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Here is a list of bona fide Canadian Music Blogs. Do you have a hobby music blog? Feel free to add yours Here...

Top Canadian Music Blogs

Chromewaves

    An introduction to Field Mouse
    Shervin LainezIf it were as recently as last year, I would be spending this post – hell, yesterday’s post – talking about how after arriving in Chicago last Saturday, I went almost straight to Beat Kitchen to see Laura Stevenson and Field Mouse play, on account of missing the Toronto show of their tour this [...]
    I am back in town. Chairlift are coming to town. Coincidence? Absolutely.
    Tom HinesSo Chicago was great, thanks for asking. Terrible weather forecasts came not to pass, though storms yesterday did wreak a little havoc on getting out of town. But that’s neither here nor there, and I am now here, not there. And here is a very short post to confirm that I am, indeed, still [...]
    CONTEST – Laura Marling @ 99 Sudbury – May 25, 2013
    Frank YangWho: Laura Marling What: English folk artist whose prodigious talent is dwarfed only by her prolific output; Once I Was An Eagle will be her fourth album in just over five years, and she’s barely 23 years old. Why: Eagle is out May 28, but Marling is kicking off her North American tour behind [...]
    This is the new Club 8 record and now I am on holiday
    Kjell B PerssonKnow what the worst thing about not going to SXSW this Spring was? Not missing SXSW, but not having my previously annual late-Winter vacation. In fact, save for a weekend jaunt to New York last November, the last time I got out of the 416 was Labour Day – that’s well over eight [...]
    Majical Cloudz streams debut Impersonator; has no use for your so-called “spelling”
    Denis NazarovThough at least some of his current profile comes from being associated with the same Montreal scene that produced Grimes, those expecting more electro-pop cotton candy from Devon Welsh of Majical Cloudz had best adjust their expectations. His full-length debut Impersonator is electronic, yes, but is also spare, haunting, and unflinchingly emotional, circling heavy [...]

Herohill

    The Extremities – Re:Fresh
    Who here remembers remix albums!?!? Hands up if you own the The Cactus Revisited on cassette! Just me? Very good then. Point being, the remix album has been around for ages, but the merits & quality of such albums could be questioned in the early days. In the last 10 years of so, remix albums(...) Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: The Extremities – Re:Fresh
    Listen Up:: Nathan Lawr My Forest is a Curtain
    With the comfort and success Nathan Lawr has found fronting the afro-infused Minotaurs, it’s easy to forget about his long and remarkable musical career. His percussion was a crucial element of the seminal work from Royal City, the underratedm junkstrument driven Fembots and countless other recordings, but for me the high water mark was Lawr’s(...) Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: Listen Up:: Nathan Lawr My Forest is a Curtain
    Shad + Skratch Bastid – Homie
    I actually started this post by writing something along the lines of “we don’t just blindly post anything Shad puts out”, but had to start over once I realized that is pretty much exactly what we do. Oh well, I’m pretty sure that if you’re even remotely familiar with Shad’s canon, you’ll hardly blame us.(...) Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: Shad + Skratch Bastid – Homie
    Listen Up:: Astral Swans
    Everyone remembers Astral Swans, right? Okay, good. Matthew Swann’s latest side project was one that caught our ear last year. The open ended, lo-fi melodies are somehow infectious and unassuming but the results speak for themselves. Here’s a kaleidoscope themed representation of Swann playing “You Carry A Sickness” live in an apartment, courtesy of Kaelen(...) Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: Listen Up:: Astral Swans
    Video Hits:: Dusted, Mike Feuerstack, Jim Guthrie and Leif Vollebekk
    Yesterday Shane bogarted my Listen Up style post, so it’s time to issue a little James Brown style big payback. These video hits posts have fallen off our radar as of late, but a few great efforts have landed in the inbox and it’s only right we share them with you. All of these artists(...) Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: Video Hits:: Dusted, Mike Feuerstack, Jim Guthrie and Leif Vollebekk

NXEW

    Morgan Doctor Offers Free Downloads
    Toronto's Morgan Doctor has offered a free stream/download of Paradise Animals' remix of her track 'Phosphorescent' from her album Major Over Minor, out now on Aporia Records/Outside. Eccodek also offered up their remix of the track 'The Seafarer'; It's Doctor's first fully instrumental album, it came following three years of soul searching after she left [...]
    Poor Young Things Announce Tour Dates
    Toronto's Poor Young Things have unveiled the details of their forthcoming tour in support of their forthcoming album The Heart. The Head. The End, out on May 21 via Bumstead Productions. The winners of the 2013 SiriusXM Emerging Artist of the Year award are no strangers to the road, playing over 100 shows in 2012 [...]
    POP Montreal Unveils NxNE & Sled Island Dates
    POP Montreal has unveiled its showcases at NxNE in Toronto and Sled Island in Calgary. They will collaborate with NeXT for a showcase at The Silver Dollar on June 14. The event will feature hotly buzzed MTL band AroarA with the Toronto contingent being represented by Decades, Alvvays and more. Complete line-up is below; 8:00pm - AroarA [...]
    The Belle Game Offer Free Stream Of Debut Album
    Vancouver quintet The Belle Game's new album Ritual Tradition Habit is out today on Boompa Records and they're offering a free stream of the release, check it out below; The band also unveiled the details of their summer tour, check 'em out on the following dates; 05/25 - New Westminster, BC @ Uptown Live 06/30 [...]
    Martha Wainwright Announces Summer Tour
    Martha Wainwright has announced the dates of her Canadian tour in support of her 2012 album Come Home To Mama. This time out, Wainwright will partake in the Fan Experience; a VIP ticket package and ticket pre-sale provider that works with a wide variety of artists to offer fans premium tickets as well as unique [...]

Quick Before It Melts

    Burial suit
    Last night was a full moon and life has been some kind of bat shit crazy these past 72 hours, let me tell you.  Matching the somewhat strange mood in the air is the somewhat strange and stained sounds of Still Life Still‘s new single, “Burial Suit”.  The band dropped the song last month, but [...]
    Late spring
    I can’t decide who Peer Support remind me of.  I’ve been listening to the pair of songs they shared with me from their upcoming EP all night, racking my brain trying to put my finger on their sound.  A swift current of shimmering guitars and marching drums carries “Late Spring” into an early summer anthem [...]
    Less argue
    You know me by now.  I’m not the criticizin’ kind.  If I post about your music on Quick Before It Melts, it’s ‘cuz I like you, I want others to like you, I want others to know that I want them to like you.  I don’t ever write a negative review just for the sake [...]
    Colour the night sky
    While cellist Rebecca Foon leads Montreal-based collective Saltland, her instrument rarely is the centre of attention on the band’s initial offering, I Thought It Was Us But It Was All of Us.  As a matter of fact, there’s no singular focal point to this immense, dense record; with each listen you will find yourself fixated [...]
    Ein weißwein
    If you’re going to name your band after an 80s WWF wrestling star, I suppose choosing Macho Man Randy Savage’s femme fatale manager Miss Elizabeth is as good a choice as any, seeing as how the music of this electro-pop duo will seduce you rather than submit you to a suplex. Tom Avis and Odie [...]

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