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Updated: December 2025 [Originally posted December 7, 2021] Listen & Follow on Spotify I had always wanted to make an all-local, holiday season Playlist! ☃️🎄 I Heart Hamilton turned 10 in 2021, and by then, I had come across enough local holiday tunes to round out a festive mix (so far including Hamilton and Burlington … 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 044 (Sept. 12/14) “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 performers at this year’s Supercrawl – Diana Weir of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and Thought Beneath Film talk about their collaboration; Troy Witherow of Illitry; Supercrawl info More info: Supercrawl HPO … Read more
When I got into 8tracks last year, the very first Playlist I made was dedicated to Supercrawl. Here we are again and I thought I would make it a tradition to get in the mood with a mix. This Playlist features some (but not all!) of the performers at Supercrawl 2014. This is going to … Read more
Art Crawl is this Friday, the 13th (ooh!) and I Heart Hamilton is thrilled to be back co-presenting another season of Dr. Disc‘s Raise the Roof with Hamilton Magazine. Unfortunately, May’s session was cancelled due to the weather, so this is the kick-off to the concert series that will take place each Art Crawl (May-October). Performers … Read more
UPDATE May 11th: Unfortunately, this show was cancelled due to the weather. Tis the season again! Dr. Disc hosts its free “Raise the Roof” rooftop concert series every Art Crawl, May-October. I’m very excited for I Heart Hamilton to co-present the series again alongside Hamilton Magazine. I’m especially pumped to have put together the lineup for the … Read more
New Hands – “Swimming” (KwikFiks Remix) [Listen] You can’t even understand What I’d do for you You can imagine how excited I am whenever there’s some action from the New Hands camp! The band revealed a new song in the form of a remix by Montreal-Toronto based producer KwikFiks and accompanying video. Keep it locked … Read more
I Heart Hamilton on 93.3 CFMU — Episode 023 (Apr. 11/14) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca Episode 023 (Apr. 11/14) In this episode: Interview with Billy Moon; premiere of songs off new EP Young Adult; interview with Thought Beneath Film; premiere of songs off … Read more