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Hey! You’re here! Thanks to all of you fine people spending a little time here, this has been the biggest week for the website by a huge margin. And there’s a lot more to come. Here’s the week wrap.
This week was another week on the road. Summer’s finally kicked in, and things are accelerating, both in real life and fake internet life. This project is starting to lead in surprising new directions, and I can’t wait to share a bunch of new stuff with you.
I hope you find something you like here, and if you’re inclined, get in touch.
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New releases
All of these artists are in the playlists on this page
- Math Club released I Don’t Want to Let You Down – heart-on-sleeve emo rock
- Blog pal Kat Koan released Boom, an eclectic and cathartic breakup song
- Days On Parade‘s latest psychedelic alt-rock single, My Blonde Friend Named Alice, is out now, and they have a summer tour starting
- Cemento Atlantico released the last teaser single for the new record: Danza Negra, is a killer electronic jam with a Nicaraguan culture study attached (read the description on YouTube)
- Hinds released En Forma from their upcoming album, the video is funny and the song is a full on earworm
- Indie-rock duo Bus Crush released debut single Even Score, which has me stoked to hear more
- The Parade released Shame, which might be the perfect patio jam.
New music discoveries
If you want to hear a song or two from each of these artists, I’ve made you a playlist. Find it on this page
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Silks – Pressure Waves
Toronto
This album took 6 years to make! Give it 40 minutes of your time and thank me later
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Root Cause – Chuck it Out! EP
Ottawa
Earnest, self-deprecating lyrics, catchy melodies and big-time nostalgia. It’s contagious and relatable
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Heartworms – Jacked (and the rest)
London, UK
Jojo Orme makes ominous and compelling music and has a new single out today
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Superstar Crush – Crushed to Meet You EP
Hamilton
These three songs sound like they’re by three different bands, and it works surprisingly well
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Emma Philine – Hurricane EP
Leipzig, Germany
You should experience it yourself. There’s only so much you can write about a thing like this
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Alex Southey – Your Worst Song Podcast
toronto
He’s had a run of really great songs out, and his podcast is appointment listening.
Books and blog posts
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Weekender – June 14, 2024
Weekly review – new releases from old favourites, and a recap of the posts from the past 7 days.
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How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide
A barnburner in the Walrus about the controversy around the Giller Prize.
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Let’s give out the 2024 Polaris Prize (part one)
Might be fun, might be infuriating. Let’s see where it goes.
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“You could not have kidnapped my daughter, for she has left us for America.”
Read Ghost Story by Ananda Lima on Electric Lit
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“…the wages were decent, the customers wore suits, and the tips were sometimes obscene.”
An excerpt from Sarah Gilmartin’s new book Service in LitHub has sold me on the book
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Collected Stories by Carson McCullers
These characters are lonely, despondent, often spiralling, and nobody writes them as well as McCullers.
Till next week, y’all. Don’t be afraid to say hello.