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By Kristin Archer It’s only about a month to go until The JUNO Awards are live in Hamilton on March 15th! To help get you raring to go, here’s a Playlist featuring just some of the nominees – my faves in particular. Canada is on fire right now and I look forward to celebrating our … Read more
The JUNO Awards The Danforth Music Hall 147 Danforth Ave, Toronto By Kristin Archer Back with another exciting update from The JUNO Awards! Of course you know by now, the JUNOs will be here in Hamilton on March 15th. JUNO Week will be here before we know it, so the anticipation was high to hear … Read more
Playlist – Best of 2014 It was particularly difficult this year to narrow down I Heart Hamilton’s “Best Of” Playlist. There were so many fantastic releases in 2014 across the board, that I had to extend my usual Top 10 to Top 20 (plus bonus track!) out of the multitude of local releases I listened … Read more
Supercrawl Post and photos by Kristin Archer and Steph Dubik It’s always the best time of year in this city – Supercrawl! Now in its sixth year, this was I Heart Hamilton’s fourth time hitting the streets to cover the festival. Whenever I think it can’t be topped, it gets bigger and better each year, … Read more
When I got into 8tracks last year, the very first Playlist I made was dedicated to Supercrawl. Here we are again and I thought I would make it a tradition to get in the mood with a mix. This Playlist features some (but not all!) of the performers at Supercrawl 2014. This is going to … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Before we hit the streets to enjoy tomorrow’s Art Crawl, let’s recap July’s! This was the summer Art Crawl I had been waiting for. May’s was a bit rainy but luckily cleared up later; June’s was inexplicably cold – come on, weather! But July – this was just right. I … Read more
Sam Smith – “Money On My Mind” [Listen] I don’t have Money on my mind Money on my mind I do it for I do it for the love Sam Smith has to be my most recent musical obsession, with this stellar debut In The Lonely Hour. Every so often an album comes along that … Read more
New Hands – “Swimming” (KwikFiks Remix) [Listen] You can’t even understand What I’d do for you You can imagine how excited I am whenever there’s some action from the New Hands camp! The band revealed a new song in the form of a remix by Montreal-Toronto based producer KwikFiks and accompanying video. Keep it locked … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West By Steph Dubik When I walked into the Casbah Lounge for what was the first of three last times, I knew it was going to be a night I’d never forget. Although I was alone, I saw lots of familiar faces, and familiar strangers; those people I see frequenting … Read more
Area musicians not afraid to show Tiger-Cat stripes By Andrew Baulcomb Arkells may hold the title for the most infectious CFL anthem with “Ticats Are Hummin,’” but they’re not the only group in town with a love of the Tabbies. Ahead of Sunday’s Grey Cup matchup between Hamilton and Saskatchewan, here’s a selection of five … Read more