Slowcity.ca Open Mic: The Trade-Offs, Ellen Froese, Mimi O'Bonsawin, KT Laine, Brendan Benson, Kendra Morris, Fousheé, and Soccer Mommy

By Will McGuirk

"It is a song I wrote mixed between losing people in life and learning from life in general. Let go of regrets and give in to that one thing you have been holding off on, falling down and learning to get back up." -Josh Qaumariaq, the Trade-Offs

"For me, growing food and writing songs are very much the same. It starts with a seed, a story, or a thought… and with the proper care it can blossom into something beautiful. Music has always been healing to me and has always been a friend I can turn to. This song is the perfect example of that." - Mimi O'Bonsawin

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Soccer Mommy, Raine Hamilton, Matthew Barber, Geneviève Racette , Ria Mae, Dilettante, Emi Jeen, Yves Jarvis, Allegories, and Son House

By Will McGuirk

“The purpose of these songs is to connect. They are meant to be offered and received, and the best way to do that, hands down, is in the magical shared experience of live performance.”  - Raine Hamilton amilton.com/

"Viral is about the accelerated world we live in. A world in which technology grapples with nature and ingenuity spawns unintended consequences," - Matthew Barber.

“I think love is a beautiful thing. It’s just intriguing how no one actually knows how it works and what it’s made of. I’m pretty sure that’s the main reason why I write songs: I’m just trying to figure out what the heck love is,” - Geneviève Racette

"I was so tired of seeing so many of my friends feeling like “s**t” cuz a guy or girl they were seeing stopped responding out of the blue. "No Emotion = No Tomorrow" is my pop-punk take on my friends and my own dating experiences," - Emi Jeen

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Nathaniel Rateliff, Donovan Woods, Debra-Jean Creelman, Soccer Mommy, Louie Short, One True Pairing, Megan Nash, and Suzie Ungerleider,

By Will McGuirk

“‘Golden Arches’ is a song of escape and a song of possibility. Built from a load of software loops during hot days spent inside, dreaming of the drizzling open road.” - One True Pairing

“It’s about sitting with grief and loss. Feeling all of the heavy and uncomfortable feelings. And wanting to hear nothing but your own heartbeat.” - Megan Nash

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic with The Avett Brothers, Evangeline Gentle, Niki Black, Shirley Collins, Soccer Mommy, Aislinn Logan, and The Actual Goners,

By Will McGuirk

Sticks and stones will break your bones but names can never hurt you but names, memes, avatars, icons, stereotypes do hurt. Cursory summaries, quick glances, are the building blocks of our entertainment economy. If you want to be known wear the same clothes. Every song has a hook, every act has a look. Avoid that rush to judgement, speed kills, slow down and learn up. We look too much and listen too little. Stop overlooking.

The Third Gleam will be available on August 28. Track list: 1. Victory 2. I Should've Spent The Day With My Family 3. Prison To Heaven 4. Back Into The Light 5. Women Like You 6. Untitled #4 7. I Go To My Heart 8. The Fire

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Live performance of Evangeline Gentle's song "Ordinary People" from their debut self-titled album produced by Jim Bryson, streaming now on all platforms via ...

“I believe that our deepest connections are found through vulnerability which is why I feel compelled to sing this track completely unaccompanied.” - Evangeline Gentle

Official video for "Black is the Colour", from Evangeline Gentle's single You and I (out now on Sonic Unyon Records). http://www.evangelinegentlemusic.com ht...

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Niki Black · American Spirits - Niki Black

“Can I still connect with my America Spirits as the daughter of an Iranian immigrant mother? This song is an answer to that. Yes, I can and I will. But, this will come with a lot of uncovering and opposition against the unjust reality of what America has mean since its bloody conception and its chaotic, violent reality today.” -Niki Black

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Shirley Collins - "Sweet Greens and Blues", from 'Heart's Ease', released 24th July 2020 on Domino Subscribe to Domino Record Co on YouTube: http://smarturl....

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Aislinn Logan · What Everybody's After

www.theactualgoners.com Music & lyrics by Tristan Armstrong. Produced and engineered by Aaron Goldstein at Baldwin Sound, Toronto, ON. Mixed by J.P. Peters a...

 “It’s about those moments when you’ve felt like you’re truly on the same plane as those around you.” - Tristan Armstrong, The Actual Goners

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Soccer Mommy, Busty & the Bass, Juwan Crawley, Craig Strickland, quietype, The Informations, Lexxicon, Virginia to Vegas, Seth Anderson, and Toxic Holocaust

By Will McGuirk

Today we announced the nominees in the Oshawa Music Awards Best Songwriter category. We are working on the Apr 3 and 4 galas. At Kops we had Skye Wallace in and we have Hunter Sheridan and Robyn Ottolini coming in, all OMA nominees and we also have Tyler Ashton. Last week I was at the first Sewing Session held at Frere Du Nord in downtown Oshawa. Sponsored by Town Brewery the featured act was Tijuana Jesus. Quite sometime ago I was randomly crammed into a small gallery in TO for a show of Stew Jones and Chris Mills and it was one massive hug of thunder. I got that same vibe at the sewing factory and I see it with the OMAs and the listening room in the record store. Change is afoot, magic is afoot.

new album 'color theory' out now: https://found.ee/SM_colortheory stream / download "circle the drain": https://found.ee/SM_circlethedrain tour dates: https:...

Soccer Mommy plays the Phoenix in Toronto Apr 8 2020.

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Listen to 'Baggy Eyed Dopeman' - https://bustyandthebass.lnk.to/BaggyEyedDopeMan Find Busty and the Bass on - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bustyandth...

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Official Video for "Revival" by Juwan Crawley Listen to "Revival" from Juwan's debut EP, BECOMING. Revival https://fanlink.to/ctMk Becoming https://open.spot...

“As a gay man, how could I have faith in a God, whose commandment is to stone me for who I love? It just didn’t add up. But as I a grew a little older and developed my own faith and my own truth, I realized that it was never God that I had an issue with, but rather the systems of faith and religion, as well as the systems of government. That’s what this song is about. This video is about that inner battle of finding the courage to love yourself and find your true self amongst the clutter of tradition that all of us are born into.” - Juwan Crawley

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Debut album Starlit Afternoon available now!! Listen here - https://ffm.to/starlit-afternoon The Van Sessions / Powered by Solar Energy Performed by: Craig S...

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Video by Kristian Leth using footage from Jørgen Leth and Ole John's 1970 film 'Motion Picture'. Featuring legendary tennis player and all around cool guy To...

“Strange Habits” is inspired by the idea of making music with a completely free mindset – of course, that's impossible in real life.” - The Informations

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Follow #Lexxicon ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialexxicon ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officiallexxicon ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/off...

Lexxicon dates:

Thursday, March 5 – Rise Edutainment’s Rise & Flow – 918 Bathurst – Toronto, ON
Thursday, March 12 – Burdock – Toronto, ON – Tickets and Info
Saturday, April 18 – The Boat – Toronto, ON – Tickets and Info

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Music video by Virginia To Vegas performing better with you (Visualizer). © 2020 Wax Records http://vevo.ly/RfAtLg

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Toxic Holocaust - Primal Future: 2019 Out Now Vinyl/CD/Merch: https://ffm.to/primalfuture2019 Apple Music: https://apple.co/33wcKnR Spotify: https://spoti.fi...