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Listen & Follow on Spotify It’s time for my newest Playlist – turn up Spring 2026 🌸 This mix is extra special, as it coincides with celebrating the 15th year of I Heart Hamilton (and 15 years of these local Playlists)! Are you a musician from Hamilton and the surrounding area? Let me know what … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Here we go! Wrapping up the 14th year of I Heart Hamilton with the annual Best Of Playlist – looking back on another year of local music. As I always say, it’s tough to narrow down and rank music – use this as your jumping off point to discover more Hamilton music, … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Springtime is in full swing! We just celebrated the 14th year of I Heart Hamilton, and I’m so grateful for all of the local music I’ve enjoyed over the years. This city is brimming with talent. Time for the next installment of my quarterly curated roundup, rolling through various genres … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Hello, 2025! We’re kicking off the 14th year of I Heart Hamilton. Last year, I changed my Playlist approach by rounding up a quarterly mix of tunes, and I quite liked that process! There is never a shortage of local music to dig into, and I do my best to … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Time for our next installment! So many new local releases, so little time! I’ve been putting together monthly Playlists since 2011 (here on the blog and Spotify). This year, giving myself a little more time in between to gather more tracks, and round them up by the seasons in quarterly posts. Crank up these jams … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify It’s that time again! Wrapping up the 12th year of I Heart Hamilton with the annual Best Of Playlist. I always say this – it’s so tough to narrow down and rank music, so you can use this as your jumping off point to discovering more local music, and show … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify The Crowleys – “Seasons” [Listen]I’ve been waiting so long for these autumnAutumn colours to call and I wonderWhen will the leaves fall? This one’s been a long time in the making! One of my fave local bands for many years now has been The Crowleys. The band has steadily crafted … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify The Dirty Nil – “Celebration” [Listen]Tell me what you want in the whole wide worldI’ll do it Huge year for Dundas’ own The Dirty Nil, as they bless us with their fourth record, Free Reign To Passions. Super stoked for this next batch of tunes; it’s my favourite from them … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Arkells – “Dance With You” feat. CĹ“ur De Pirate and Aly & AJ [Listen]On s’Ă©tait vus, au loin, enfinTa peau brillait sous les refletsDes miroirs au ciel qui abĂ®maientNos rĂŞves, nos lendemains Arkells brought the party last month with the return of their hometown show, The Rally, at Tim Hortons Field. … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify The Crowleys – “Sewer Drain” [Listen]Down the sewer drainFall my tears like rainDown the lonely pathI will go at last Hamilton’s psych-rock group The Crowleys give us another taste of what we can expect from their upcoming debut full-length album. Released with local label Wel-Pel Records, it’s one of my … Read more