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Listen & Follow on Spotify Here we go! Wrapping up the 11th year of I Heart Hamilton with the annual Best Of Playlist. As I always say, it’s so tough to narrow down and rank music, so please use this as your jumping off point to discovering more, and show your support for local artists. … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Math Club – “I Always Let You In” [Listen]Completely undefendedSo fragile, paper thinIt’s not what I intended this timeBut I always let you in This is the perfect local artist to come through with an autumn release. What a welcomed return, to get a brand new album from Math Club, the … Read more
By Kristin Archer Compiling my “Best Of” local releases of the year is one of my favourite things to do on I Heart Hamilton – it’s crazy to know this is my 5th year of it. It’s a testament to our incredible scene that it gets more difficult every time to narrow it down to just my … Read more
Supercrawl By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk (unless otherwise stated) Read Part 2 Ah, Supercrawl Sunday. Since the festival expanded into three days (for the third year now), the final day on Sunday proved to be my favourite yet again. There were less acts to catch and no official duties for me, which meant less running around. … Read more
Episode 140 (Sept. 2/16) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Second of three Supercrawl-themed shows as we lead up to the big weekend (Sept. 9-11) Interviews with Supercrawl performers: Egyptrixx (David Psutka) and Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys + Hamilton Youth Poets More info: Supercrawl … Read more
By Kristin Archer The Dirty Nil – “No Weaknesses” [Listen] Our boys The Dirty Nil drop their very first full length record, Higher Power, this month. It’s a big deal. This is the band’s moment and if you’re not already a fan, you better get to know them now. I was spoiled enough to get … Read more