By Will McGuirk
Holy Fuck at Lee's Palace Friday Aug 19 2022. Tickets here.
Storry, photo by Jordan Oram
Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Storry, Rachel Beck, Skye Wallace, Whyte Horses, Marcus King, Sarah Harmer, Holy Fuck, Mute Choir and Best Coast
By Will McGuirk
“the robots are smarter than ever, and the algorithm knows more and more what we like as individuals, but we have to remind ourselves that there is music in the margins that can go missing and that that music is more important than ever.” - Holy Fuck
I wonder what a world made entirely of music would look like.
“I believe as creators, the art doesn't always come from us, but sometimes it is channeled through us from a higher source.” - Storry
“Warrior is most directly inspired by my four-year-old daughter, Nora,” reflects Rachel. “…imagining the kind of woman she will grow up to be. It is also influenced by badass women throughout history – the ground-breakers and the change-makers. Amelia. Greta. Rosa. Malala.”
"Beautiful Stranger is a story about longing, searching for love. We tried to paint a picture of a dim lit bar, lost souls finding one another before last call.” - Marcus King
“When the future is wide open, it can be easy to overthink your present decisions in the face of who you might become. You can never know for sure if life will turn out the way you hope when you go with your gut instinct. There is always a possibility for failure, and fear of failure can be overwhelming enough to drive you to the wrong kinds of compromises.” - Mute Choir
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Back on track with Holy Fuck, Union Duke, Friendly Rich, Pablo Paddy, Sam Weber, Loving, Sasha Cay, Blair Lee and Heather Valley
By Will McGuirk
Holy Fuck! So much to do. I have lots of events at Kops Records Oshawa coming up, I’m involved in the 2020 Oshawa Music Awards and I have a new TV show for Bell FIbe1 on the Oshawa music scene about to start shooting. its always about building platforms, but its also about maintaining them. So lets get back on track and dig into some new tunes here.
"There isn't a single narrative driving this album, but we do linger on some basic human problems: confusion in the face of a desire for self-knowledge and belonging, a struggle for meaning that is circular and sometimes seemingly endless," - Loving
nêhiyawak, photo by Levi Manchak
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with nêhiyawak, Holy Fuck, Jacques Greene, Loving, Sweet Alibi, The Crowleys, Craig Stickland, Tamino and Robert Glasper
By Will McGuirk
Been watching ‘Abstract’ on the Netflix - art is the answer, we are getting closer to the medium marrying the message, art is where the message and the medium become one. On Abstract S2 Ep 2 the message is we could perhaps build not as assembly, not as a factory with parts on an assembly line; we could build like nature, instead of assembling we could grow. Plant the seed, add time. We can grow not assemble.
“Why is nêhiyawak more than a band? Because our families, our nêhiyaw communities, and our ways of knowing and being inform our work. For me, our album nipiy represents an ongoing process of connecting, learning and growing with each other.” - Marek Tyler
“the robots are smarter than ever, and the algorithm knows more and more what we like as individuals, but we have to remind ourselves that there is music in the margins that can go missing and that that music is more important than ever.” - Holy Fuck