Toronto Jazz-Folk Songstress Catia Dignard Shares a Personal and Poignant Goodbye with “Safekeeping”

Fri Jul 22, 2022

If music is what feelings sound like, then songwriters have a special all-access pass to emotional catharsis; Canadian Jazz-Folk singer-songwriter Catia Dignard has taken beautiful advantage of that to let go of long-held grief with her moving new single, “Safekeeping”  - watch it on YouTube here:

All at once ethereal, haunting, and intimately personal, “Safekeeping” explores and resolves the residual sorrow that Dignard has held close since the untimely loss of her father in the late ‘80s. Dignard was just 17 when she received the shocking and traumatic news that her father had suddenly died.

“‘Safekeeping’ is about saying goodbye when you were not able to at the time,” explains the Montréal-born, Toronto-based artist. “This time around, with the song, I didn’t want to miss my chance.”

Brass Camel Mash Genres with Whirling Maelstrom of Sound Across Debut Single, “Easy”

Fri Jul 22, 2022

Supersonic forces assemble like musical avengers to unify the grittiness of rock, the uptempo complexity of big band, and the sophistication of jazz, forming a whirling maelstrom of sound all in Brass Camel’s genre-defying debut single, “Easy” – check it out on YouTube here:

Answering the question of what Kamazi Washington would sound like if he played for Dream Theater, Vancouver, Canada’s Brass Camel is a tight musical collective determined to supply audiences with a new harmonic experience that transcends the traditional confines of music. Brass Camel is looking to change the game with their revelatory debut album due out later this year.

Canadian Rockers Autopilot Unleash Their Take on The Cure’s “In Between Days” with New Release

Fri Jul 22, 2022

Set it, and let it ride on Autopilot! Their latest rock offering “In Between Days” shatters the speakers and lauds itself in a tale of love lost packed with an indie punch, written and made famous by the incomparable 80s new-wave gurus, The Cure.

Check it out on YouTube here:

Forced to see through the pandemic through the making of their album, the Canadian three-piece have set their sights on conquering 2022 — back on the road with fury and furor, taking their rock sound live to the fans. 

A group notably recognized for their debut release Afterglow (2018), Autopilot have acquired fans and critical success through their appearances at Canadian Music Week (CMW), Indie Week, AYE Fest, Fairfield Revival, and more. Additionally, the band earned the Best Rock/Pop Artist nod at the 2019 Saskatchewan Music Awards. 

Singer/Songwriter Mark Wihlidal Releases Debut Single “Life Can Be A Mystery” In His Golden Years

Fri Jul 15, 2022

Drawing on hard lessons and a life well-lived, Oshawa singer/songwriter Mark Wihlidal celebrates his golden years with a good ol’ fashioned rock tune about living without regret on his debut single, “Life Can Be A Mystery,” while proving you’re never too young, too old, too anything, to follow what you love to do.

Wihlidal hits the ground running with the supercharged song “Life Can Be A Mystery,” an eclectic rock n’ roll composition about never looking back and staying positive. “This song represents me giving myself some advice and perhaps offering advice to someone else.”

Check out “Life Can Be a Mystery” on YouTube:

The song came about on a cold December night when the car radio just happened to go down. Cool silence filled the air as silky smooth harmonies brought life to the vehicle. The genesis of “Life Can Be A Mystery” is found here.

Laranah Phipps Ray & La Funkalicious Release New Single, “Jazz Crimes”

Fri Jul 15, 2022

A fearless rendezvous of precision and skill, cosmically-wired jazz-R&B artist Laranah Phipps Ray and La Funkalicious unveil the majestic and unbridled new single, “Jazz Crimes” – check it out on YouTube here:

Embodying the spirited mix of high-energy jazz, R&B, funk, and Afrofuturism start to finish, the multi-talented vocalist, songwriter, producer, and influencer continues to bend boundaries and break barriers with her deeply-rooted musicality and explosive scat execution — her new song arriving as no exception. 

