When I think about summer, I think about Bordeen! Light, pop-rock that lifts the spirit! It’s so cool to see a "band of brothers and a sister" come together creating a different sense of family values. You can hear how tight these guys are! Wicked harmonies and rolling melodies give Bordeen their edge! Check out ‘Broken Bones’ off their latest self titled record. It’s a pop track with a heavy lyric, pretty harmonies and rocking riffs that get you groovin. See them for indie week 10/16 @ the Rivoli. Check their FB for all upcoming shows!

The HIGHS are playing Sat 10/11 @ the Horseshoe Tavern. It’s gonna be a killer show! If you haven’t seen these guys, they are a must see live! What amazing energy together! Their stage presence is as powerful as a church choirs, with layered harmonies and escalating melodies that make your arm hair stand-up! Listen below to ‘Still & Still’ it’s a dream-pop track with pretty vocals, layered guitars and keys that make you playfully bounce a long with it. This track takes me on a long summer drive…can you smell the fresh air? Check FB for upcoming shows in your area, see them live in NYC at the CMJS.

FEMAPCO "in your face"  badass rhyme and rhythm! With style that ranges from fast spits to poetic lines to gritty rips that leave you LMAO to heartfelt anecdotes. Femapco is refreshingly raw hip-pop! Check out the latest track off Ninjamouth, "You Lose’ (feat. Moka Only), it’s knee swaying, body movin’, head boppin track with sick beats and swinging rhymes. See them live Nov 14 @ MishunNightClub for their cd release of North American Idol, check FB for more info.

I got the chance to catch these guys by accident….best accident ever! Hello Womb! Incredible live, extremely tight! Womb is badass rock & roll, with blues and garage influences, the entire arrangement of the EP is right on! Check it out on bandcamp! Listen below to ‘Baby Don’t Love Me’, it’s a raw mixture of a garage vocals, heavy bluezy bass and drums and swinging guitar riffs that take off flying. See them Halloween @ the Bovine Sex Club, check FB for more details. 

Teen Tits Wild Wives is as badass as their name! Catch them Saturday 10/4 @ the Smiling Buddha w/ Das Rad & Toronto Homicide Squad. Be there by 9pm! I was told about these guys in passing and did a double-take when I heard their name…I was like…What! Teen Tits Wild Wives is a genre all it’s own, calling themselves the "noise gang" these guys do it all from experimental noise punk rock to folk, incorporating everything, creating a very diverse sound. Take a Listen below to ‘B wing’ off their latest EP Street Hawkz. It’s a poppin track with rad guitar riffs that explode into digital punk that rocks out with grunge vocals. 

Don’t miss The Soupcans this Friday 10/3 @ This Ain’t Hollywood! Great line-up! See them with Teenanger & TV Freaks, Be there by 9pm! Listen below to their latest track ‘Crimes of the Future, pt 1’ off Incesticide II. It’s a avant punk-thrash track with exotic mixtures of psychodelic guitars, banging hard-core drums and AM raw vocals, that makes a badass listen! Check out their BC page for upcoming shows by you! See you Friday!

Check out The Foreign Films latest record ‘The Record Collector (Side 2)‘. It’s a fantastic fusion of alternative psych-pop rock.  Listen to ‘Emily Blue’ below…shoegaze vocals with awesome power cords that take a journey into a digital world. Go to their FB page to see when they are playing next.

Catch Dirty Jeans Friday 9/26 @ the Burlington Culture Days  w/ Grey\Water.  Be there by 8pm! Watch Dirty Jeans debut video for ‘Voodoo‘.  Let these badass babes put a garage rock spell on you! Check FB to see them again!

Don’t miss Sarah Beatty Thursday 9/25 @ the Moonshine Cafe, 8pm. This pale-haired song bird melts my heart with lovely vocals that tell sweet tales. Listen below to ‘To Be’ off her latest record Black Gramophone. Check her website for a full list of tour dates. 

The Junction Music Festival is going on Saturday 9/20! Dont miss Dear Blackwolf @ the Junction City Music Hall. Be there by 9pm! Listen below to their latest track  ‘Baby Blue‘, a surf- rock song with 50’s inspired guitar riffs and a gritty-soulful vocal. Catch bands like Teenage Kicks, The Beauties, WHIMM and Sun K… just to name a few playing on Saturday. Get the full line up here!

Hey! Hey! Flamingo Bay! See them @ Homegrown Friday 9/19 with Pete Van DYK & The Second Hand Band. Be there by 9pm! Check out Serpentine off their latest record Loco Pony. This track is a dirty rock song with grungy-punk vocals, foot tappin guitar riffs, badass bass lines and swinging drums. The track gets you movin! Don’t miss them Friday!

Check out the latest video ‘Dirty Penny‘ from Flash Lightnin‘. Totally cool! The video was shot @ the Drake Underground. Love me some ‘Dirty Penny’ action; soulful vocals layered on thick guitar riffs, and driven by thrashy-swinging drums. Flash Lightnin’ is pure rock n’ roll. Get info on their cross-Canada tour which kicks off this weekend.