**Lydia Ainsworth - photo by** Bryan Hyunh

Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Family Day edition: Broken Social Scene, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Saxsyndrum, Adam Baldwin, Parting Gift, Pop Evil, Lydia Ainsworth and iskwē

Will McGuirk February 18, 2019

Nothing says Canadian music family like Broken Social Scene, the thunderous hug of a band of BFFS, awesome in their own right individually and yet together still awesome. The TO crew have a new EP out, ‘Let’s Try The After - Vol 1,’ and they step up to open the Fam Jam open mic. Stay and listen to the rest of the voices, its quite the collection of folks and feelings, just like a family but remember its not a real family reunion until some one cries.
Happy Fam Jam with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Saxsyndrum, Adam Baldwin, Parting Gift, Pop Evil, Lydia Ainsworth and iskwē

Buy/Stream - https://brokensocialscene.lnk.to/LetsTryTheAfterVol1 _________________________________ Directed and edited by Jordan Allen (What GIFs). What GIFs creates video collages with love, and would like to thank the creators of the media used in this video for their brilliant works.

"Hard Case" is the first single from the new Tedeschi Trucks Band album SIGNS and was written by Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi. SIGNS is available everywhere February 15th, 2019. Animated & Designed by Brett Underhill (www.porkchopbob.com) Story by Mike Mattison.

Official Video for Saxsyndrum - Let Go From the album "Second Nature" Produced by Bucky Illingworth, Will Roane Director, Editor - Bucky Illingworth Assistant Director - Will Roane Swing - Eric Bowers AC - Gerard Marcus Artist: Saxsyndrum https://www.saxsyndrum.com Label: So Sorry Records https://www.sosorryrecords.com

No Rest for the Wicked is available March 29th on Sonic Records. Visit http://adambaldwin.ca/ for tour dates and more.

Parting Gift - Pale From the upcoming EP 'Ensom' - out March 22nd iTunes: http://found.ee/ensom Apple Music: http://found.ee/ensomam Spotify: http://found.ee/ensomsp Amazon Music: http://found.ee/ensomamz Google Play: http://found.ee/ensomgp Directed by: Zak Pinchin Follow Parting Gift: http://partinggiftxx.com https://found.ee/fbpartinggift https://found.ee/instapg https://found.ee/twitterpg

Pop Evil - Be Legendary (Official Music Video) #BeLegendary #ElectricLife #Swagtron http://smarturl.it/belegendary http://smarturl.it/PEV * Director: Columbia Tatone * DP: Mattew Chuang * Editor: Noah Kistler * Producer: Mariah Morgenstern * Executive Producer: Entertainment One * Production Company: Huffman Creative Swagtron: http://bit.ly/2N9MckV Music video by Pop Evil performing Be Legendary.

Phantom Forest is out May 10 ~ Pre-order: https://lydia-ainsworth.lnk.to/phantomforest instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lydia.ainsworth/ twitter: https://twitter.com/lydiaainsworth facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lydmusic This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada's private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

Little Star Written By: M. Meisters, M. Ancheta, A. Mak, G.

Slowcity Open Mic Night - Yellow sun on the snow edition; Shad, Howlin' Circus, Madison Violet, Rachel Beck

Will McGuirk February 4, 2019

Quite an eclectic line-up tonight for this week’s open mic. Shad, Madison Violet, Rachel Beck and Metric

Shad's new album "A Short Story About A War" out now! Listen here : http://smarturl.it/AShortStoryAboutAWar Video Directed by Matthew Progress DOP: Giles Monette Edited by Cam Lasovitch Actors: Oluseye Shae-Lynn Masik Max Mohenu #Shad #AShortStoryAboutAWar

The first song and title track from the debut album by British-Canadian rock band Howlin' Circus. Pre-order the album at howlincircus.com

Howlin’ Circus - Mar 2- Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto
Rachel Beck - Mar 7 - The Dakota Tavern, Toronto
Metric - Apr 26 - Scotia Bank Arena, Toronto

Listen https://RachelBeckMusic.lnk.to/ListenID Tour https://RachelBeckMusic.lnk.to/TicketsID CD + Vinyl https://RachelBeckMusic.lnk.to/ShopID Facebook https://RachelBeckMusic.lnk.to/FacebookID Twitter https://RachelBeckMusic.lnk.to/TwitterID Instagram https://RachelBeckMusic.lnk.to/InstagramID || I Wanna Dance With Somebody || Performed by Rachel Beck || Single Release Date 02.01.2019 || Written by George Robert Merrill & Shannon Rubicam (UMPG) || Engineered, mixed, and produced by John Mullane (Halifax, NS) || Mastered by J.

