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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: The Halluci Nation, Aysanabee and Raye Zaragoza, Moonshine, Shannon and the Clams, Nubya Garcia, JJ Shiplett, and Real Estate

Will McGuirk January 28, 2024

“This one had deep connection to us both, and I think it shows.”  - Aysanabee.

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Tags Indoor Recess, Hard Copy Media, Domino, Killbeat, Whats The Story, The Halluci Nation, Slowcity.ca Open Mic, Aysanabee, Raye Zaragoza, Moonshine, Shannon and the Clams, Nubya Garcia, JJ Shiplett, Real Estate

Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Skye Wallace, Great Lake Swimmers, Ombiigizi, JJ Shiplett, Cat Power, Lal, Omega Mighty, and Aysanabee

Will McGuirk September 12, 2023

“There's a power in looking back with pride and care for the kid you were.” - Skye Wallace

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Tags Skye Wallace, Auteur Research, JJ Shiplett, Whats The Story, Cat Power, Domino, Lal, Killbeat, Omega Mighty, OMBIIGIZI, Aysanabee

Slowcity Open Mic: Gord Downie and Bob Rock, Skydiggers, Shirley Collins, Jerry Leger, Great Lake Swimmers, Cowboy Junkies, Andrina Turenne, and Dennis Ellsworth

Will McGuirk May 4, 2023

By Will McGuirk

“Sometimes a collection of songs just comes out feeling one way and they all work together,” - Dennis Ellsworth








Tags Gord Downie, Bob Rock, Slowcity Open Mic, KIllbeat, Skydiggers, Whats The Story, Shirley Collins, Hard Copy Media, Domino, Jerry Leger, Great Lake Swimmers, Freshly Pressed PR, Cowboy Junkies, Andrina Turenne, Jason Schneider Media, Dennis Ellsworth

Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Dawes, Martha and the Muffins, Rachel Bobbitt, Night Moves, Sylvia Kay, Burn the Louvre, and Tove Stryke

Will McGuirk May 10, 2022

By Will McGuirk

“The first half of this song could be about tyrants. But it could also be about anyone who thinks that a little more control is gonna make everything ok. The second half is a response to that developing reality of the first half. The world might be a scary place sometimes but, to some degree, I want to believe I can decide how I respond to it.” - Taylor Goldsmith, Dawes

“It’s all about this body that I have, suffering from the migraines I’ve inherited from my mom, but it’s also about how some people see women as being made for having children, something I don’t even necessarily want at this point.” - Rachel Bobbitt

“In August of 2021, the songwriting process really began and it hit me that this was my last year of high school, my last year in this hometown, and the last time I’d see a lot of these people ever again. The whole first half of the song is exactly that: reminiscing and the nostalgia behind it all. The second half is all about the process to maturity — that there was something so much greater beyond, a whole world I hadn’t discovered yet.” - Sylvia Kay





Burn The Louvre · Driving In The Rain


Tags Sylvia Kay, That Eric Alper, Night Moves, Hard Copy Media, Domino, Burn the Louvre, Martha and the Muffins, Indoor Recess, Dawes, Tove Stryke
Aasiva, photo by Lisa Milosavljevic

Aasiva, photo by Lisa Milosavljevic

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Aasiva, iskwē, Bernice, Hildegard, St. Vincent, Middle Kids, The Human Rights, and Faiyaz and The Wasted Chances

Will McGuirk March 13, 2021

By Will McGuirk

“This was at the very beginning of my independent artist career and I had many shows lined up. I was very excited to be an artist full time, and I just kept wondering, where will my music take me?
Also, I feel like this is a question that we often ask ourselves: ‘Where are we going? What are we going to do next?’ That was my inspiration for this song.”
- Aasiva

We have the opportunity now to remake the world, to see the connection we all share, even if its just a virus attacking, even if it is just a common enemy, it is a least a commonality. But do we walk away from each other or stand together. What indeed are we going to do next?

I don’t of course have an answer, just to merely suggest we may need to look elsewhere, outside our normal. And I am buoyed by what is washing up on my shores.