Written by Joshua Redman, “Jazz Crimes” features Laranah on scat alongside trumpeter Arnetta Johnson. Produced by consummate hitmaker, guitarist, and co-founder of the legendary Gold Certified Group Instant Funk, Kym Miller, the track serves as a prime preview to Laranah Phipps Ray’s upcoming album, Game Changer — set for release January 2023. 

Taming Sari Get Vulnerable in a Hyper-Exposed World with Supercharged “No Shelter”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Canadian rock/blues band Taming Sari releases their rippin’ new song about being vulnerable in a hyper-exposed world where there are fewer places to hide with the supercharged new single, “No Shelter” – watch and listen on YouTube here:

A hard-hitting anthem of compassion and connectedness, “No Shelter” acts as a visceral reminder to cherish the people in your life — especially during an era filled with social trauma. “Things will never be the same, but we still need that crucial support to get through life and be happy.”

Dance / Soul-House Artists Tortured Soul Know One Thing For Sure: “Your Body Doesn’t Lie”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

If there’s one thing dance and soul-house artists Tortured Soul know for sure it’s that “Your Body Doesn’t Lie”... So goes the underlying sentiment of their latest release and accompanying remixes — available now from Tstc Music through Slammin Media and distributed worldwide by Believe Distribution.

Watch and listen to “Your Body Doesn’t Lie"

Diving deep into the search for happiness and discovering how sometimes the journey to find it can be messy, Tortured Soul frontman John-Christian Urich leaned into the song’s theme after recalling how he met his wife. “She was talking with a guy at a bar and I interrupted them and asked for her number,” he shares. “The guy was quite annoyed, but she gave me her email and the rest is history…

Los Angeles Alt.Rockers Masha and The Fam Are Putting You On “Notice” with Release of New Single

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Masha and the Fam are raising the flag, setting the signal, and putting you on “Notice” with the release of their new single.

The indie alt sextuplet is breaking the barriers of conventionality with their full-bodied opus, complete with horns, raging guitars, and pounding piano. “There’s a lot of anger and frustration in this song, but there’s also a touch of hope,” Masha and The Fam’s Masha Alexis shares. “To me, this is the trumpet, it gives us that bit of hope through the loss and despair and helps us know that change is possible.

“In 2018, the last male white rhino died in the wild. I was devastated,” she continues. “I was reading the story and I saw a meme that I will never forget. The tracker was kneeling next to the dead rhino looking heartbroken and the caption was ‘We survived thousands of years and can’t survive mankind.’I knew I had to tell this story, but I honestly didn’t know how.” 

Award-Winning Kindie-Rocker Russell Sprout Inspires with Supercharged New Exercise Anthem, “The Health Hustle”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Kids across the country are moving and grooving with award-winning Canadian children’s music artist Russell Sprout and his new get-up-and-active anthem, “The Health Hustle” – check it out on YouTube here:

Following in his continuous wholehearted high-five to community and kindness, the Toronto-based kid's music man offers a fun and encouraging approach to harnessing children’s endless energy into exercise and activity.

Produced by GRAMMY Award-winning nominee and JUNO Award-winner Ken Whiteley (Raffi, Fred Penner), the song is the latest to land from the artist’s newest LP, Together. The sprightly 10-song album imparts Sprout’s core values of caring, consideration, and good ol’ frolicsome fun to kids, and kids-at-heart.

Roots-Blues Duo Blue Moon Marquee Release new album “Scream, Holler & Howl” Soul-Shoutin’ New Single

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Multi-award-winning Canadian roots-blues duo Blue Moon Marquee are ready to “Scream, Holler & Howl” with the release of their soul-shoutin’ new single:

Bursting with a loose, let-it-all-hang-out kind of groove, the song is the opening and title track of their forthcoming album set for release this September 9th via their own label, Blue Moon Marquee Music. 

”Music is a release, and we encourage expression of the spirit with this tune,” co-front A.W. Cardinal says. “It’s a song to honour what music provides for so many — an escape.” 

