Slowcity.ca Open Mic - HBD w/ Ponytails, Oh Susanna, Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade, Jordan Klassen, Geneviève Racette, Black Mountain, Sigala & Becky Hill, Colour Tongues,

Will McGuirk May 27, 2019

Whatever gets you through the night as Johnny Lennon says or the day or the year, whatever gets you to celebrating another trip around the sun, thats whatever it took to get you here and you are here and I am here and that is enough of a reason to play some songs and enjoy the day which happens to be the anniversary of my birth. And considering its been a year since the last, well, it didn’t seem to take too long. Thanks to Ponytails, Oh Susanna, Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade (covering Bob Dylan for his birthday), Jordan Klassen, Geneviève Racette, Black Mountain, Sigala & Becky Hill and Colour Tongues for the tracks. Cheers to you whenever your birthday is.

Originally released in 1999, Johnstown is considered a contemporary folk-noir masterpiece brimming with ghostly songs of melancholic beauty and menace. Oh Susanna's voice evokes a cinematic narration to simultaneously warm the heart and chill the blood.   Her critically acclaimed, debut full-length album  was remastered and released on vinyl for Record Store Day, limited to 500 hand numbered copies.

This is the official video for "Ring Them Bells" from the album Just Like a Woman - Songs of Bob Dylan by Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade.

Video: Jean-Philippe Sansfaçon Audio: Jon Kaspy & Shae Brossard Mix & Mastering: Jon Kaspy Artistic Director: Laurie TB Keyboard: Éric Charland Cello: Émilie Leclerc Back Vocals: Judith Little D Guitar: Luc Herrmann

"Licensed To Drive" from 'Destroyer,' out now on Jagjaguwar: https://blackmountain.ffm.to/destroyer Lyrics: Your spirit wheel is burning Your spirit wheel is burning Close We're living close Close We're living close Behind the tinted windows The mirrors and the chrome Shifting out of neutral Reborn behind the wheel Live now Be one

Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well is Out Now: https://sigala.lnk.to/WishYouWellyd Best of Sigala: https://goo.gl/jyscQA Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/aqG4vp Follow Sigala: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sigalamusic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sigalamusic Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sigalamusic www.sigalamusic.com Follow Becky Hill: https://www.instagram.com/beckyhill/?... https://twitter.com/BeckyHill?lang=en-gb https://www.facebook.com/Beckyhilloff... Music video by Sigala, Becky Hill performing Wish You Well (Lyric Video).

Southbound by Colour Tongues James Challis - Guitar and vocals Graeme Meekison - Lead Guitar Dan Lavernge - Bass David Taylor - Drums https://www.colourtonguesband.com/ https://soundcloud.com/colour_tongues Elisa Pangsaeng: Producer, Mixer, Engineer Olivia Quan: Engineer Mastered by CPS Mastering, Brock Mcfarlane Vocals Recorded by David Sikula, Demitone Productions Special thanks to After Life Studios & Howard Redekopp Photography by Yooshin Kim Album art - @_claudezilla_ (Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/ColourTongues/ https://www.instagram.com/colour_tongues/

Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Here comes the rain again plus Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Esperanza Spalding, Jenn Grant, Tamino, Rhye, Rich Aucoin, Black Mountain and Ada Lea,

Will McGuirk May 13, 2019

By Will McGuirk

So I’m leaving this here because it runs parallel to the way we think here at Slowcity.ca. Its from the Snotty Nose Rez Kids’ press release; “Boujee Natives stems from our belief that everyone is an artist in one way shape or form and that we were all created to create but it’s up to us as individuals to find out what that is for ourselves. We wanted to showcase all the badass First Nations artists that have welcomed us into their worlds as we were coming into ourselves and developing our artistry into what it is today. We are the creators, we are inspired natives, not native inspired, and we like to rock our shit, we dem Boujee Natives.”

So yes its up to us, you, me, to find our creative selves within and build our own future. Music helps so here is today’s open mic which you can air while you woodshed ideas this rainy week. Dig into Esperanza Spalding, Jenn Grant, Tamino, Rhye, Rich Aucoin, Black Mountain and Ada Lea. Dig into the future, unearth yourself.

Trapline is available everywhere today (May 10) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Wm9fe1INlXLzlbnXDFPA3 Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trapline/1460328410 Thank you to the generous support of FACTOR and MusicBC Third single off Snotty Nose Rez Kids' album, TRAPLINE, available now TRAPLINE TOUR tickets https://snottynoserezkids.com/live Follow Snotty Nose Rez Kids https://snottynoserezkids.com https://facebook.com/snottynoserezkids https://instagram.com/snottynoserezkids https://twitter.com/snottynoserezkids Director + DOP + Editor - Perry Miotto (Okey Dokey Creative) Assistant Director - Ken Friss Gaffer + Key Grip - Owen Pinchin Grip + Lighting Equipment - Pacific Backlot Services Script - Quinton Nyce & Taylor Wale Stylist - Turquoise Kingdom Make-up: Nyomi Wahai

Esperanza Spalding "Lest We Forget" from the album "12 Little Spells" out now, from Concord Records. "Lest We Forget" (blood) sensation of gentle propulsion through one's own inner/outer space, guided and tethered by infinite love For trusting that the flow of the personal circulation system is constant in providing the body (individual, family, community, partnership, profession, field, culture, nation, species, planet, etc.)