Going on the journey of marriage with Tim has been profound. It is very liberating having someone see you in your entirety and stay. Tim embodies that kind of ‘stacking chairs’ love - he’s not just about the party. He’s around afterward when I’m tired and ugly and loves me in those moments.” - Hannah Joy on bandmate and hubby Tim Fitz



Tags Aasiva, Killbeat, iskwē, Whats The Story, Hildegard, St. Vincent, Indoor Recess, Middle KIds, Hard Copy Media, Domino, The Human Rights, Jason Schneider Media, Faiyaz and The Wasted Chances, Auteur Research

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Hayden Thorpe, Jacques Green, Richard Dawson and Evangeline Gentle

Will McGuirk September 12, 2019

By Will McGuirk

The night symphony in full voice in the garden which earlier played host to monarchs idling their way south, holding on to another hour dancing in the sun, like me holding on to another hour outside, reluctant to leave this still night and the companionship of the Harvest moon.




Tags Richard Dawson, Hard Copy Media, Domino, Jacques Greene, Killbeat, Hayden Thorpe, Evangeline Gentle

Photo by Matt Barnes

Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Lee Harvey Osmond, The Building, Pram, Pup, Leaf Rapids, Ada Lea, Dan Moxon, The Contorntionist

Will McGuirk June 27, 2019

By Will McGuirk

Fields and forests and festivals beckon - including soon, Mariposa Festival, where the multi-faceted Tom Wilson will perform. Looking forward to this one. A few years back Wilson didn’t have a mid-life crisis so much as had one thrust upon him. As an artist he met it all head on, sharing his journey in his new album ‘Mohawk’ and a autobiography, ‘Beautiful Scars’.

“It’s a story of adoption, of growing up thinking you’re a big, sweaty, Irish guy, and finding out at the age of 53 that you’re a Mohawk.,” he says in a press release.

Check out Lee Harvey Osmond as well as The Building, Pram, Pup, Leaf Rapids, Ada Lea, Dan Moxon and The Contortionist.








Tags Lee Harvey Osmond, The Building, Killbeat, Indoor Recess, Pram, Domino, Hard Copy Media, AdaLea, The Contortionist, Pup, Leaf Rapids

Julian Taylor Band, photo by Jerome Joyce

Slowcity.ca open mic - with Julian Taylor Band, Kalle Mattson, Foxwarren, The Unfaithful Servants, Wintersleep, Ponytails, Once A Tree, Hot Chip and Mauno

Will McGuirk May 29, 2019

“A lot of people are left feeling sad and lonely because of death. I understand how that feels. It’s a sadness that only eases with time but never goes away. As you move forward it will stay with you but it will help strengthen you too. Felt deeply. Felt not as in touched. Felt within, touching us." - Julian Taylor, press release

Julian Taylor Band, Kalle Mattson, Andy Shauf’s Foxwarren, Wintersleep, The Unfaithful Servants, Ponytails, Once A Tree, Hot Chip and Mauno.









Tags Foxwarren, Killbeat, Andy Shauf, The Unfaithful Servants, Nice Marmot, Ponytails, OnceATree, Indoor Recess, Julian Taylor Band, Whats The Story, Hot Chip, Domino, Kalle Mattson, Wintersleep, Mauno, Auteur Research

Leaf Rapids

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Cat Power, Tariq, Leaf Rapids, Bad Books, David Gray and Sessa

Will McGuirk May 8, 2019

By Will McGuirk

As we waver between seasons, on the verge of summer, on the waning of Spring, wary of winter’s return we see this inbetweenness in the music stepping up for the open mic today - its a mixed bag with the swales and swells of Cat Power, the poptimism of Tarig, the icy Canadianism of Leaf Rapids, a double hit of the erudite Bad Books, the songwriterly David Gray, and Brazilian spiritualism from Sessa, Yes just go with the flow, we will get your there.





