The Tragically Hip - In A World Possessed By The Human Mind

Just obsesseed with this song right now. Released back in April 2016 as the first single from the Hip's 13th and final album "Man Machine Poem", produced by Kevin Drew and Dave Hamelin. I feel I need to do a deep dive in to the Hip's albums, but this song somehow randomly entered into my consciousness recently and it is a gem.

And wow it's been 10 years since that final tour [a little over year later, Gord would pass away].

Marking the ten-year anniversary of that tour, there is news of an upcoming release of a live album featuring live cuts from performances from that tour and the Hip's farewell concert in their hometown of Kingston, ON.


Official Site: The Tragically Hip

The Linda Lindas - Burning Out

Official Site: The Linda Lindas

Weezer [featuring Wednesday[ - We Might as Well Be Strangers

Official Site: Weezer
Official Site: Wednesday

Tricky - Out of Place

New Tricky!

Official Site: Tricky

Long Live Love

Official Site: Sugar

Christmas Time Is Here

Official Site:Khruangbin

Geese - Taxes

Official Site: Geese

Love Takes Miles

Official Site: Cameron Winter

Green Day - Dilemma

I think I was fooling myself thinking I'd keeping any sort of consistency with posting but here were are in March 2024.

I love Green Day's new song and I was never a huge Green Day fan to begin with.

From their new album "Saviors", the song is big on melody and loud gutiar, bass guitar and drums, delving into minor-chord 50's tinged territory, but sticking to their guns with it's punky chorus.



Official Website | Green Day
Purchase | Green Day - "Saviors"

AC/DC - Mistress for Christmas

How had I not heard this song until last week?



Official Website | AC/DC

Ladytron - All Over By Xmas

Should I just consider posting Christmas songs for the rest of the month? Even if I don't, let's at least post this lovely seasonal one by Ladytron. Recent Ladytron news over at Under The Radar. Their most recent album, their 7th, was "Time's Arrow", released at the beginning of 2023.



Official Website | Ladytron
Purchase: Ladytron - "Time's Arrow"

Pulp - Background Noise [new song]

Last month, Pulp introduced a new song to their recent live set, entitled "Background Noise". Deets at NME.

Feels like 1995 again. And a classic-sounding Pulp song at that.


Official Website | Pulp
Purchase: Pulp - "Hits"

Shane MacGowan, R.I.P.

It is with deep sadness to read the news first thing this morning about the passing of Irish musician and and The Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan. With the passing earlier this year of Sinead O'Connor, this has been a sad year for Irish popular music.

As an Asian-Canadian teenager growing up in the late 80's, Celtic music was as far removed from my musical tastes as could be given my affinity for British alternative bands like The Smiths, The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, and New Order at the time, but The Pogues managed to gain a foothold into my music listening. The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" (included on their 1987 album "If I Should Fall From Grace With God") ranks as one of my favourite songs of all time, and the fact that Shane has passed away just as the Christmas season has begun, will make listening to this song during the Christmas season, bittersweet for years to come.







Official Website | Shane MacGowan
Official Website | The Pogues
Purchase: The Pogues - "If I Shall Fall From Grace With God"

MGMT - Mother Nature

This is hitting pretty good right now on this gloomy, rainy day. Sombre but also very hopeful sounding. MGMT's new album "Loss of Life" is being released February 24, 2024. You can pre-order the new album through their website. Pitchfork has all the deets.



Official Website | MGMT

BADBADNOTGOOD & Charlotte Day Wilson - Sleeper

New sultry, airy, soulful tune from Toronto's BADBADNOTGOOD and Charlotte Day Wilson. Deets at Pitchfork.



Official Website | BADBADNOTGOOD
Official Website | Charlotte Day Wilson

Feist: Hiding Out In The Open | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Official Website | Feist
Purchase: Feist - "Multitudes"

I Saw The Light

I am still in awe of discovering good songs I've never heard before which just confirms that as much as I thought I knew about music, there is so much I don't know. Terry Hall's rendition of the Todd Rundgren classic "I Saw The Light" was a song I discovered randomly off YouTube after Hall's passing (R.I.P) in late 2022, incorporating an easy listening, romantic vibe with the most delectable Bacharach-esque pop melody. The song was featured on Hall's 1997 album, 'Laugh'. To be honest, I don't think I'd ever even listened to Todd Rundgren.





Instagram | Terry Hall
Official Website | Todd Rundgren
Purchase: Terry Hall - "Laugh"
Purchase: Todd Rundgren - Greatest Hits

Choir! Choir! Choir! + Feist sing for Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U

Covers, are covers, some good and some downright terrible. But this is impeccable. Leslie Feist's time seems to be split between living in L.A and Toronto and there's a covert nature to her that you never hear about her unless she's ramping up for new music or a tour. I mean, she did did play a hometown gig in Toronto this past May, so good on her, but she seems content with motherhood to her daughter Tihui, and that's quite alright with me. So it is quite the treat to know of Feist's continued connection to Toronto and her contribution to the Sinead O'Connor tribute show on July 29, 2023 at The Opera House in Toronto - and done as a fundraiser for CAMH.



From the video details on Youtube:
"Upon hearing the tragic news of her passing, we worked quickly to present a night in Sinéad’s honour at Toronto’s Opera House. It sold out quickly. Forty-minutes before show time, our friend, Leslie Feist, texted us to say that she was on her way to join us to sing lead on Nothing Compares 2 U, a Prince-penned song that Sinéad made uniquely her own. What followed this sequence of events was nothing short of magical."

Official Website | Feist
Official Website | Sinead O'Connor
Official Website | Prince

The Chemical Brothers featuring Beck - "Skipping Like A Stone"

The new Chemical Brothers' song featuring Beck on lead vocals, has been growing on me - setting aside their signature big-beat sonics for a more toned-down, yet still upbeat, electro-pop sound. From their newest album "For That Beautiful Feeling", their first in four years, released last month .

Offical Website | The Chemical Brothers
Purchase: The Chemical Brothers - "For That Beautiful Feeling"

The Breeders - Go Man Go

Hadn't caught this song or seen this video until now, although it was released back in late June. What a timewarp back to the 90's. New video (featuring the classic lineup of the band) to go with a previously unreleased track by The Breeders, included on the 30th anniversary reissue of "Last Splash". Deets at Stereogum.



The Breeders | Official Website
Purchase: The Breeders - Last Splash: 30th Anniversary - 2LP's with Colored Vinyl 12-Inch