Recorded at Flora Recording and Playback, Portland, OR.

Rhye #Spirit #Piano Credits: Director - Michael Milosh Producer - Michael Milosh, Geneviève Medow Jenkins Creative Concept - Michael Milosh, Geneviève Medow Jenkins 2nd Camera Operator - Adam Labrie Choreography - Lisa Eaton Dancers - Stephanie Kim, Monroe Cline, Hannah Johnson Featuring - Nicole Avendano, Idalia Valles, Dajana Radovanovic Editor - Michael Milosh Colorist - Nate Seymour Follow Rhye: Website - http://www.rhyemusic.com Instagram - http://found.ee/Rhye_IG Twitter - http://found.ee/Rhye_TW Facebook - http://found.ee/Rhye_FB

FILM Director: Ian Angus & Rich Aucoin A Mad Ruk Production Producer: Stephanie Hooker, Martin Wojtunik Production Manager: Angelica Milash Director of Photography: Ian Macmillan Production Designer: Lucas Gentilcore Art Director: Alison Zwicker Editor: Nick Taylor News Reel editor: Carl Solis Colorist: AJ McLaughlin Camera Operator: Justin Lovell 1st AC:

Black Mountain - "Licensed To Drive" from 'Destroyer,' out May 24, 2019 on Jagjaguwar Pre-order / stream - https://blackmountain.ffm.to/destroyer Lyrics: Your spirit wheel is burning Your spirit wheel is burning Close We're living close Close We're living close Behind the tinted windows The mirrors and the chrome Shifting out of

Ada Lea - the party from the album what we say in private - Out 7/19/19! Order: http://adalea.lnk.to/wwsip Director: Monserrat Muro DOP: Peter Hostak Stylist: Amanda Van der Siebes MUA: Elizabeth Hanorah Hanley

Slowcity.ca Open Mic - April Showers, May Flowers edition with Local Natives, In The Valley Below, HuDost, Russell Louder, Grizzly Coast Sasami and Black Mountain,

Will McGuirk April 15, 2019

By Will McGuirk

Thinking positively, extreme April showers should bring extreme May flowers, so lets look forward to a season in bloom, record breaking blooms.

We begin with the cheerful sounds of Local Natives. They have contemporary dancer Micaela Taylor. We move into In The Valley Below, a pop duo, we will give you an explicit warning fyi, - the Valley have a short film, ‘The Pink Chateau, which they are touring, and the album is the soundtrack. Performances feature the two playing live to the film.via headphones. Also on are HuDost, Russell Louder, Grizzly Coast, Sasami and the majestic psyche-sonics of Black Mountain.

Directed & Produced by Jonathan Chu Featuring Micaela Taylor Listen / Stream the new music: https://found.ee/LN_TapDancer Pre-Order/Save Violet Street: https://found.ee/LN_VioletStreet Spotify: https://found.ee/LN_VioletStreetSpotify Apple Music: https://found.ee/LN_VioletStreetApple iTunes: https://found.ee/LN_VioletStreetiTunes Amazon: https://found.ee/LN_VioletStreetAmazon D2C: https://found.ee/LN_VioletStreetStore Follow Local Natives: Facebook: https://found.ee/LN_Facebook Twitter: https://found.ee/LN_Twitter Instagram: https://found.ee/LN_Instagram Soundcloud: https://found.ee/LN_Soundcloud Music video by Local Natives performing Tap Dancer.

This video is for mature audiences only. It contains nudity and sexual content. If that's not your thing, we suggest you scroll down and just listen. "Blue Sky Drugs" is out now! Add it to your playlists: https://ffm.to/blueskydrugs This video is a scene from our visual album "The Pink Chateau' Tickets to the immersive film screening/live band performance now available in select cities!

Shows

Sasami - Thursday, April 25 @ Baby G, Toronto
Black Mountain - Thursday, May 9 @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto
Grizzly Coast, - Saturday, May 11 @ The Paddock, Toronto
Local Natives - Monday, May 27 @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto

Burning Church- the 3rd single from HuDost's upcoming album 'of Water + Mercy'. The video was directed by Moksha, filmed by Craig Hill and colored corrected by Derrick Hunt.

Russell Louder - Light Of The Moon (available on April 12th 2019) Follow Russell Louder: Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Owzb3K Bandcamp: http://russelllouder.bandcamp.com Facebook: http://bit.ly/2yYfsVw Twitter: http://bit.ly/2JR0JjB Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2DbSQnJ https://lisbonluxrecords.com/ Light Of The Moon (lyrics) He looks to you And understands your constrain I see right through His shadows are all the same What's

Video by: https://www.parliamentpictures.co/ Website: https://www.grizzlycoastmusic.com/ __ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oEB4... Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/gr... Bandcamp: https://grizzlycoast.bandcamp.com/

"Morning Comes" features on SASAMI's debut self-titled album, out now on Domino.

Black Mountain - "Boogie Lover" off of 'Destroyer,' out May 24, 2019 on Jagjaguwar Buy / stream - https://blackmountain.ffm.to/destroyer Get some boom boom on! #BoogieLover riffs before poetry. Space Doom for lovers. If you haven't already, pre-order the new LP 'Destroyer' (out 5.24.19) along with some exclusive merch!