Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Cold Specks, Patrick Watson, Desiree Doiron, Ruby Singh, Movieland, Preeper Rhaye MacKay, Flara K, and Bad Tractor

Will McGuirk October 30, 2024

By Will McGuirk

“I used to be really precious about holding on to as much song writing as possible but then I remembered James Carr did not write ‘The Dark End of the Street’.” - Al Spx, aka Cold Specks

"’Remember Your Name” is a reminder to find that inner strength that you’ve always had inside. No matter how difficult things get, you have the strength and endurance from your past, and the generations that came before you." - Desiree Dorion

“It’s an upbeat celebration of a Scorpio’s passion, mystery, undeniable charm, and the sometimes emotional rollercoaster of falling for someone who knows how to keep you on your toes,” - Flara K.

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Seether, Foreign Films, Seán Devlin, Autogramm, Lenny, LiYON, Gabriella Verdugo, and Flara K

Will McGuirk July 12, 2021

By Will McGuirk

“I felt alone, scared, and confused. During that time, music is what helped me through it. Listening to different artists and their songs touched me, in a way, and helped me to not feel alone.” - Gabriella Verdugo

"It was a cold March in Montreal, and the months of isolation had really started to skew our perception of things - it was hard to think rationally about our lives and where things were going. I had also just read novels by Charles Bukowski and Kurt Vonnegut, and I was over thinking and constantly on edge," - Collin Steinz, Flara K

“I was thinking about how a person's life can appear from the outside to be so settled, ideal, in the right place, while on the inside they may be struggling, drifting, gone awry. This sort of thing tends to be exacerbated by our suddenly very isolated lives, when all we get to see from our friends and loved ones is an idyllic representation that we're fed through social media. Not everyone is comfortable sharing their fears and struggles in the public forum. So this song is just an acknowledgement of my own fucked-up-ness at that time, and also a reminder to really check in with your friends, because they may be having a hard time, despite appearances.” - The Silo, Autogramm

Lenny · Taurus Sun

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Kate Boothman, Jack De Keyzer, Matt Berninger, Austra, Sylvan Esso, Rhye, the Blue Stones, Figure Walking, Flara K,

Will McGuirk September 11, 2020

By Will McGuirk

Kate Boothman, has released her latest single, the brightly breezy “My Next Mistake”. May be just what one needs to hear on this morning, scratch that, it is what you need to hear. Up and at them folks, up and at them.

Blues guru Jack De Keyzer has a new album dropping Sept 15, 2020. "Titled “Tribute” this is Jack’s twelfth album and features twelve original tracks. The first single “Lets Do It” is now available with video by Steven Frank.

Matt Berninger of The National will release his debut sole album, ‘Serpentine Prison’ on Oct 16 2020. The album will be on Book records/ Concord records. The first singe is “One More Second.” There’s a beauty tippy-tapp organ break provided by the legendary Booker T Jones, who also is the album producer.

“I wrote “One More Second” with Matt Sheehy (Lost Lander, EL VY) with the intention for it to be a kind of answer to Dolly Parton’s ‘I Will Always Love You’, or sort of the other side of that conversation. I just wanted to write one of those classic, simple, desperate love songs that sound great in your car”. - Matt Berninger

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Austra’s new album ‘ HiRUDiN’ is now out and available on Pink Fizz records. A remix for the track “Risk It” has been released. And its a banger!!

“India Jordan recently put out one of my favourite records in a while (complete with a very on point Tipping The Velvet reference) so I was very honoured they agreed to do this remix. The new track is sunny and euphoric and everything I dreamed it would be!” - Katie Stelmanis (Austra)

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Electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso have released “Frequency”, the third single from their new album, ‘Free Love’, coming out September 25, 2020, on Loma Vista Recordings. The song is accompanied by a new video directed and styled by Moses Sumney.

“We had a fantastic and rewarding time collaborating with our friend and fellow North Carolinian, Moses Sumney, on building a visual world for Frequency. He had such a beautiful vision for the project, one that ran parallel to the song's initial source in a way that showed us new spaces it could inhabit. It's a beautiful exploration of being together and apart at the same time – we feel it rings clearly in this moment.” - Sylvan Esso

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Buy the vinyl here ->