Tags Sessa, Killbeat, Tariq, Webster Media, Leaf Rapids, Bad Books, Domino, Cat Power, Hard Copy Media

Peter Perrett - Photoi by Steve Gullick

Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Get Back Up edition with Peter Perrett, Sarah MacDougall, Lydia Ainsworth, Haviah Mighty, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Bear’s Den, Night Moves

Will McGuirk April 22, 2019

Happy Earth Day, and happy come-down from a fab weekend; The To Oshawa With Love gig at the Oshawa Music Hall with The Stables, Say Ritual and Melanie Payne, was wow wow wow - An army of local music lovers came out. This city, our city has many social issues - it is in trauma. But those of us who know know music helps. Today’s Open Mic is filled with resilience; Peter Perrett, one-time member of pop punks The Only Ones, is resilient. A former addict Perret is now reconnecting with his sons, working with them on this new music. Welcome in to your lives too, Sarah MacDougall, Lydia Ainsworth, Haviah Mighty ( her track she says is “a soundtrack for day-to-day self-motivation,” Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Bear’s Den, and Night Moves. Let’s keep on keeping on.




Shows:

Haviah Mighty - Friday, May 3 @ Drake Underground, Toronto
Bear’s Den - Friday, May 24 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
Sarah MacDougall - Saturday, June 15 @ Old Town Hall, Waterford, ON.
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Saturday, June 15 @ Yonge/Dundas Square, Toronto





Tags Indoor Recess, Haviah Mighty, Peter Perret, Sarah MacDougall, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Bear's Den, Night Moves, Lydia Ainsworth, Killbeat, Outside Music, Domino

My Father’s Son - plays Springtide Festival in Uxbridge

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Springtide performer My Father's Son, plus Merin, Old Man Canyon, Dead Soft, Bear's Den, Hayden Thorpe, Clinic, Ronley Teper & the Lipliners,

Will McGuirk April 10, 2019

Welcome, thanks for showing up. Its vital that, showing up, its what makes a scene. Showing up this week from Montreal is My Father’s Son., who will performing at the Springtide Music Festival of Uxbridge, just a couple of weeks away.

Also coming in is the Pavement-like Merin from Thunder Bay and Old Man Canyon from Vancouver and Dead Soft, also of Vancity. And some Brits breaking out, listen to the shimmer of Bear’s Den, the trilling beauty of Hayden Thorpe and the pyschedelia of Clinic. TO Art punk from Ronley Teper & the Lipliners, close out the mic. Dig in, thanks for showing up.


Shows:

My Father’s Son - Saturday/Sunday April 27 & 28 @ Springtide Music Festival, Uxbridge
Ronley Teper & the Lipliners - Friday, May 3 @ the Dakota Tavern, Toronto
Merin - Monday, May 6 @ The Burdock, Toronto
Old Man Canyon - Saturday, May 11 @ the Rivoli, Toronto
Bear’s Den - Friday, May 24 @ the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto







Tags Merin, Bear's Den, Indoor Recess, My Father's Son, That Eric Alper, Hayden Thorpe, Domino, Ronley Teper and the Lipliners, Nice Marmot, Old Man Canyon, Dead Soft, Killbeat, Thunder Bay, London UK, Vancouver, Montreal, Clinic, Outside

Photo by Sion Marshall Waters

All The Kings Men and the Wild Beasts go out on that high note

Will McGuirk January 17, 2018

Wild Beasts roll All The Kings Men over the roiling hills of some English landscape, the startled vocals and the steady drive - its the final fling for the UKsters Last Night All My Dreams Came True coming out on Domino Documents, a greatest pulling from their faves and finest and recorded live. For me its an introduction and an invite to dig deeper in to all these pretty things, for you maybe its a fare thee well.

Tags Wild Beasts, Domino, Documents, RAK, Live, All The Kings Men

Photo by Hollie Fernando

UK Hookworms drive into the heart of the Microshift

Will McGuirk January 10, 2018

I'm old school - I'm a sucker for songs which skip the head and the heart and go straight for the crotch, if you can get all three all power to you but if you are going to pick one go low. Hookworm from Leeds. UK,  go low. There's a lot of head and heart in their tracks, lot of drone, lot of prog, lot of smarts, lot of strings but there's also a drive and an energy and a rumble and veering and its get-loose-time in the best of the Velvet Underground/ Pink Floyd-dy psychotic trips. But there's a new album due, "Microshift" - it seems based on the available tracks they have just shifted up a gear.

Tags Hookworms, Microshift, Domino, Outside, Slowcity.ca, United Kingdom
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