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Strippers Union, photo by David Bastedo

Strippers Union, photo by David Bastedo

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Strippers Union, Justin Rutledge, Mo Kenny, Ariel Posen, Edwin Raphael, Charlie Houston, Allison Russell, David Picco, and Ontarians,

Will McGuirk March 5, 2021

By Will McGuirk

"We’ve worn a path, but if we neglect it, it may become overgrown and we could still lose our way. Take care of the path." - Rob Baker, Strippers Union


“In many ways, I owe my life as a songwriter to The Hip,” says Rutledge. “As a teenager, their songs empowered me to pick up the guitar and instilled in me the strength of the written (and sung) word. I did not record Nautical Disaster for the Daredevil album, but I perform it at nearly all of my live shows, so I’m glad to finally have it on a physical album. To me it is a bulldog of a song that illustrates the power of a band in their prime—I am always blinded by the song’s headlights.”



“Whether just a friend or a partner, the idea of the song is just constantly reminding the person that they can trust you, and I'll be here when you're ready, but there is no rush. The idea of knowing somebody's heart, by heart is to say that you completely and utterly understand them.” - Ariel Posen

"As with every new day, the earth revolves the same, you live things a little like yesterday, you leave a little space for the hopes of something riveting but it’s rare. But every so often you stumble upon that day where everything is nothing like you knew before. You see colors you’ve never seen before; you stare at the same ceiling but it gives you an entire cosmos today." - Edwin Raphael


"It's sort of about becoming so infatuated with someone that you begin to lose sight of who you are," says Houston. "Also comparing yourself to the kind of person you think they want, and trying to become that."


“It reminds me to be grateful for those rare and precious ones who see you and who love you, just as you are, and you do the same for them. We carry each other. Empathy is our currency. It gets better. You’re not alone.” - Allison Russell



Tags Killbeat, Jason Schneider Media, Mo Kenny
Mo Kenney

Mo Kenney

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Mav Karlo, Peter Katz, Mo Kenney, The War and Treaty, The Zolas, The Flamingos Pink, Ant Saunders, and the Chairmen of the Boards

Will McGuirk September 14, 2020

By Will McGuirk

When space becomes place, the mattering divides; the place-makers, the placed, the displaced, the misplaced - Lack of space they move to a new space, recently a digital space. Follow if only to steady, but to get ready move to a musical space. The acoustic space is all.


Toronto singer-songwriter Mav Karlo (the solo project of Menno Versteeg, the founder of Royal Mountain Records), has shared his latest single and video, “Detonator”.

“Detonator" is about that moment when you stop saying to yourself “I’m such a fuck up” and start asking “why am I such a fuck up?” It’s a long and a hard process, but an important one, and that’s reflected in the wordier than usual verses. I wanted the detail in the lyrics to act like dots in a pointillist painting, disparate images that when taken together convey a singular emotion.” - Mav Karlo

Buy the vinyl here ->

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Singer/songwriter Peter Katz has a released a new track, “KMOTM” from his upcoming album, ‘City of Our Lives’ due to drop Nov. 25 2020. Its anew direction for Katz and well worth a listen.

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“Part of what I wanted to do with this new music is not have it be just about my story. It’s in there – it’s all in there – but I don’t want to be that guy anymore. I think that my older approach to writing was about holding on rather than letting go. This music feels like letting go to me. And I hope that when people hear it, they can hear their own story in it too and that maybe it can help them feel like letting go.” - Peter Katz

Buy the vinyl here ->

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“When our relationship has no hurt and it just plain feels good, we start to question if it’s really real because everything that has been real to us has come wrapped in pain. We start imagining a world where it’s not too good to be true and that world is Hearts Town… Hearts Town is a place where you can come broken and open, regardless of your past and find love, just like we have.” - Michael Trotter (The War and Treaty)





Tags Peter Katz, Auteur Research, Mav Karlo, Hive Mind, The Zolas, Mo Kenny, Ant Saunders, Indoor Recess
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