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New Harbours Fundraiser

Join these great local bands at the cathedral on James N. this Saturday in support of a very good cause.  I think all the information you need is in the poster, but here are the links to the bands’ pages, too. See you there! Dinner Belles  \\ The Weather Station \\ Bruekke \\ New Harbours […]

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Oh, Horsefeathers

UPDATE: Alanna has let us know that she will be playing Homegrown Hamilton on Friday December 9th with fellow Guelphites Modern Field Recordings. Over the past decade, Canada’s biggest cities have drawn thousands of young, creative kids from the hinterland into their vertical villages and crowded, chaotic streets. This has given places like Montreal, Toronto […]

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Parallax

We’re lining up a great show for tomorrow featuring a bunch of covers, including that Tracy Thorne cover of The XX’s “Night Time” we mentioned in our 250th Podcast, a Rush cover by Kingston’s P.S. I Love You, and a Morrissey cover by doo-wop darlings, The Bandana Splits. But before tomorrow’s show, I wanted to […]

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Impossible Spaces

According to his website, Sandro Perri’s latest release “is a collision of new compositional ideas, electronics, singing, and extensive studio processing beyond the scope of any of his previous efforts.”  Released last month on Constellation, Impossible Spaces has been collecting accolades from all corners.  Pitchfork rated the album 8.3, and named the opening track, Chances, as […]

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Hello Sadness

Oh-em-gee!  The ever prolific Welsh group Los Campesinos! are releasing a new album (their 4th in 4 years) next week, and for those of you like us who just can’t wait, NPR is streaming the whole shebang on their site.  The title suggests maybe something a little more melancholy from these usually exuberant 20-somethings, but […]

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