Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Cuff The Duke, Ontarians, Chris Gostling, Bob Sumner, Ada Lea, His His, Mia Kelly, and Charlotte Cornfield
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Hayden, Charlotte Cornfield, Braids, LA Priest, The Matinee, and Marcus Lowry
By Will McGuirk
“When I wrote this song I was thinking about the idea of leaving things behind as a part of moving on - those painful past experiences that cause a pang of embarrassment and regret, the people who were at one point a central part of my life with whom I've fallen out of orbit - and how we can't really sever ties with our past selves no matter how hard we try.” - Charlotte Cornfield
“Everyone has a past, and everyone has a secret they’d rather keep than spill.” - The Matinee
Charlotte Cornfield, photo by Brittany Carmichael
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Charlotte Cornfield, Reuben and the Dark, Le Couleur, Whipped Cream, Bodywash, Sabai & Runn, and Chris Picco,
By Will McGuirk
“A catchy love-song, with cars. Where it feels like the narrator could go anywhere and do anything.” - Charlotte Cornfield
"’YES’ is one of the band’s favourite songs to play live, so we decided to track a live off the floor version of it to capture some of that energy we give it during our show. Songs always take on a new life once you start performing them in front of an audience". - Reuben and the Dark
“Loneliness after a party transforms into a dismantling of things, and rearranging them somewhere else.” - Bodywash
Radio Zetgeist: best of new vinyls include Charlotte Cornfield, Lady Blackbird, Charlotte Day Wilson, Yard Act and more
By Will McGuirk
The world has been walking this tightrope between hyper-local and hyper-global for over two years, its been a time of contempt and contemplation and all of it is explored in ‘Highs in the Minuses’, the new album from Charlotte Cornfield due out on vinyl January 28.
“We are not supposed to go outside/ the stores are all closed/ Never seen this city so dead and so morose/ its a crisis but we haven’t got the words” she sings on ‘“Headlines” which kicks of this week’s showcase.
Fortunately Charlotte has the words and the chords to put this earthly experience in to some sort of context.
‘Black Acid Soul’ - Experience, colour, sound, chemistry - its all here in the debut album from Lady Blackbird. From the psyche of Nina Simone to the psychedelia of Alice Coltrane, its a swirling sorrowful, mesmerizing trip with the voice of Marley Munroe holding the centre.
There’s an acid burn to the voice of TO R&B artist Charlotte Day Wilson. that gets straight but so deliciously slowly to the heart. Her debut ‘Alpa’ drops this week and wrapping these songs up in the even warmer tones of wax may just be the tonic this winter needs.
Across the pond Leeds band Yard Act join the accented chorus of the speak-easys Dry Cleaning, Wet Leg, Billy Nomates; angular jocular gong songs going for the jugular. More than three’s a crowd in any scene but Yard Act are defo no pretenders to the new Brit home grown, they are of it. Line them up with Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, and yips Sleaford Mods.
Hot Kid
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Charlotte Cornfield, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Kyle McKearney, Cat Power, Robert Glasper, Hot Kid, The Brandy Alexanders, ModernFolkRevolution, Mary Jennings,
By Will McGuirk
“Sometimes desire betrays logic, and you end up at somebody’s door even after you’ve talked yourself out of it, in all of the ways. And that feeling can be intoxicating. And it can be painful.” - Charlotte Cornfield
Megan Nash and the Best of Intentions
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Charlotte Cornfield, Megan Nash and the Best of Intentions, Hayden Thorpe, Waxfeet, Emi Jeen, Katie Tupper, Gov't Mule, Billy Strings, and Tirzah,
By Will McGuirk
“My brother and I grew up watching Wes Anderson movies. They were a huge part of our childhood and adolescence, and I feel like they've seeped into our DNA at this point — the colours, the outfits, the humour.” - Charlotte Cornfield
“I was feeling inspired by studies into the potential healing properties of psilocybin mushrooms in psychotherapy. I signed up to a flagship programme in the Netherlands as I wanted to explore consciousness in a safe way.” - Hayden Thorpe
“I listen to this album now and it’s emotional. I could sit there and tweak it forever, but there’s a point where it’s like building a house of cards. Yeah, I could add an extra tower on top, but it might collapse. I’ve always doubted myself, and I still do, but this album makes me think, ‘Hey, you’re doing all right, kid. You just need to keep going.’” - Billy Strings
A Tribe Called Red
Slowcity.ca Open Mic - St. Lucia, Charlotte Cornfield, A Tribe Called Red, Language Arts, Tre Mission, JoJo Worthington and Bad Animal
By Will McGuirk
Well the magnolias are out on my neighbour’s tree so there’s that to celebrate on this rather chill evening, I hope those flowers survive. But also lets celebrate St. Lucia, they have an acoustic EP available and will be touring a stripped down intimate set. Charlotte Cornfield ( a fave around here) also drops in. Stay around for A Tribe Called Red who drop an absolute killer remix of Keith Secola’s “Indian Cars” which will have you up on that old wooden dance floor in seconds, (summer hit alert!), plus we have Language Arts, Tre Mission, JoJo Worthington and Bad Animal. Stay warm.