“We have written many esoteric, dark songs,” co-front Jasmine Colette adds. “This was a surrender to a fun, goes-down-easy, hard-hitting groove tune about the ultimate: to love, and be loved.” 

Pop Artist Harriet Chung Explores the Longing Ache of Fairytale Lovers on New Single, “Through My Tears”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Based on a Chinese fairytale about literal star-crossed lovers, Toronto-based award-winning pop artist Harriet Chung’s new single “Through My Tears” pays tribute to the aching bitter-sweetness of being far apart from the person you love.

On “Through My Tears,” Chung’s ethereal vocals float above dreamy piano and soaring, meandering flute as she narrates the story of the Cowboy and the Weaving Girl who fell in love on earth but were separated against their will. “I dream as the wind blows/ Across the heavens through the skies/ Your voice sewn in my memories/ Your face locked in my eyes.”

Check out “Through My Tears” on YouTube here:

Francesca Panetta Walks the Fine, Blurred Line Between Excitement and Fear of New Love in “So Few Words (love letter)”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Loving someone intensely is both exhilarating and scary as hell and, when you throw in a tendency towards anxiety and depression, the stakes can feel even higher. Which is what “So Few Words (love letter),” the new single by Toronto-based indie folk-pop artist Francesca Panetta is all about: that smudgy blurred line between fear and excitement.

Check out Which is what “So Few Words (love letter) on YouTube here:

Written consciously outside of the usual verse-chorus-verse pop structure, “So Few Words” is a shimmery, cascading happy-melancholy journey through the feelings of tumultuous early infatuation. “The way you look at me/ When your eyes say you want me/ Could nearly give me a heart attack,” Panetta sings.

Canadian Indie Alt-Rockers Before The Dinosaurs Have the “Cure For A Heartache”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

You could call it a breakthrough for a universal woe, or simply the latest single from Before The Dinosaurs. But either way you slice it, the indie rock four-piece from Canada’s East Coast are celebrating “Cure For A Heartache” – check it out on YouTube here:

“Cure For A Heartache” is a twinge of pain, served neat over a tumbler of acceptance.

“The song was written in the summer of 2021 when (band member) Jordan Best was going through a break-up with his ex-girlfriend, and his former band — simultaneously,” Jordan shares. “While the song was originally written and inspired by my indescribable love for his partner at the time, I found playing and writing the song eased the pain, and realized the cure for a heartache is not just someone you love, but anything you love that brings you joy.”

Pop Songstress Astrid Tanton Takes Us On A Journey of Self Respect with New Single “Comfort”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Sometimes the wrong person can give us what at first seems like comfort, and it’s up to us to get right in our heads and figure out how to not abandon our self-regard. That’s what the new single by Canadian pop songstress Astrid Tanton, appropriately titled “Comfort” - that s what it is all about: finding a home within ourselves.

“Comfort” is at varying points talk-sing introspective, lounge-y, and then pulsing dance track. It’s warm and fuzzy at the edges, and the overall mood is, indeed, comfort despite the fact that it deals with getting dissed by someone who’s not all in. “But you are just so comforting to me,” Tanton tries to persuade herself for a while until she just can’t anymore. The comfort, ultimately, lies in the song’s self-awareness, and the narrator’s prevailing self-respect.

Check out  “Comfort” on YouTube here:

Alt-Country Duo Fresh Breath Release Bluesy, Harmonica-Studded New Single, “Find Your Way Home”

Fri Jul 08, 2022

Some songs become known for one standout, dramatic element – a scream, for example – and Ontario-based alt-country duo Fresh Breath’s new single “Find Your Way Home” – available now – just might be one of them. It’s bluesy, it’s catchy, it’s harmony and harmonica-infused, and it also stops the action in the middle of everything for a memorable husky, guttural YEAHHHHHHH.

