Everyone knows the feeling. Driving on a beautiful sunny day with the windows open and the wind whipping through your car. Whether driving or sitting shotgun, nothing seems more relaxing than losing yourself in the moment and watching the landscape scream by you; forgetting any stresses or worries and focusing only on the road ahead. [...]


The Reason – The Longest Highway Home
The Reason. A band from my home town of Hamilton, Ontario has been working on a follow up to their 2007 Album “Things Couldn’t Be Better” for 3 years now and is set to release “Fools” on July 6th, 2010. This will be the third full-length album for the [...]

CBC Radio 3 presents The Wilderness of Manitoba with The Mountains & The Trees at the Little Mountain Gallery on July 22nd. The band will be here promoting their just-released full length album, When You Left The Fire. Here’s a tune from the album:
Hermit – The Wilderness of Manitoba
And a few more CBC Radio 3 [...]

Promoting their new album, New Inheritors, Halifax artists Wintersleep are on the road again:
June 24 – East Atlanta, GA @ EarlJune 25 – Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox LaundrloungeJune 26 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 ClubJune 27 – New York, NY @ Bowery BallroomJuly 9 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest @ Pop Life Stage [...]

Sudbury, Ontario’s Brian Dunn is set to play the Railway Club on July 29th, to promote his soon-to-be-released album, Examining the Fallout. The album will be out on July 29th On Cosmic Dave’s Record Factory. Here’s a catchy tune from Examining the Fallout, called Listening to Myself Die.
Listening to Myself Die – Brian Dunn

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Just home from NXNE, Polaris nominated artists, Ghostkeeper, announce new tour dates:
July 7-11: Winnipeg Folk Festival : www.winnipegfolkfestival.caJuly 15 : Vancouver, BC : The Media ClubJuly 22 – 25: Calgary Folk Festival : www.calgaryfolkfest.comAugust 6 – 8 : Regina Folk Festival : www.reginafolkfestival.comAugust 13 – 15 : Peppermill Festival : www.peppermillrecords.com/festival_2010/
They’re also offering up Like [...]

Good Canadian kids, Apollo Ghosts, are giving away an awesome free download of their song Coka Cola Admen off their latest album, Mount Benson. Check it out:
Coka-Cola Admen – Apollo Ghosts
They’ve also announced some Eastern US and Canadian Tour Dates:
July 23 New York, NY Bruar Falls July 24 Boston, MA Problem House FestivalJuly 25 Rochester, [...]

Winnepeg artists, Imaginary Cities have picked up 3 shows at NXNE this month, marking their Toronto live sow debut. You can download their entire upcoming album, Temporary Resident here: imaginarycities.ca. Check out the title track off the album:
Temporary Resident – Imaginary Cities

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If this were Tuesday, I’d call it Twangy Tuesday ’cause we’ve got another delightfully twangy tune to post from The Yukon’s Kim Beggs. But alas, it is Wednesday, and we can’t rename Hump Day. But I’ll post the song anyway. It’s from Kim’s upcoming new album, Blue Bones, which will be out on July the [...]

Indie Week Canada will be taking place in October. Over 100 acts  will be playing at the top music venues in downtown Toronto over the span of four nights and the top act will win the opportunity to perform at Indie Week Ireland in the spring of 2011. But the application deadline for artists is [...]