Archive for March, 2009

Tapping into the sounds of nature, the Great Lake Swimmers run deep with wistful lyrics and tranquil melodies to quiet the mind, but their upcoming record promises to deliver something livelier than what their fans are used to. “It’s split up into a side A and side B, and side A is a little...

Gallery Atsui will be featuring 6 new contemporary emerging photographers of the city. This city has produced many amazing photographers from local favorite Fred Herzog, Stan Douglas, Roy Arden, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, to one of my favorites concert

After working in broadcasting for 10 years, Elianna Lev took a bit of a leap from hard news journalism to start her own personal storytelling podcast. With a push from her colleague CBC Radio 3′s Steve Pratt, she decided to produce the People’s Program Project. It features stories from various individuals including her friends,...

Download our first ever Ten Tracks mix tape - from east coast's own Brent Randall. Good tunes by good people

I’m not one for churches; I’m an atheist. But the Music Gallery in Toronto is a special exception. The Music Gallery is, in fact, not the name of the venue itself; it’s the St. George the Martyr Church, located at 179 John Street. Tucked away, just off Queen St., it’s hard to noticed it...

Remember the LP cover? 2 sq ft. of eye-popping, groin-stirring, world-rocking graphics, titles and liner notes rolled into one precisely measured object of desire? Well, the infamous RPM fundraising exhibition is back by popular demand. Deluge Contemporary Art is asking for your support by creating a one-of-a-kind record sleeve...

An early rise for the last day of the tour, and a scheduled recording for Bandstand Busks, a great new website in which bands perform on one of London’s grand old bandstands in Shoreditch. Thing was, I had no voice. I called our managers, whispering into the phone, barely audible. I tried singing something,...

Today’s the big one, and one of our busiest schedules of the entire tour. The only real rest comes while on the train, which is emerging as a bit of a theme on this trip. While England rushes by the window, we all catch up on a little bit of sleep. First up, a...

One of our busiest days, kicking off with a train ride to Manchester (at least following a bit of a lie-in in the apartment above the café where we’d recorded the night before). Upon arrival, John from Pulp Magazine (the design-savvy Manchester students publication) was waiting for us on the platform with a great drawing...

Upon arriving in Newcastle, we called our lovely friend Beth Jeans Houghton (mark my words: someday we’re going to be opening for her) to meet us at the Heaton Perk coffee shop in which she works and above which we were to spend the night. In the time it took her to finish her...