Slowcity Open Mic with Debra-Jean Creelman, Young Clancy, Laura Reznek, Logan Ledger, Robert Counts and Micah Erenberg

Will McGuirk October 8, 2019

By Will McGuirk

One can smell the Fall. It is coming. The air is crisp, fragile, breakable, it creaks upon passing. The ground hardens; it is not so tolerant of our trespassing. She pushes back.

“Many of the songs are dubious (though endearing) reaches for love and hope over emptiness. Though the subject matter of these songs can be a bit bleak, they come from a place of love.” - Young Clancy

“. . . starting off in a sort of reflective, passive state, moving into a romanticising of the situation, then to anger and accusation towards the other person, followed by anger and accusation towards myself, and finally a truce of some sort.” - Laura Reznek

“I’ve always believed that in order to create something new with purpose, one must be steeped in the past and work from within the tradition, It has more gravity that way.” - Logan Ledger

“My life became far less mapped out than it had ever been, but suddenly the path seemed a lot clearer,” - Robert Counts

Slowcity.ca Open Mic Look Less, Listen More with Wintersleep, T. Thomason, Sam Weber, Micah Erenberg, bülow and The Cinematic Orchestra

Will McGuirk September 18, 2019

TIME. Time to talk, time to reconsider. Time to see others as less and more than other. Time to look back and learn. Time to teach going forward. Time to look inside for views on the outsider. Time to look at settler truisms and colonial legacies. Time to take the blinders off. Time to look less and listen more. Take the time.

Slowcity.ca Open Mic and Photo Gallery by Colin Medley - with Micah Erenberg, Close Talker, T. Nile, Absolutely Free and Badge Époque Ensemble

Will McGuirk May 1, 2019

By Will McGuirk

Great tunes for you on this wet Wednesday and to brighten up your rather moist humpday we are featuring a photo gallery of our pal, Colin Medley, he who documents the Canadian indie scene with aplomb and a careful eye for the everyday life of musicians, no rockstars in Medley’s orbit. Dig into new tracks from Micah Erenberg, Close Talker, T. Nile, Absolutely Free and Badge Époque Ensemble and let us know what you think.

Shows

Absolutely Free - Thursday, May 9 @ The Garrison, Toronto (CMW)
Badge Époque Ensemble - Saturday, May 11 @ The Garrison, Toronto (CMW)

Badge Époque Ensemble, Photo By Colin Medley

Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Still Winter Edition featuring Jadea Kelly, Micah Erenberg, Geneviève Racette, Lydia Persaud, Living Hour, Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams, Bad Animal and Ben Rogers

Will McGuirk March 4, 2019

By Will McGuirk

Its like its Groundhog Day, you know where the beast sees his shadow and the sun is to shine in six weeks but you think it would be gradually warmer but not that Groundhog Day, Groundhog Day the movie and you wake up and EVERYDAY IS THE SAME; more snow, more cold, more snow, stop with the cold!!! The beast has a cold, cold heart or maybe its not Groundhog Day its Russian Doll, either way these tunes will warm you up and keep you sane. Lets kick it with our pal, the clean as crystal voice of Jadea Kelly, two-fer-one special from Darth Jadea. The rest of the line-up is Micah Erenberg, Geneviève Racette, Lydia Persaud, Living Hour, Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams, Bad Animal and Ben Rogers. Stay warm, stay positive, the sun will shine eventually.

Shows:

Ben Rogers Mar 23, New Vision United Church, Hamilton, ON; Mar 25 Showplace Performance Theatre, Peterborough, ON

Jadea Kelly May 9 Burdock, Toronto, ON. (Early Show: 6pm & Late Show: 9pm)