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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 Here we go! Wrapping up the 13th 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 discovering more … Read more
Listen: Episode 495 (August 30/24) I Heart Hamilton airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMUHosted by Kristin Archer Hamilton-based producer Onglish just dropped his third album, Reading Wavs, and we’re doing a super fun collaboration in celebration Onglish has put together a guest DJ mix for this episode, featuring a banger tracklist composed of Hamilton artists who have inspired him, plus songs that … 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 Onglish – “Channels” [Listen]It’s a long lifeYou can change channelsIt’s alright Local producer Onglish moves into the spotlight a little more with his latest release. After being in front of the microphone where he honed his production skills as a solo performer, plus being part of the awesome hip hop … 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
Listen & Follow on Spotify LTtheMonk – “The Lo” [Listen]So eclectic In her records I had to say it’sLove atFirst needle drop Hamilton-based emcee LTtheMonk has been rolling out tracks, videos, and visuals from the universe of his great third album, On The Wall, released last summer. Now he shares brand new single, “The Lo.” Is this the … Read more