Poor Young Things need no sympathy. The rock ‘n’ roll band, made up of five resourceful focused musicians, gave up a contented life in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and headed for Toronto without knowing a soul. Within a year, the band had recorded with their dream producer Jon Drew (Arkells) and signed a deal with Bumstead Records. Poor them, indeed.

Forest City Lovers are nature-loving urban dwellers spinning lingering, lyrical melodies across the landscape of Canadian folk-pop.

Festuca is an album that includes ballads (‘Sorry’), sing-alongs (‘Sing Low’) and drivers (‘Big Town’). ‘Horses’ is particularly catchy, in part due to its effective arrangement. Beginning with the simple sounds of taut guitars, doubled vocals, and single organ notes, ‘Horses’ builds perfectly, adding bass and building percussion and harmonies to culminate in wonderfully jubilant instrumentation and a chorus singing of freedom.

“My newer writing [‘Horses’], has a bit less of a roots form,”says Cockerill. “I’m just trying to be open to whatever comes out and not subject it to a form or genre. Trying to get more personal with lyrics as well. Write deeper. I think of writing as karate—complexity through simplicity. That’s what I’m trying to attain anyway. Do more karate.”

Ohbijou is thrilled to announce their upcoming tour in support of their third album: Metal Meets – out September 27th on Last Gang Records. The band is excited to share the new songs from Metal Meets as they tour Eastern Canada with dates in Ontario, as well as Pop Montreal and Halifax Pop Explosion (dates listed below). Their highly anticipated follow up to Beacons demonstrates the growth that this talented group has experienced over the past two years. The first single Niagara is a sneak peek of the sonic experiences imaged during the creation of Metal Meets.

All members of the band share a vision of reigniting the scene of Canadian music through writing, performance and touring.

 
Mushy Callahan began all playing together as children over a decade ago in Western Canada during the early 1990’s. The musicians split-up to play with other hard, pop, and alternative rock bands in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Québec. After years of writing, touring and performing nation-wide, they were reunited and formed a new band, Mushy Callahan, that has now caught the attention of the Toronto music scene. Noah (lead vocals, …

In 2009, The Beauties were declared “Best Roots/Country Band” by Toronto’s NOW magazine. Listen to the podcast

At the Railway Tuesday, August 23rd Jane Sawyer and Daisy Blue Groff (Painting Daisies) will be opening and Andrea Ramolo and her one-man band Jason Skiendziel will be headlining the evening as a duo. Special guest and local guitar guru Noah Walker will be joining us for a few songs.

This is Andrea and Jason’s third summer in a row travelling anywhere from 4 to 5 months straight, living out of their van and playing as many shows in as many towns and cities in Canada that time and gas will allow. Together, they have played over 400 shows as a duo, including a handful of folk festivals, and have even opened for Fred Eaglesmith, Johnny Cash’s ‘Tennessee 3′, Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart, and BC’s Shari Ulrich.

On the surface of their current record (about which Grassia and Azzolini say is their best work), one can easily hear the classic ‘Golden Dog’ sound and feel the familiar frantic bop and bounce that has always been their calling card.

Elizabeth Shepherd spent much of 2010 touring in Japan, Europe, Canada and the US, selling out legendary clubs from Tokyo to Madrid to Detroit. And now she’s finally coming back to Vancouver for the first time in two years. On Thursday March 31, her globe-trotting band will roll into St James Hall.

CMTM are masterful songwriters, almost unbeknownst to themselves. In dark bars, parties, or bright festival stages CMTM transform into raucous punk rock and rollers, yelling about the economy and its endless digression, schizophrenia, alcohol and of course, girls.

Check out this indie troubadour from Jacksonville, IL. with his exclusive new video “Tide Pulls From the Moon” from the upcoming album release Gold In The Shadow, set to hit the streets on March 22, 2011.

A highly collaborative atmosphere is what brings Hands & Teeth’s artful fusion of pop, classical composition, angular guitar rock, lush vocal arrangements and inventive rhythms to life.

Formed in late 2009 The Box Tiger are an indie/art rock quartet from the outskirts of Toronto.

A colorful art-rock pop explosion tied together with infectious melodies and harmonies. Pushing the boundaries of the pop genre with conviction and bold intensity

Singer/songwriter & Jazz vocalist
“Through my job, I’ve had the opportunity to work with many talented artists. However, Rose’s music is genuinely at a caliber that I rarely come across in the Canadian music scene. She’s already done a great job at making an impact within the music industry and is definitely on the right track to a promising, global career. Rose’s music is undeniable. Personally, I am a HUGE fan of her songs and the way she delivers them to her audience.” – Ivan …