Listen to St. Lucia's 'Acoustic Vol. 1' now: http://smarturl.it/StLuciaAcousticV1 Follow St. Lucia: Website: http://www.stlucianewyork.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stlucia Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/stlucia Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stlucia #StLucia #AcousticVol1 #Acoustic
"June" from the album 'The Shape of Your Name' out on Next Door Records. https://lnk.to/shapeofyourname Director: Kevin Drew Director of Photography: Joe Cornfield http://charlottecornfield.com http://instagram.com/charcorn http://twitter.com/cornfieldmusic http://facebook.com/cornfieldmusic
St. Lucia - Thursday, May 16 @ the Mod Club, Toronto
Bad Animal - Tuesday, May 21 @ the Baby G, Toronto
Language Arts - Thursday, May 23 @ the Monarch Tavern, Toronto
Charlotte Cornfield - Friday, May 24 @ the Baby G, Toronto
NDN Car Remix-Shawn Bernard feat. Keith Secola and Joey Stylez
Language Arts - Top of the Top (Official Video) Video by: Britton Proulx Language Arts would like to acknowledge and thank the Ontario Arts Council and FACTOR for their generous support in helping with the funding of recording this music that you are about to hear. Website: http://language-arts.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LanguageArts Twitter: https://twitter.com/la_languagearts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/languageart...
prod. Tre Mission "Hennessy Pool" from the upcoming album Orphan Black. Stay tuned for more details Save/stream here: http://smarturl.it/orphan-black Director: Dan LeMoyne Producer: Stephanie Hooker Cinematographer: Ian Macmillan Production: Mad Ruk Entertainment Stylist: Drew Ferguson
SMALL ENCOUNTERS | "SMALL ENCOUNTERS", is from JoJo Worthington's, "TCYK", coming out on 06/07/19.
Charlotte Cornfield - Photo by Jenna Ledger
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: March marches on edition featuring Lucy Rose, Charlotte Cornfield, Lee Harvey Osmond, Dynoro with Ina Wroldsen, Amaara, PUP, Alae plus Haviah Mighty returns
By Will McGuirk
Well, I’ve no idea how we got here March. Your turn is done, Spring is springing, its almost over and thus its time to begin, get the music outside, get yourself outside, sit on the deck and turn up slowcity'.ca’s open mic with a wide range of new rad tunes from Lucy Rose, Charlotte Cornfield, Lee Harvey Osmond, Dynoro x Ina Wroldsen, AMAARA, PUP, Alae and HAVIAH MIGHTY.
Official video for 'Conversation' New album 'No Words Left' out March 22nd - https://LucyRose.lnk.to/NoWordsLeft Listen to 'Conversation' - http://LucyRose.lnk.to/Conversation Connect with Lucy Rose: https://LucyRose.lnk.to/WebsiteID https://LucyRose.lnk.to/FacebookID https://LucyRose.lnk.to/MailingListID https://LucyRose.lnk.to/TwitterID https://LucyRose.lnk.to/InstagramID https://LucyRose.lnk.to/SpotifyID https://LucyRose.lnk.to/AppleMusicID Dir - Chris McGill http://www.dusthouse.org/ Producer - Rosie Sorrell 1st AD - Jamie Thomas DP - Jamie Harding http://jamieharding.co.uk/about/ Focus
"Silver Civic" from the upcoming album 'The Shape of Your Name' out April 5, 2019 on Next Door Records. https://lnk.to/shapeofyourname Director: Joe Cornfield Driver: Denny Manchee
Lee Harvey Osmond's "Mohawk" is from their new album Mohawk released on Latent Recordings. Buy/Stream - https://lnk.to/LHOMohawk Produced, Recorded and Mixed By Michael Timmins at The Hangar, Toronto. Co-Produced by Tom Wilson Mastered by Peter J Moore at The Eroom Tom Wilson: vocals and acoustic Gary Craig: drums and percussion Johnny Dymond: Bass Jesse Obrien: keyboards Aaron Goldstein: steel guitar Darcy Hepner: horns Bill Dillon: electric guitar Suzanna Ungerleider: bg vocals.
SHOWS
amaara March 25 @ The Great Hall, Toronto
Haviah Mighty - April 5 @ The Diezel Room, Oshawa
PUP - April 7/8 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto
Lee Harvey Osmond - May 3 @ Koerner Hall, and May 16 @ Hugh’s Room, Toronto
Dynoro x Ina Wroldsen - OBSESSED || Turn on notifications to stay updated with new uploads!
Radiohead cover "House of Cards" from In Rainbows (2007) by Amaara Produced by Kaelen Ohm, Brock Geiger & Will MacLellan Engineered by Will MacLellan Performed by Kaelen Ohm, Brock Geiger, Clea Anäis & Will MacLellan Mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Listen on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2Hz9mBd Available on Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and all other streaming channels http://amaaraofficial.com
Pre-order "Morbid Stuff" out on April 5th: https://RiseRecords.lnk.to/MorbidStuff Live dates: https://www.puptheband.com/#tour This raft is hard to steer The water's low this time of year The smell of old decay is seeping into my sweater And all the runoff shit From the nearby development Is soaking through my shoes I'm barely
Stream Waves here: http://smarturl.it/haviahmighty-waves Pre-Order "13th Floor" album here: http://smarturl.it/13thfloor Produced by: Haviah, 2oolman, Young Dreadz Co-Directed by: Yung Yemi (@yung.yemi) and Shanik (@shanikt) Assisted by: Lorenzo Colocado https://haviahmighty.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haviahmighty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haviahmighty... Twitter: https://twitter.com/haviahmighty