By Will McGuirk
Sunflower Bean Thursday May 26 2022 at Lee’s Palace. Tickets here.
Anyway Gang Friday May 27 2022 at Lee’s Palace. Tickets here.
Gigs: Sunflower Bean, Anyway Gang at Lee's Palace
Gigs: Ellevator at the Hoseshoe Tavern
By Will McGuirk
Ellevator Saturday May 28 2022 at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. Tickets here.
Gigs: Donovan Woods, Mavis Staples at Massey Hall
By Will McGuirk
Donovan Woods Friday May 27 2022. Tickets here.
Mavis Staples Saturday May 28 2022. Tickets here.
Scott Nolan
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Scott Nolan, She and Him, Sylvan Esso, Ghost Caravan, Flostate, Mike Edel, Living Hour, and Cola,
By Will McGuirk
“it’s now being sung from the inside of the experience. It’s empowered and a little cheeky. I’m saying - “I know you wanna know what I’m saying… and I know what I choose to say has power. Whether it’s to help or hurt… it has power.” - Shaina Silver-Baird, Ghost Caravan
"This album is an exploration of our emotional worlds. Through the lyrics and sound, our music evokes our internal world to the external, the only way to connect deeply with ourselves & those around us." - Avery Florence and MKSTN, Flõstate
“The song is about struggling with internal worlds, habits and daily circumstances,” - Sam Sarty, Living Hour
Sylvan Esso - Sept 1 2022 - Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage. Tickets.
Gigs: Actual Goners at Dakota Tavern
By Will McGuirk
The Actual Goners with Peter Elkas Band & Espanola. Saturday, May 21 2022. Tickets here.
Gigs: Daniel Romano's Outfit at Lee's Palace
By Will McGuirk
Daniel Romano's Outfit at Lee's Palace Thursday, May 19, 2022. Tickets here.
Gigs: Ariel Posen at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
By Will McGuirk
Ariel Posen at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Friday, May 2022. Tickets here.
Mother Mother, photo by Mikki
Gigs: Mother Mother, Brett Kissel at Massey Hall
By Will McGuirk
Mother Mother - The INSIDE Tour - Thursday, May 19 2022. Tickets here.
Brett Kissel Saturday, May 21 2022. Tickets here.
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Butcher Brown & Michael Millions, Valerie June, Jenny Berkel, Colyn Cameron, Triptides, Matoma and ARIZONA, Datura4, and Bruno Capinan
By Will McGuirk
"I was thinking about cycles when I wrote this. Life, death and all points in between. About how things change and how things seem to just stay the same. The only thing I want to stay the same is my family, so that what I wrote about. I recorded it straight thru too, no cutting up the vocals because Butcher Brown cut they demos straight through, that was the only way to do it. This whole collaboration has been a gem and I’m excited to share this music." - Michael Millions
“The songs themselves are a study of proximity, bringing big fears into small spaces. They’re intimate examinations of a world that often overwhelms." - Jenny Berkel
“That all tech progress is fruitful, but maybe not always ready. And that maybe it's just my own occasional aversion to this kind of societal focus that is awry, but not necessarily having the right view. It’s inspired by that and All Algorithmic realities.” - Colyn Cameron
“This song, along with the hopes of raising autism awareness, carries a special notion in general that we should remember to cherish and protect the ones we love in our lives. Sometimes we can be all they have, or vice versa.” - “A R I Z O N A
Radio Zeitgeist: Tune in new vinyls from Florence and the Machine, Sadurn, the Black Keys, and Pillow Queens
By Will McGuirk
This week drops include Florence and the Machine with their full on celebration of post-pandemic giddiness on ‘Dance Fever’; Sadurn’s ‘Radiator’, a Philly sandwich of Big Thief and Sarah Harmer; the Black Keys daft funk of ‘Dropout Boogie’; plus ‘Leave the Light On’ from DC’s Pillow Queens.
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Dawes, Martha and the Muffins, Rachel Bobbitt, Night Moves, Sylvia Kay, Burn the Louvre, and Tove Stryke
By Will McGuirk
“The first half of this song could be about tyrants. But it could also be about anyone who thinks that a little more control is gonna make everything ok. The second half is a response to that developing reality of the first half. The world might be a scary place sometimes but, to some degree, I want to believe I can decide how I respond to it.” - Taylor Goldsmith, Dawes
“It’s all about this body that I have, suffering from the migraines I’ve inherited from my mom, but it’s also about how some people see women as being made for having children, something I don’t even necessarily want at this point.” - Rachel Bobbitt
“In August of 2021, the songwriting process really began and it hit me that this was my last year of high school, my last year in this hometown, and the last time I’d see a lot of these people ever again. The whole first half of the song is exactly that: reminiscing and the nostalgia behind it all. The second half is all about the process to maturity — that there was something so much greater beyond, a whole world I hadn’t discovered yet.” - Sylvia Kay
Gigs: Mad Ones, Stephen Stanley Band at the Dakota Tavern
By Will McGuirk
Mad Ones, Royal Castles at Dakota Tavern, Thursday May 12, 2022. Tickets here.
Stephen Stanley Band, The Ropes at the Dakota Tavern, Saturday May 13 2022. Tickets here.
