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 [...]

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 [...]

Today’s tune comes to us from the Miami, Florida singer-songwriter Tristan Clopet.  The song in question, The End of an Era, can be found on Clopet’s debut EP Duende, released in early 2009.  The song stands out on the EP by stripping the funk/groove instrumentation down, and letting a ridiculously good vocal carry the track. [...]

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 [...]

I was getting a ride from a lovely young lady this morning, when this tune came on in her car.  Not only was I stoked to hear this song for the first time in almost a year, but I was stoked to meet a girl with such a rad taste in music.  Hospital Beds can [...]

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 [...]

Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is a local artist (local to myself in Calgary) who has become one of my favorites after seeing him perform around the city.  Following his win in X92.9’s Exposure Contest, he became a regular in the stations daily rotation and was given a spot to play at the Virgin Festival in Calgary.

My baby don’t [...]

I came across this tune on YouTube awhile back during a soul-music phase I was going through;  I had just watched “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” (You MUST watch this film).  This cover of Otis Redding’s classic served as my introduction to Canadian/American artist Justin Nozuka and his acoustic-soul style.  On a side note, I was [...]