Jump to new releases, new music discoveries, or things to read.
Spotify Playlist. Apple Music Playlist.
Quiet on the blog this week, I had work stuff that pulled me away from this. Being self-employed is a double-edged sword.
One thing this week: If you haven’t watched Pontypool, get on it. Or hear the radio drama in the post.
OK two things: check out Record Club! I’m still checking in there about once a day to play around. New things are fun.
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New releases from old faves
This is new music that I like from bands I’ve written about recently, but it’s too soon to warrant a whole new post.
All of these artists are in the playlists: Apple Music, Spotify
New singles
- Warburton released two new songs (Bandcamp only for now I think) from an EP releasing in June (sad and lovely, very Toronto)
- SKORTS has a new single out: R4DR4M (hard to pronounce, easy to dance to)
- Lip Filler released CARLING a couple weeks ago and somehow I missed it. Their EP witchescrew comes out next week.
- The Get Alongs released a new single on YouTube: Sound (live from the Orange Lounge) – summertime ’70s rock vibes with a couple really great guitar moments
New music discoveries
If you want to hear a couple tracks from each of these, I’ve made you a mixtape in Apple Music and Spotify.
Check ’em out and if you have anything to say, please do.
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Loma – Pink Sky
Various
This is the second song from Loma’s upcoming album How Will I Live Without a Body? being released next month. It’s soft and hypnotic with a slight trip-hop feel. There are some surprising (but perfect) instrumentation choices in the second half of the song that give it a real cinematic, dramatic feel. The video is…
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triage – Fox Hours EP
London, UK
some mystery around this off-kilter indie band, but their debut EP is an instant favourite
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The OBGMs – All My Friends
Toronto
Sometimes you need to see a band live to get it. Sometimes a band’s recorded music actually sounds different after you see them live. This is the OBGMs. My kid is a huge Good Kid fan (they’re great!), so when they announced the Toronto show it was a no-brainer. The opener was a punk rock…
Books and Blog posts
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Record Club
This new social website focused on music discovery and sharing looks promising
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Brat by Gabriel Smith
Read the beginning of this forthcoming book, just not while you eat
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Jean Smart Is Having a Third Act for the Ages
If you’re not watching Hacks, you should be. If you don’t believe me, believe the NYT
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” After entering his office, his head was replaced with the cartoon visage of Mr. Weatherbee, animating against the background.”
In Slate, Maggie McCart talks about her condition: prosopometamorphopsia, also referrred to as “demon face syndrome”. A literal waking nightmare: The skin texture on a face can change, or their noses or eyes seem to be stretched and exaggerated in grotesque, plastic-y ways. Sometimes a person’s face and mouth are replaced by geometric shapes—triangles, hexagons,…
Till next week, y’all. Don’t be afraid to say hello.