By Will McGuirk
"This project has at times felt Sisyphean, endlessly pushing my boundaries - both personal and creative. Challenged by the balance between the intimate and the public, Slow Transmission explores themes of being in a relationship with one’s inner demons.” - Brandon Wolfe Scott
“I suppose this song is a reminder to be careful with nostalgia and to be more present day to day.” - Dylan MacDonald, Field Guide
By Will McGuirk
Here in the Slowcity.ca there is an ice storm, the ground is covered in slippy white stuff, its crunchy and cold and its beginning to look like Winter is snapping at our heels. So here is some cheery Xmas sounds for y’all to go with the hot bevys and slippers.
The Good Lovlies will be donating a portion of each sale of their new ‘Evergreen’ album sold during their 2019 Christmas tour towards the planting of a "Good Lovelies Forest," near Burk's Falls, ON. “This is one small step that we can take to offset our carbon emissions as touring musicians,” says Caroline Brooks. The Good Lovelies forest will be planted in the spring of 2020
nêhiyawa, photo by Levi Manchak
By Will McGuirk
The wave is the wind’s masterpiece. The artist is as a wave swelling on the tide, the artist can break and wash and dissolve, leave a wake, be seen, be heard, move the environment, be moved by the environment. The artist is aware of the tide, sees context, place, history, the continuum, and rises.
“I felt like there is an incredible love story to be examined between Michaelangelo and Tommaso, As well to point out to some of the realities of having the master’s work commissioned required the spoils of colonial exploits. For me the idea of having another indigenous artist (Maria Buffalo) visualize concepts knowing some of the back story of the lyrics in the music, but relating that to images of Maskwacis First Nation, the body, hands, and indigenous people; I could imagine an incredible juxtaposition. The story of the song deepens with additional perspectives working their own ideas into this piece.”
- nêhiyawa
"that the fate of the water resolves in the sand, that maybe all we’re doing's for nothing.”
- Lucas Fogale
“The song's about how I feel trapped sometimes because of the overwhelming media that's all around us these days. It's discouraging because it often makes you forget what’s important to yourself. If you don't slow down and take the time to question your beliefs and the beliefs of those around you you're gonna get drained by the Vampire's Jaws.”
- The High Loves
“I was watching an old film noir when I stumbled upon the main bassline that would form our new single,”
- Golden Cinema
"So often we can find ourselves feeling trapped in the mundane cycles of life. This song is a reminder to take a step back and shake things up,” - Once A Tree.
André Ethier, photo by Colin Medley
By Will McGuirk
Ride on, its almost September, the mystical beginnings of Fall when the funds for the Ontario Stereo Acquisition Program will be deftly pocketed and bands shower the season with songs. But don’t rush it, don’t jog, or gallop, just saunter, one slow foot in front o the other, the Fall will still be there when you get there.
Lia, photo by Xavier Cyr