Use ’em up if you got ’em. Today’s feature is from Toronto band, The Holiday Crowd. Lead vocalist Imran Haniff had this to say about their new LP, Over the Bluffs: “The whole mood of the record has...
IR: Canada #6 –...
posted by Chris
Well we’re back. Another show packed full of great tunes. We even have a few blues tunes today for your listening enjoyment. Download IR: Canada #6 Subscribe Subscribe in...
IR: Canada #5
posted by Chris
Show 5 is not quite like any of the other shows so far! 11 Bands, 12 songs, and not all from Ontario! I had a lot of fun putting this show together. There is a wide variety of music from several different musical...
IR: Canada #2
posted by Stuart Morrison
Well the plan was to make a monthly one hour show. As you can see, it’s not even been two weeks, but I couldn’t wait. So here is, show two. Packed full of more great songs. Seven great bands, and thirteen...
Hooded Fang: ESP
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Toronto in Canada, Hooded Fang are releasing their album Tosta Mista on 12 Mar 2012 on Full Time Hobby. It’s their second album, the first was self-titled. UK readers have unfortunately just missed a short tour...
Red Nightfall: Windm...
posted by Rodrigo
They may be compared to many bands you been listening lately, but the Canadian Red Nightfall are with no doubt a band to watch. Emerging from Toronto, the band has released their first album named after them last year. The...
Young Doctors in Lov...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The members of Toronto five-piece Young Doctors in Love were apparently brought together by the desire to create 3 minute pop-rock assaults. According to their Twitter feed, they are close to completing work on their full...
Bravestation: White ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto Canada’s Bravestation combine a bit of new wave and indie tropical in today’s feature, nicely encapsulating the last drags of summer months in their first single released, White Wolves. Bravestation...
Megan Bonnell: South...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto’s Megan Bonnell recently signed to Nevado Records and Management (Bahamas, Yukon Blonde, Golden Dogs), her debut EP titled MAPS being released around the world shortly thereafter on June 21st, 2011. The four...
Sloan: Unkind
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After getting started in 1992 with their debut EP Peppermint, and having been signed to Geffen early in their careers, Canadian favorites Sloan have continued to release quality music over the last two decades, with their...
The Natural Shocks: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Natural Shocks are a three-piece indie rock band from Toronto who just released their debut full length, Complete With Comfortable Lighting this past June 9th. Thankfully the Natural Shocks nudged us with a reminder...
The Isosceles Projec...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Nothing would be more creepy than running into a Doppelganger this Friday the 13th; not just a cute Facebook look-alike avatar but something more disturbing like a full on mirror image of one’s self, Twilight Zone...
Ketch Harbour Wolves...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We last featured Ontario Canada’s Ketch Harbour Wolves in February of ’09 with ‘So Long to the Ground’, a track off of their 2008 EP, ‘Dead Calm Horizon’. Their newer album Anachronisms...
Papermaps: Can’...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Papermaps‘ self-titled debut album is coming out April 19th. This is a stand-out track from the ten track full-length. Canadian band, Papermaps is a Toronto-based rock quartet formed by producer/songwriter Dean Marino...
The Trews: One By On...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Their fourth full-length studio album, Hope & Ruin, due on Bumstead Records on April 12, is a level-raising evolution for the Toronto-based rock band with two gold records, ten top-10 singles and 800-plus concerts...
The Wilderness: Real...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Wilderness is a Toronto based experimental rock outfit. Comprising of men-about-town, Lee Piazza (lead vocals), Nate Lyons-Fisher (guitar/synth), Jay Organek (bass), Chris Mason (drums/synth) and Jamie Lefebvre...
Wildlife: Stand In T...
posted by Rodrigo
This Wildlife’s album Strike Hard, Young Diamond comes at the heels of their EP of the same name. Confusing? Probably, but these twelve tracks feel like one of the most memorable finds of the entire year. Leading off with...
Freedom or Death: Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Freedom Or Death are a duo from Toronto, who released their first self-titled EP in June 2010. They have both been in the Canadian music industry for over 10 years and decided to leave the corporate environment of the major...
VOWLS: Waking
posted by Stuart Morrison
Review our PayPal casino guide to see a list of online casinos that accept eWallet deposits and take players from the UK, Canada, and even the USA, Pt. 1 Prepare thyself, musical adventurer, for a trip down this swirling...
The Hidden Cameras: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto’s THE HIDDEN CAMERAS are the brainchild of singer/songwriter/guitarist Joel Gibb. “In The NA” was the first single taken from The Hidden Cameras latest symphonic pop masterpiece ‘Origin:...
The Ghost is Dancing...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto indie pop outfit THE GHOST IS DANCING just recently springboarded off the release off of 2007’s “The Darkest Spark” with their newest indie rock offering which was issued last April, “Battles...
The Rural Alberta Ad...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice...
Tripping Hazard: Des...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the album Wron: Suicide Goat Tripping Hazard was conceived in a bathtub in downtown Toronto on February 11th, 2005, and born in the upstairs of the Poor Alex Theatre over drinks, conversations concerning Frank...
Rep By Pop: Cell pho...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Title Track from their new Album. See the video over there ——————————–> Rep By Pop are a power pop trio playing infectious, danceable, synth/guitar...
The Wooden Sky: Some...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hot off of their Bedrooms and Backstreets Tour and the Canadian release of their second album “If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone”, Toronto-based outfit The Wooden Sky is excited to be hitting the...
Great Bloomers: Catc...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Great Bloomers was formed when childhood pals Lowell Sostomi and Nate Hindle moved to Toronto and met Andrew Kekewich. The trio quickly formed a strong friendship based upon similar record collections— all three valued...
Magneta Lane: Lady B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Toronto, Canada the three-piece rock band Magneta Lane consists of Lexi Valentine, Nadia King, and French. They formed in 2003 in New York, and have since released two well received full length albums entitled...
Insomnia Radio #161 ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
No, we didn’t win the mustard yellow belt this past year, but we accumulated so many tracks last year and through the first few weeks of 2009, we’ve felt over-gorged on music and wanted to start sharing some with...
Ketch Harbour Wolves...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ketch Harbour Wolves hail from across Ontario while fostering a deep connection to Nova Scotia where in 2003 the band’s predecessor, The Flying Buttresses, was forged in the small coastal town of Ketch Harbour. After...
Insomnia Radio #160:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
An overdue Insomnia-laden journey has left us saddle-sore as we have traveled long and far these last few months in order to document a motley assortment of musicians. We uncovered them amongst the wild trappers of...
Valery Gore: Shoes o...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From her just released (04 Nov 2008) album “Avalanche to Wandering Bear” Valery Gore returns with her self-produced sophomore album, Avalanche To Wandering Bear. Her debut on Do Right Music, it’s the record...
Put the Rifle Down: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Toronto Ontario, Canadian foursome Put the Rifle Down seemingly has the incredible talent that allows them to craft non-disposable synth-pop styled masterpieces, which also happened to spark the same hibernating...