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Listen & Follow on Spotify 2026 kicks off the momentous 15th year of I Heart Hamilton! Let’s start with the first seasonal mix. Get cozy and turn up Winter 2026 ❄️ Are you a musician from Hamilton and the surrounding area? Let me know what you’re up to! I’m always looking for new local music … Read more
Memory Lakes – “Sixate” [Listen]Very talented young, local musicians (Ciaran Galati, Cam Watson, Lucas Hibbs, and Dermott Shepherd) come together to make some experimental, shoegaze, garage rock as Memory Lakes. For a taste of what they’ve been up to, they released Demo 001 this summer. It was great to catch them live a few months back … Read more
Take advantage of these summer Art Crawls while they’re here! The next one on Friday, July 14th also marks the next edition of Raise the Roof at Dr. Disc. This is I Heart Hamilton‘s 5th year co-presenting and booking this series. The series is also co-presented by Hamilton Magazine, and new on board this year, Hamilton Music Collective. Free show … Read more
By Kristin Archer The 2015 Hamilton Music Awards are coming up quickly! This year, the HMAs are taking place in the spring once again and are back at Theatre Aquarius. Events run from May 21-24th. Here’s a quick rundown: HMA Music Industry Conference – Thursday, May 21st @ Dofasco Centre for the Arts HMA Rising … 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
Episode 042 (Aug. 29/14) — I Heart Hamilton (93.3 CFMU) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca In this episode: Interview with Kirby about his hometown show Sept. 3rd at The Casbah with Max Wray; interview with Katie Bulley about her new album Sun Wolf and … Read more
Alvvays – “Adult Diversion” [Listen] Is it a good time, or is it highly inappropriate? I still can’t get enough of this song. It will go down as one of the songs of Summer 2014, without a doubt. Alvvays’ self-titled debut follows through on the strength of this single and does not disappoint. The Toronto-based … Read more
Illitry – “Kingdom Perverted” [Listen] And we’ve got to move on Got to move on now I was stoked to hear new material from one of my favourite local bands. I can’t wait to hear their debut full length which was recorded with Michael Keire at Threshold Studio. This single does not disappoint and I … Read more