Recent Posts from i (heart) music

i (heart) music — Miss Emily Brown, In Technicolour (Self-released) WHO Vancouver Island folkie songstress. DISCOGRAPHY Part Of You Pours Out of Me (Self-released, 2008) In Technicolour (Self-released, 2010) IN A NUTSHELL In Technicolour is a gorgeous, adven... read more »

i (heart) music — Angela F. wins a copy of Basia Bulat's newest album. Thanks to all who entered! read more »

i (heart) music — There's good news and bad news when it comes to If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone, the newest album from The Wooden Sky. I'll start with the good: frontman Gavin Gardiner no longer sounds like Chad Kroeger. Admittedly, I may have been th... read more »

i (heart) music — I'm just going to post a few quick things on this semi-lovely Sunday afternoon. First, if you haven't been checking it out, go check out The Balconies' tour and photo blog . The band is off for the next few days as they drive out to the Marit... read more »

i (heart) music — I'm really not sure what to write about Wants To Try Something, the new album from Oh No Forest Fires. And not for the usual reasons, either; whereas I usually say that when I don't know what to write, in this case, I'm saying it because there's... read more »

i (heart) music — Listening to The Wild, the debut album from Pink Moth, it's not too hard to spot what's influenced band leader Ray Cammaert: a whole lot of Destroyer, along with a pinch of Neutral Milk Hotel (and, on "We Walks", a teensy bit of The Beatles). If... read more »

i (heart) music — As most readers have probably noticed by now, I love The Balconies. Love, love, love them. I love them so much, in fact, that i(heart)music is co-presenting the cross-Canada tour on which they're about to embark. If you just turn your eyes a li... read more »

i (heart) music — I never quite know what to make of the information that a member of Band X is also a touring member of a bigger, more well-known group -- after all, a lot of the time, it has no bearing on the band in question. Case in point: Young Galaxy. Steve... read more »

i (heart) music — Basia Bulat, Heart Of My Own (Secret City) WHO The folk-pop pride of London, Ontario. DISCOGRAPHY Basia Bulat (Self-released, 2005) Oh My Darling (Hardwood, 2007) Heart of My Own Secret City, 2010) IN A NUTSHELL Basia Bulat may have been nom... read more »

i (heart) music — Renee Y. and Kelly B. win copies of Owen Pallett's newest masterpiece. Thanks to all who entered! read more »

i (heart) music — It's a little surprising that the debut EP from Novels didn't get more attention when it was released a month or two ago. After all, the band features some of the best young musical talent southern Ontario has to offer, with members from Tokyo P... read more »

i (heart) music — At first glance, it seems as though there are a couple of reasons to be leery of Bent By Elephants. They're a septet, for one thing, and for another they're McGill music students, and for another still they specialize in jazz-pop. While noneof t... read more »

i (heart) music — As I mentioned last week (several times), I recently left my job for a new one. The career change was accompanied by a massive CD clean-up -- not only physically, but also from my work computer's hard drive. Consequently, even though I left my o... read more »

i (heart) music — I've always hated the term "guilty pleasure". I hate the idea that you should feel guilty for liking music that you enjoy, and I say that as someone whose Best of the '00s lists would've had a couple of albums that would've raised a few eyebrows... read more »

i (heart) music — For the longest time, I didn't bother listening to Amy Millan's latest, Masters of the Burial. After all, I haven't been much impressed by Stars' recent output, so -- coupled with some fairly tepid reviews on the album's release back in Septembe... read more »

i (heart) music — Owen Pallett, Heartland (For Great Justice) WHO The artist formerly known as Final Fantasy. DISCOGRAPHY Has a Good Home (Blocks, 2005) He Poos Clouds (Blocks, 2006) Heartland (For Great Justice, 2010) IN A NUTSHELL Heartland is Owen Pallett... read more »

i (heart) music — Daniel F. wins a copy of Woodpigeon's latest. Thanks to all who entered! read more »

i (heart) music — I was a few years too young to appreciate bands like My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth at their peak (and what I have heard in the ensuing decades hasn't made me want to run and check them out), so unlike some people, I've arrived at Heat-Ray'... read more »

i (heart) music — Just a quick reminder that this: ...is tomorrow (Saturday, January 15th) at Cafe Dekcuf! For just $7, it's sure to be a great night, when you consider that the line-up is: Leif Vollebekk (Nevado Records, celebrating the re-release of the magi... read more »

i (heart) music — ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Catalina Vin - Caleidoscope Catalina Vin is an Argentine-American singer and songwriter who started learning music at the age of seven. Genuine is her first album, in which her roots are reflected through eight indie-pop song... read more »