Slowcity Open Mic with Sam Jr., Simon and the Island, Hayden Thorpe, Bazooka Joe 204, Caroline Marie Brooks, Sam Weber, and Astral Swans

Will McGuirk October 14, 2021

By Will McGuirk

“Jump the fence, break the window, be a weirdo. Fuck the masses. Question what you’re taught.” - Sam Jr.

“What I do in a professional capacity exempts me from the responsibilities that other people my age are beholden to, in some ways I feel very free, but in other ways I feel very lonely watching other peoples' lives unfold, like I’m stuck in the same place." - Sam Weber

“It’s essentially about a broke, young weirdo singing to their partner about wanting to move away together to someplace where they won’t feel so strange.” - Matthew Swann, Astral Swans

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,

Will McGuirk September 8, 2021

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

Charlotte Cornfield, photo by Angela Lewis

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Charlotte Cornfield, Cots, summersets, KeAloha, Halluci Nation, Bigmcenroe, Mauvey, Hayden Thorpe, and Babyshades

Will McGuirk August 7, 2021

By Will McGuirk

“I wanted to express the joy of seeing people, of those little interactions that happen throughout the day that I missed so much in the last year and a half. When I wrote this song I was spending so much time walking alone through my neighbourhood, and I wanted the video to take place on the same streetscape but be the antidote to that solitude. To me the city is so much about the people in it.” - Charlotte Cornfield

“Human bodies are like celestial ones; just as a planet’s course is carved out in relation to others, our course - where we go and what we do - is compelled by forces of attraction.” - Steph Yates, Cots

“So much of our existence is an inconceivable wonder yet we’re so distracted that we rarely register the immenseness of the moment. Right there, beside us all along, is the wonder of everything.” - Hayden Thorpe

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Hayden Thorpe, Jacques Green, Richard Dawson and Evangeline Gentle

Will McGuirk September 12, 2019

By Will McGuirk

The night symphony in full voice in the garden which earlier played host to monarchs idling their way south, holding on to another hour dancing in the sun, like me holding on to another hour outside, reluctant to leave this still night and the companionship of the Harvest moon.

Hayden Thorpe - "Full Beam". The new single, out now on Domino Record Co. The debut album, 'Diviner', is out now.

Richard Dawson - "Two Halves" from the new album '2020', released 11th October 2019 on Weird World / Domino.

Official Video of Evangeline Gentle's single Sundays from their debut self-titled album produced by Jim Bryson and released by COAX Records on September 13th, 2019.

My Father’s Son - plays Springtide Festival in Uxbridge

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Springtide performer My Father's Son, plus Merin, Old Man Canyon, Dead Soft, Bear's Den, Hayden Thorpe, Clinic, Ronley Teper & the Lipliners,

Will McGuirk April 10, 2019

Welcome, thanks for showing up. Its vital that, showing up, its what makes a scene. Showing up this week from Montreal is My Father’s Son., who will performing at the Springtide Music Festival of Uxbridge, just a couple of weeks away.

Also coming in is the Pavement-like Merin from Thunder Bay and Old Man Canyon from Vancouver and Dead Soft, also of Vancity. And some Brits breaking out, listen to the shimmer of Bear’s Den, the trilling beauty of Hayden Thorpe and the pyschedelia of Clinic. TO Art punk from Ronley Teper & the Lipliners, close out the mic. Dig in, thanks for showing up.

http://myfatherssonlive.com

"Coral Island" is the first single and title track off of Merin's new EP, to be released on April 26th, 2019. Merin is: Cole Zachary Kathryn Kerr Jordan Cayer Joel Klaverkamp Directed, Shot, and Edited by Scott Anderson Art Direction by Brenna Linton "Coral Island" was recorded and produced by J Riley Hill at Collector Studios in Winnipeg and mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago.

Shows:

My Father’s Son - Saturday/Sunday April 27 & 28 @ Springtide Music Festival, Uxbridge
Ronley Teper & the Lipliners - Friday, May 3 @ the Dakota Tavern, Toronto
Merin - Monday, May 6 @ The Burdock, Toronto
Old Man Canyon - Saturday, May 11 @ the Rivoli, Toronto
Bear’s Den - Friday, May 24 @ the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto

Directed by Geordie Starr / geordiestarr@gmail.com / Instagram - @geordiestarr Cinematography by Jeremy Cox Album: A Grand Facade Song: Run Away Released: November 16th 2018 Stream or Purchase on your preferred music platform here - https://ffm.to/omcagrandfacade Produced, Written, Recorded and Performed by Jett Pace Additional instrumentation by Malcolm Dow and Colyn Cameron Mixed by Ryan Enockson Mastered by Josh Bonati (Bonati Mastering) Supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia

Buy / Stream - https://DeadSoft.lnk.to/Porch Dead Soft on Tour - http://www.dead-soft.com _______________________________________ "Porch is a song written by the ghost of my former self who forever wanders the alleys of Vancouver daydreaming, worrying about money, trying to come up with a game plan for his life, wondering which town he should move to, talking to himself, speaking with people who aren't there, making up tunes, scribbling things down, slowly figuring it out."

Hayden Thorpe - "Love Crimes", taken from the debut album Diviner, out 24th May 2019 on Domino.

Clinic - "Laughing Cavalier", taken from the forthcoming new album 'Wheeltappers and Shunters', out 10th May 2019 on Domino Record Co Subscribe to Domino Records on YouTube: http://smarturl.it/DominoYT Pre-order 'Wheeltappers and Shunters': http://smarturl.it/WTAS Stream and save "Laughing Cavalier": http://smarturl.it/LaughingCavalier Follow Clinic: Facebook: http://smarturl.it/ClinicFB Twitter: http://smarturl.it/ClinicTW Spotify: http://smarturl.it/ClinicSP Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/ClinicAM Follow Domino Record Co: YouTube: http://smarturl.it/DominoYT Website: http://smarturl.it/DominoRecordCo Facebook: http://smarturl.it/DominoFB Twitter: http://smarturl.it/DominoTW Instagram: http://smarturl.it/DominoIN Directed and animated by Joseph May www.sublune.xyz @sublune

The Game is a musical satire, based on the absurd, ever present and variety of acts of Abuse of Power. Directed by Ronley Teper and Saúl Lederman The Game combines puppets, performance art, illustrations and a few audio clips from popular news sources. Trigger Warning: This video has potentially disturbing content to some viewers.