From their 2021 EP, How Did I Get Here, “Find Your Way Home” explores the question of what it might have been like to have not been born human – “Sometimes I wonder/ How my life would have been/ Had my soul not been placed down here/ In this body wrapped with skin.” The song questions how it might have been to have been born a deer rather than someone who spends their day in an office, a dolphin rather than a factory worker, or even a river whose only job is to rage on.

“I’d still help you find your/ Find your way home,” the duo concludes.

Check out “Find Your Way Home” on YouTube here:

Country Artist Travis Dolter Glances Back Fondly While Looking Ahead in Jangly “Senior Year”

Fri Jul 01, 2022

Whenever we’re about to close one life chapter for the next, there’s guaranteed to be a flood of memories and emotions, and graduating from school is certainly no exception. Award-winning Canadian country crooner Travis Dolter captures the heady yet scary experience of leaving college for the real world in his new single, “Senior Year” – check it out on YouTube here:

Smooth and poppy with just the right amount of jangle, “Senior Year” gives us a list of all the fun, memorable activities a college student might have engaged in over the course of four years – ‘Tuesday night drinking and wing Wednesdays,’ watching Friends marathons, ‘playing late-night pool in a Midterm craze,’ and taking a girl out on a first date, ‘falling in love, jumping in too fast’.

Award-Winning Rockers WILDSTREET “Say Goodbye” with Release of New Single

Fri Jul 01, 2022

Capturing the spirit of the great ballads of the 90’s, “Say Goodbye” is the brand-new single from award-winning rockers, WILDSTREET — available this week with tour dates – listed below.

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Upon a backdrop of eerie strings and cranked-up hard rock guitars, the song clues us in on the end of a very sick and twisted relationship.

The fourth single WILDSTREET have released via Golden Robot Records, the song was co-written and produced by Todd Long (Ghosts Of Sunset), mixed by Jon Wyman (The Pretty Reckless), and mastered by Howie Weinberg.

WILDSTREET is a band that began in 2006 and released their self-titled debut album on Retrospect Records in 2009.

Rock-Metal Artist SymLa-3000 Sings About Lost Love in Melancholy New Single, “Monochrome Story”

Fri Jul 01, 2022

From the land of the rising sun ascends the charming Japanese rock/metal outfit SymLa-3000 and their first English language song about the gloominess of lost love; the melancholy new single “Monochrome Story” from the album The Spectrums – check it out on YouTube here:

SymLa-3000, which is derived from the Japanese word Shinra-Bansyo (森羅万象) — which means the nature of the entire universe and also translates to “sympathize” — is the brainchild of singer/songwriter and frontwoman for SymLa-3000, Hakula.

Ritalin Boy Summons Brigade of Demonic Soldiers with New Single, “The Skeleton Army”

Fri Jul 01, 2022

Canadian singer/songwriter Ritalin Boy harnesses ethereal forces to summon a brigade of demonic soldiers hellbent on enforcing the right to PARTY in the name of the Queen with the rippin’ new single, “The Skeleton Army” – check it out on YouTube here:

“The Skeleton Army” is the title track from Ritalin Boy’s forthcoming sophomore album that features an electrifying sonic diversity amongst the six sophisticated arrangements to form a quintessentially Canadian record; the album is an epic testament to Ritalin Boy’s comprehensive sound palette and realist perspective when tackling an array of social phenomena.

Alt-Rock Artist One No One Paints a Sonic Portrait Fitting of “Angels” with Release of New Single

Fri Jul 01, 2022

It’s a heavenly offering from One No One. The indie-rock artist from Western Canada is seeing “Angels,” and he’s painted a sonic portrait sent straight from above for each of us to spin and soar on repeat!

Check out “Angels” on YouTube here: instagram.com/twoyestwo/

“Angels” serves as the lead single from One No One’s recently released EP, Now One Knows (2022), and the quaint, catchy track sets the stage for the Calgary-based rocker’s inquisitive and insatiable thirst for going deep inside the human emotion — and singing the truth about it.

“Don't pass life with downturned eyes
Wings you have will make you fly
I will look right though your eyes
Be a god, take what's mine”