Be a tourist in your own city.
By Kristin Archer Jennifer Budd – “Church” [Listen] Let’s go to church Jennifer Budd is a dynamic new local artist on my radar. She released her first album Lip Service last November and it was recorded with my fave producer, Michael Keire at Threshold Studio. It’s an impressive debut and an amazing introduction to the artist … Read more
Episode 059 (Jan. 2/15) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca In this episode: Interviews and live performances by Jon Daly and Greg Preston of The Great Machine and Jimmy Skembaris of Two Stripes Down before they play I Heart Hamilton’s first event of the year … Read more
Here we go! The next I Heart Hamilton show will also be the first one of 2015. Come celebrate the new year with these rad local bands! I Heart Hamilton Presents: The Day After New Year’s Day Fest! with: Two Stripes Down Billy Moon The Great Machine Dizzy Spells Friday, January 2, 2015 The Baltimore … Read more
Jessy Lanza – “Keep Moving” [Listen] Keep moving Looking straight ahead Not thinking of the consequence Jessy Lanza has just produced easily one of the best local albums of the year with Pull My Hair Back. The Album Release party was held in September at This Ain’t Hollywood where she played the whole album to … Read more
Supercrawl Ah, Supercrawl! You left me reeling, yet again. This was the 5th annual Supercrawl, and my third one. The build-up for it was higher than ever and it was the biggest year yet with 100,000 people in attendance. It was an exciting whirlwind of a weekend and once again I’m left with the colossal … Read more
Homegrown Hamilton 27 King William Street Toronto band The Box Tiger were due for a Hamilton show and I was pleased to hear they chose Homegrown this time around. When the band asked me to team up with them to present the show, I didn’t miss a beat in rounding up the dynamic duo of … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West Last year, it worked out that I celebrated my birthday with some of my favourite musicians at Casbah. I wanted the party to be at another show this year and now that I’m venturing into booking them, I thought I would put one together. Making it even better, I … Read more
Seen Documentary Loud City Podcast I was invited to guest co-host an episode of Seen Doc’s Loud City podcast. Cody and Steve have been busy filming around the city, putting together their upcoming documentary about the local music scene. Along with Tom Shea of 100 Mile Microphone (a fantastic local music site), they started up … Read more
Jack & Lois 301 James Street North This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North I had been trying to meet up with the guys of Redanda for a while now and see them live. When they let me know they would be playing at This Ain’t Hollywood with friends The Great Machine, another band I’ve … Read more
Death Cab For Cutie – “You Are A Tourist” [Listen] Cause when you find yourself the villain In the story you have written This song appropriately came out right around when the blog began, as I started thinking like a tourist. I couldn’t get over how this single was perfectly timed with the blog’s launch … Read more