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october
Kurtys Kidd With his new full-length album, This Dirty Machine, he delivers gritty guitar riffs and meaningful songwriting throughout the ten-track release.
“This Dirty Machine comes from a time when I was in an emotionally tough place,” Kurtys says of the album. “I drove out to the desert one night and just stared up at the stars and contemplated my life, my place on this earth, and even the place of our existence in the universe. The album tells a story of the night and the process to get through it.”
Nelson Sobral Nelson Sobral released new single “What Can I Do”
Freightliner Freightliner released new single “Canadian Cowboys”
Cartidge Heart Cartridge Heart is an independent label based out of Toronto. Go Kick-Ass!4 features 32 previously unreleased tracks by 30 artists based out of Ontario (plus 2 from Quebec) now available on Bandcamp.
Psychlo Oshawa’s Psychlo has released the new album “Controlled Chaos” which includes videos for “Mental for Your Metal” and “C’Mon Baby”
Rawls Royce Alongside the single, Rawls Royce is releasing a video filmed and edited by ToeKnee Radavoi. The video layers historical footage of Toronto from the 1920s and ’30s over clips of the band performing. It opens with a quote from Buenaventura Durruti, published in a Toronto Daily Star article on August 18, 1936: “We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute.”
“The song also takes inspiration from our own experiences living in the city,” the band continues. “Toronto is an expensive, commercially-driven city that often has a cold indifference to the humane, particularly artists and working-class people.
Wishwell Wishwell released new 11-track album “Controlled Emergency”
Giuliana May Italian Alt-Pop Artist & Composer Giuliana May Unveils Debut Single “Who am I?”. “Who am I?”, is accompanied by a hand-crafted short film and visual project. Drawing deep inspiration from 20th-century existential literature—including Luigi Pirandello, T.S. Eliot, and Samuel Beckett—the track explores identity fragmentation, personal metamorphosis, and the social masks worn in a hyper-connected world.
Dead II Society With an outlaw punk/skate punk sound “Dead and Buried” is a relentless freight train of emotion, pain, and love. “Always love hard” says the band “Treat people like you want to be treated. Never back down. And never shy away from grief. It’s all the unused love and words you didn’t get a chance to express or say.”
September
New Nobility New Nobility have released their new album “New Day Tomorrow”. A collection of uplifting songs about love, hope, and new beginnings, the album is a reminder that music can still inspire people and bring us a little closer together.
Solithial Solithial has released the new 11-song album “Empty Vessel”
Royal Commission Royal Commission have shared ‘Hard To Defend’, taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘Into Rock ‘n Roll’ releasing September 24th.
The new track is a quieter rumination on the sort of character you find in small towns and toxic workplaces. “You know that guy who claims to know all your business but hardly ever speaks to you? They get ‘the full story’ off someone who wasn’t even there and they love to tell you all about it!”
The line ‘I wish you all the love that you want back’ is particularly poignant. “It’s kind of feeling simultaneously annoyed by their attitude and a little sad for their projection. Your (supposed) story is all they have.”
Bowes “2nd Best” is a catchy rock country anthem about taking 2nd place in someone’s heart!
Gran Fenwick Toronto’s Gran Fenwick is back with a brand new single and video, invoking 90s alternative rock and psychedelic Britpop in the groovy, fuzzed-out bliss and addictive melodies of “Suicide Sugar” (featuring guest vocals from newcomer, Makinz).
The video is a ton of fun, winking at late 90s house party performance video tropes and riffing on some Buffy the Vampire Slayer-esque campy blood-lust.
Tripsonix Tripsonix is the duo of Brent Rombough and Jason Bulman. The guys behind Pet Rock Radio. Since 2003; this band has done whatever the hell they want, and have released music that breaks all genres down into their own sound. “After over two years of writing, recording, scrapping songs, rewriting others, our tenth album is finally done. We worked with a producer, other than ourselves, for the first time since our first album. Playing skills were pushed to the edge, vocals were taken to a place we never thought was possible. What came out was 24 tracks that represent where we have been the last couple years physically, and mentally. We can honestly say That this is the best overall album we have ever made and can’t wait to share it with you.”
Méli Jane Following the release of her single Aura, French-born, Montreal-based singer-songwriter Méli Jane unveils the song’s official music video, a cinematic visual inspired by summer flings, cottage escapes, wildflower fields, and the intoxicating feeling of falling for someone despite knowing they may never fully give you what you’re searching for.
Inspired by the female singer-songwriters of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Aura blends folk-pop warmth with dreamy nostalgia, capturing the moment when reason quietly gives way to feeling.
Kurtys Kidd “Out On The Spiral Arm” is the first track off of his upcoming full-length album This Dirty Machine. The kickoff single gives a nod to grunge and other 90s alt styles, as well as a more modern take on alternative rock. The new music promises gritty guitar and emotional songwriting throughout the album.
“‘Out On The Spiral Arm’ is a song about isolating yourself because you’re hurt, but then finding out that wherever you go you can find love if you open yourself to it,” Kurtys says of the new single. “Love is all around us in this universe – but you have to be open to it to receive it.”
Baby’s First Pistol Baby’s First Pistol are dropping a new single just in time for their first album release. “Confessional” caps off their debut full-length Affirmation Celebration. It’s a steamy fast n’ furious portrayal of a lurid closed-quarters encounter where all is bared and souls are redeemed. It’s a not-so-gentle reminder that even when no one is watching, someone is watching.
Affirmation Celebration is 11 tracks of nihilist post-hardcore disco. Songs that threaten to flay the skin off your bones and expose the meaty bits for the camera.Affirmation Celebration is available on CD August 21 via Cartridge Heart.
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