"Love You Back," the official music video from the new album "Art of Doubt" out now. Directed by Kristina Fleischer & Jonny Sanders. Produced by Kristina Fleischer. Edited by Jonny Sanders. A Dark Artists Production. Follow Metric: ilovemetric.com

Slowcity.ca Open Mic Night - baby its still cold outside edition; Wild Rivers, L.A.Foster, Radiant Baby, Bailen and David Gray

Will McGuirk January 28, 2019

By Will McGuirk

Tonight’s open mic - it’s yet another snowy edition so lets see if we can warm up with these tracks from Wild Rivers, L.A. Foster, Radiant Baby, Bailen and David Gray.

Radiant Baby Feb 23 - The Baby G, Toronto
Wild Rivers Feb 27 - Opera House, Toronto; Feb 28 - Mill’s Hardware, Hamilton
David Gray Jun 7 - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto

Radiant Baby - Funny Games (Official Video) available here: https://kuronekomedia.lnk.to/Restless Follow Radiant Baby: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QF3VBM Instagram: http://bit.ly/2pizvsP Facebook: http://bit.ly/2gFhu2y Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiantbaby_fgm Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/radiant-baby https://lisbonluxrecords.com/ Direction and post production by Christopher Hegenberg Concept by Félix Mongeon Analogue post processing by Mj Farrell Production: Lisbon Lux Records xox

"I Was Wrong" is off the debut album from BAILEN "Thrilled To Be Here" available everywhere April 26th, 2019. Pre-Order "Thrilled To Be Here" on CD, digital download and vinyl or stream tracks off the album here: http://found.ee/BAILENTTBH Official Website: http://found.ee/BailenWebsite Tour Dates: http://found.ee/BailenTourDates Instagram: http://found.ee/BailenInstagram Facebook: http://found.ee/BailenFacebook Twitter: http://found.ee/BailenTwitter Siblings David and Daniel (twins), & their sister Julia have been playing together their whole lives.

'Watching The Waves' is taken from David Gray's forthcoming album 'Gold in a Brass Age', out on 8th March 2019.

Slowcity.ca Open Mic Night - baby its cold outside edition

Will McGuirk January 21, 2019

By Will McGuirk

Always like an open mic, good place to gather, chill, meet, collaborate, hear new tunes, reconnect with the old, so we have a new feature on slowcity.ca - our open mic; tonight we welcome Aerialists, Tariq, Merival, Bob Sumner, Abigail Lapell to the mic, all airing new tracks.

New album Getaway out February 1, 2019 via Coax Records Pre-order here: http://www.smarturl.it/getaway-LP https://www.abigaillapell.com https://www.coaxrecords.com Music and lyrics by Abigail Lapell Featuring Dana Sipos (vocals) - http://www.danasipos.com/ Produced and recorded by Chris Stringer at Union Sound, Toronto Assistant recording by Darren McGill Mastered by Fedge Filmed by Brittany Farhat https://www.brittpaperscissors.com/ Edited by Abigail Lapell Where will you go my darling daughter?

First single from Bob Sumner's Debut Record, 'Wasted Love Songs' available Jan. 25, 2019. Filmed & Edited by Colebrook Productions Stream/Purchase the track: http://smarturl.it/Riverbed Pre-order the album here: http://smarturl.it/bobsumnerpreorder BOB SUMNER http://www.bobsumnermusic.com http://facebook.com/bobsumnermusic http://instagram.com/brotherbobsumner http://bobsumner.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/bobsumner This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada's private radio broadcasters.

Bob Sumner Feb 1, The Dakota Tavern, Toronto
Aerialists Feb 6, The Burdock, Toronto
Tariq
Merival Feb 7, The Burdock, Toronto
Abigail Lapell Feb 27 , The Burdock, Toronto

TARIQ-Coquihalla (Official Video) Listen on Spotify: Listen on Apple Music: Directed by: Glen Jackson Follow Tariq: Website: https://www.tariqmusiq.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tariqmusiq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tariqsongs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tariqmusiq/ Lyrics: It started with a buzzing feeling that turned into a ringing sound. So, I fired up the head bolt heater and headed on into town.

