“Sometimes a sad song is just what we need to feel less alone." - David Myles
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Crystal Shawanda
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Crystal Shawanda, Mimi O'Bonsawin, The Beaches, PUP, Bells Larsen, Living Hour, Geneviève Racette, and the Secret Beach
By Will McGuirk
“It’s about watching someone grieve and being in awe of their ability to keep going, despite being in a lot of pain.” - Bells Larsen
“a track about “getting stuck with yourself, forever, like an assigned middle name, or DNA. Some of it’s already built in, but mostly you’ll be walking around as you, doing dishes, meeting people, untangling what it means, being busy being busy.” - Sam Sarty, Living Hour
nêhiyawak
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: nêhiyawak, Tami Neilson, Kodaline, Particle Kid and Willie Nelson, the Secret Beach, and Julia Jacklin,
By Will McGuirk
“There are many important ideas and teachings that we were raised with in our lives, but few more important than water. It’s a modern conversation with complex meanings and understandings.” - nêhiyawak
“Sometime back in December 2020, in between endless rounds of chess and dominos, my dad looked up at me and said, ‘If I die when I’m high I’ll be halfway to heaven’. It took me a second to process, but I said , ‘Dad, that's the best song title I ever heard. You better write the rest of it quick.’ He said. ‘Why don’t you write it?’ So I did. That night I wrote it for him, about him. It’s really just a love letter to him. A tribute. - Particle Kid
“feeling lonely despite being surrounded by constant stimulation,” - the Secret Beach
Tami Neilson plays the Biltmore Theatre, Oshawa Thursday July 14 2022. Tickets here.
Julia Jacklin plays the Phoenix Theatre, Toronto Wednesday Sept 21.