a 7-inch vinyl split-release featuring Diamond Rings and Kingston, Ontario’s [...]

Today’s song comes in from the Raleigh, North Carolina indie-folk (sometimes described as nu-folk) band Bowerbirds.  Consisting of members Beth Tacular, Phil Moore, and Matt Damron, Bowerbirds have released 2 full-length LPs since their debut EP “Danger at Sea” in 2006.  Ghost Life can be found on the band’s most recent album Upper Air, released on July [...]

Today’s song comes from the Canadian independent music journeyman John Southworth and his 6th full-length album “Mama Tevatron”, released on October 13th of this year.  The album marks a distinct shift in Southworth’s discography, towards a much more minimalist brand of pop instrumentation; according to his press releases this makes for a more accessible sound, [...]

Today’s lunchtime track comes from the Montreal indie-electronic/rock band Think About Life.  Sweet Sixteen can be found on the group’s sophomore full-length album Family, released on May 26th of this year; The album comes 3 years after their debut self-titled LP.  The band will be performing with You Say Party! We Say Die! on the [...]

Today’s song is coming in from the Guelph-based musician/visual artist Gregory Pepper, and his musical project “Gregory Pepper and his Problems”.  7ths and 3rds can be found on Pepper’s 3rd album “With Trumpets Flaring”, released in June of this year via the Canadian independent label Fake Four Inc.  This relationship marks a milestone for Pepper, as his [...]

I’ve got a fantastic song tonight, coming from 10 years back in my music-listening career; a career that started when my surprisingly cool father gave me a Pet Sounds cassette tape.  I couldn’t have been older than five, but I still remember listening to Sloop John B about a hundred times in a row.  Anyways, [...]

I know I say this about every song I post, but I’m really feeling today’s number.  With an amazing vocal tone, an irresistible beat, and painfully honest lyrics, Afie Jurvanen (aka. Bahamas) crafts a classic.  This isn’t an attempt to compare/liken artists (just an observation), but near the end of the song when I hear Alfie summon his [...]

This morning’s tune is a gorgeous piece of work from the indie-pop Winnipeg-native Jody Glenham.  Coffee Soaked can be found on Glenham’s sophomore album “Focus Pull”, released this past March; Glenham’s debut album was a 2006 effort entitled “Brave New World”.  The bouncy delivery of the verses, juxtaposed with the somber feeling conjured up by the grand piano, [...]

Today’s song is one of those numbers that makes me wish BowlingStone’s audience was larger than 400-ish daily readers.  There’s still 2 months left in 2009, but I can’t see another tune replacing this as my favorite song of the year; so do me a solid and share this with everyone you know.  The opening line [...]

Does everyone remember last week when I posted the Young Galaxy song?  It was the one that was set to the oddly intriguing anime video.  Well I’m back on YouTube this morning, looking to see if anyone has uploaded today’s Ryan Dahle track, and sure enough I find it… set to an oddly intriguing anime [...]

There are only 11 more days until the release of the new album from The King Khan & BBQ Show (November 3rd), which means that today is the perfect day to preview the title-track.  Invisible Girl will be the 5th studio album from the garage-rock/doo-wop duo that formed in 2002.  As is standard from The [...]

For all the brother/sister combos out there that have dreamed of forming an electronic-pop band (Julie and myself included), there is now a living breathing example set.  Made up of the brother/sister duo S.J. and Maygen Kardash, the Canadian electronic-pop band Violent Kin released their debut LP “Bitter Blood” this past June.  Blue Eyes was the [...]