Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Piqsiq, Jill Barber, Local Natives, Oliver Forest & Flara K, Mourning Coffee, Steve Neville,

By Will McGuirk

“We are soothed with messages of exalting an impossible version of womanhood through the Virgin Mary but the real life experience of women in the church is steeped in misogyny.” - Piqsiq

“Social media doesn’t tell the whole story. That a pretty picture doesn’t always reflect the whole truth, and that living a rich and beautiful life is about embracing the messy chaos of it all- the raw, authentic, and real moments, rather than just the highlight reel.” - Jill Barber

“Just Before The Morning came from a burst of creativity after we finally reconnected in the studio. The song explores the cyclical nature of life and the many ways in which we begin again.” - Local Natives

“There is no container big enough for all the different selves we hold.” - Mourning Coffee

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Evangeline Gentle, Rudy De Anda, Daniel Miraldi, Safari Room, Gold Star Gold Star, Sylvan Esso, and OBGMs,

By Will McGuirk

“Hunter Street is lit in that golden glow”

No matter how down one gets music gets one up. All those cycling thoughts hooked onto a passing chord, and whoosh up and at ‘em. Bed laying, the inevitability of staying in bed, in bed, in bed, in bed. . . until hand reaches out, radio clicks on, song fills the room and thoughts change to ideas, ideas to plans, and plans to action. Up and at ‘em. There’s a world to save, one soul at a time, one song at a time.

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DanMiraldi · Buzzin'

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Earth Libraries · I Just Need Your Love

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Terra Lightfoot, Avi Kaplan, Avett Brothers, Dawes, Joséphine, Young Gun Silver Fox, Nimrawd, Devan, Anjelica

By Will McGuirk

Its the rock, and its the roll. Its the morning roll, the every morning roll of the rock uphill, the rock which rolled back down overnight. Its the inevitability of defeat and the absurd hope in imagining an alternative outcome. Every morning, the rock, every morning the roll and every morning the hope, always the hope, always the hope. Thats the art of it, of life, of it all. To persevere, to continue.

“'Paper Thin Walls' is about having your heart run over by someone who never really comes through.” - Terra Lightfoot

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“. . . sharing it now is about what sharing art is always about: another chance that we may partake in connecting with our brothers and sisters of this world, and hopefully joining you in noticing a speck of light gleaming in what appears to be a relatively long and dark night.” - the Avett Brothers

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“‘St. Augustine at Night’ is a song about one’s relationship to their hometown, but also is a song about the varying degrees in which we all watch our lives pass us by.” - Taylor Goldsmith, Dawes

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