You thought I forgot about you, didn’t you?
I would never do that…
No…
Ok…
So, maybe I almost forgot… a little bit. BUT! That’s only because I was super prepared and already had my playlist ready to rock days ago!
Think you can forgive me? I know I forgive me.
On to the music.
- The Sheriff by The Strumbellas – Let’s start with something fun, shall we? When I’m feeling blue, I like to find an upbeat tune to bounce along to. That is exactly what The Sheriff is. If you can’t find a little bit of enjoyment in this track, then you’re just crazy. My apparent Toronto influence continues as the so-called “Centre of the Universe” is where The Strumbellas call home. But that’s ok, I’ll forgive them because this song makes me happy.
- Illusions by Corey Isenor – You’ve caught me. I try my best not to double-up on an artist one week after the other. Fortunately, Corey Isenor rocked my musical world so hard last week that I simply couldn’t not include him on my playlist list week. He’s still from Halifax and he is still just as awesome.
- Sunday Night by Teapot Hill – This song comes two nights too late, but I’ve always said, “better late than never.” Vancouver has been pumping out jammin’ indie rock bands one after the other over the past few years and Teapot Hill falls right there with the likes of Said the Whale, Hey Ocean! and others. A little more folky than the aforementioned, but still groovy, Teapot Hill is definitely a band I will be adding to my library. Sunday Night can be found on the band’s latest release, Night Night Rock.
- Hondo by Beta Frontiers ft. Becky Ninkovic – Beta Frontiers hail from Toronto. I’ll admit that as of late I have found myself much more into the disco/electro/synth pop that this group, among others, embodies. That being said, I think it is the seductive vocals of Becky Ninkovic that really draw me in on this track. Hondo appears on the group’s most recent EP, released in April 2012.
- Little Poems by Rah Rah – It feels as though it’s been an extremely long time since I found something out of Saskatchewan that I like… I KID! I love Saskatchewan! But it has been a long time since I found music out of Saskatchewan that really…struck a chord with me. Rah Rah can be credited with being the first band in a long time to do that. Right out of the heart of Saskabush, Rah Rah comes from beautiful Regina (I’m assuming it’s beautiful, I’ve never actually been). They’re not going to wow you with flashing lights or fancy bells and whistles. They’re just a great alt. rock band that combines soothing female vocals with a bluesy male presence and folk twang.
- Post-War Blues by Dan Mangan – So, this might be two strikes for me. I repeated an artist TWICE within two weeks. Not good, but that just goes to show you how awesome I think these two guys are. Last week I thought that How Darwinian was awesome. Then I heard Post-War Blues and discovered that it was even more…awesomer. The moral of the story is: be awesome and listen to Dan Mangan because he awesome and if you listen to him then you can be awesome too.
- Adieu by Coeur de pirate – I have a bad tendency of routinely butchering the French language. It isn’t because I hold anything against the French. I really have nothing against the French. If anything, I wish I could speak French. I actually think that my slaughtering of the language is more a mockery of myself and my inability to speak it, despite my (half-hearted and not great) efforts. Regardless of all that, I have a new-found love for French-Canadian indie pop. It started with Caracol and has since moved on to Coeur de pirate, a French-Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal. Seriously though, she has a beautiful voice. When I listen to Adieu, I can picture myself in a 1930s film noir.
- It by Rich Aucoin – Back to Halifax we go. I will forgive Rich Aucoin for being possibly the most hipster dude to ever come out of Halifax simply because this song is pretty damn awesome. I really can’t say much else because one look at this guy and one read of his biography on CBC Music resulted in me saying, “pfffttttt.” Appreciate the song for what it is. I don’t buy the guy’s image though. Thankfully my ears don’t have to see him in all his painful hipster glory.
- Ciao Monday by Emm Gryner – No Italian jokes. Ok, glad we got that out of the way. So, I want to start by saying that I was immediately drawn to this song because the common Italian greeting “ciao” was contained within the title. Then I started listening to the actual track. It sort of reminds me of Friday, I’m in Love by The Cure in the sense that it is this really fun and upbeat track about a day of the week. The only difference is that it falls at the opposite end of the week and rather than being in love, it’s about being done with Monday! I’m in love. Did I mention that Emm Gryner also happens to be drop-dead gorgeous? Did I already say that I’m in love?
- If I Get Old by Elliott Brood – This song is really hitting home with me right now… mostly because I just turned 24 and feel older than I ever wanted to be. In fact, I want to go back to the good ol’ days when I used to play street hockey in an old parking lot, only stopping to eat a peanut butter ‘n’ jelly sandwich on the curbside. Elliott Brood comes from the same hometown as one of my other favorite Canadian bands, the Arkells.
Woo! We made it to the end! I bet you’re glad to be done with all of my ramblings. I tried to freshen things up this week and rather than talk about the boring old usual “this band is from X city and plays Y type of music while reminding me of Z band,” I tried to give you a little insight into why I choose the music I choose.
Hope you enjoyed the music! Check us out on Thursday for Kergin’s latest!
Ciao…Tuesday!
-T
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