Debut video from prog-trad band Aerialists Download track at http://aerialists.bandcamp.com Filmed by Trent Freeman at Fiddle Head Studios on Mayne Island, BC in June 2015 "Deep Toque" written by Adam Iredale-Gray, arranged by Aerialists Mairi Chaimbeul - Harp Elise Boeur - Fiddle Adam Iredale-Gray - Guitar Nate Sabat - Bass Jake Jenne - Drums http://www.aerialistsmusic.com http://www.trentfreeman.com/video

Chilly launches The Gonzervatory Apr 26 with livestream concert from Paris, France

Will McGuirk April 25, 2018

Chilly Gonzales put out a call for music students and seven have been selected to join Gonzo for an eight day all-expenses-paid residential musical performance workshop in Paris, France. Guest professors include Peaches, Jarvis Cocker, SoCalled and others. The Gonzervatory will convene with a livestreamed performance to take place at 8 p.m. CET on his website ->
Chilly has also released his Live At Massey Hall performance as a full album, digital only. Sign me up if it comes out on vinyl. For now its on your fave streaming site.

Watch the Convocation Concert on http://www.chillygonzales.com Follow Gonzo: https://www.facebook.com/chillygonzales/ https://twitter.com/chillygonzales https://www.instagram.com/chilly_gonzales/ chillygonzales.spinshop.com https://soundcloud.com/chillygonzales https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chilly-gonzales (c) 2018 Gentle Threat Ltd.

Watch more live concert films like this at www.liveatmasseyhall.com Grammy-winning Canadian pianist and entertainer, is known as much for his intimate piano touch as for his showmanship and composition for award-winning stars. It's all on display in his triumphant Massey Hall headline debut, accompanied by the celebrated Kaiser Quartett.

Ottawa's MEGAPHONO fest pop-ups in Toronto and Montreal

Will McGuirk February 2, 2018

Trails is just one of the over 70 artists performing at MEGAPHONO in Ottawa Feb 8 to 10, 2018. Trails is also one of several artists playing pre-fest showcases in Toronto and Montreal. She joins Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback as well as King Kimbit Feb 5 at The Burdock in TO and Moonfruits steps in for King Kimbit at the La Salla Rossa in the City of Saints the following night.
Alongside such luminaries as Lido Pimienta, Steven Lambke, Daniel Romano's Ancient Shapes, Nap Eyes and Nick Ferrio, MEGAPHONO features a Native North American Gathering with Duke Redbird, the aforementioned Thrasher and Saddleback, Eric Landry, Leland Bell, Alanis Obomsawin and more. The full line-up is on the website plus tickets, schedule, conference deets and all that other vital info. Lucky Ottawa is all I can say.

MEGAPHONO, Ottawa’s music showcase festival, will return February 8-10, 2018 with its 4th edition. The 3-day music event will see 70 artists performing in 25 venues around the Ottawa-Gatineau region, with a strong focus on local talent. As in past years, MEGAPHONO will welcome music industry delegates from across Canada, the United States, Europe and South America, to network and share with regional music industry players. Tickets and passes now on sale: megaphono.ca. **MEGAPHONO**, festival spectacle de musique à Ottawa, sera de retour du 8 au 10 février 2018 pour sa 4ème édition. Pendant 3 jours, ce n’est pas moins de 70 artistes qui prendront la scène dans 25 salles situées dans la région d’Ottawa et de Gatineau. Cette année encore, le festival mettra l’accent sur les talents locaux. Tout comme les années précédentes, MEGAPHONO sera un rendez-vous pour des professionnels de l’industrie musicale venant de tout le Canada, des États-Unis, de l’Europe, et de l’Amérique du sud. Ces derniers auront l’occasion de réseauter et de partager leur expertise avec les intervenants locaux de l’industrie musicale. Billets et laissez-passers en vente maintenant: megaphono.ca. Designer / Animator / Editor: Lesley Marshall www.mavnetwork.com // IG @mavnetwork // T @mavntwrk music: Bonnie Doon "Now or Neverish" (https://bonniedoon.bandcamp.com/track/now-or-neverish)