Sam Roberts, k-os, DJ Shub, Bad Waitress and more model their best music tees
Published Apr 14, 2021 Stop wearing T-shirts of bands you don t listen to, some asshole wrote on a cardboard sign and then got 1.5 million likes on Instagram.
People are, of course, free to wear whatever the hell they want, since band T-shirts can serve many functions. Buying music tees puts money in artists pockets, supports local retailers, and functions as the very bedrock of the concert industry. And, perhaps most importantly, they look cool as hell.
We asked an array of Canadian artists to take photos wearing their favourite band shirts, and they responded by shouting out key influences, waxing nostalgic about memorable live shows, and promoting friends and collaborators. Regardless of the stories behind the shirts, they all share one common denominator they look awesome.
Bernice s Subverted Pop Shines Brilliantly on Eau de Bonjourno
Published Mar 01, 2021
9Bernice s entrancing music holds no bounds the Toronto-based group are keen to throw genre expectations to the wind, and ultimately for the best. Keeping things unexpected and askew are what Bernice excel at, and with their second LP,
Eau de Bonjourno, the follow-up to 2018 s acclaimed
The brainchild of songwriter and musician Robin Dann, Bernice are rooted in expansive experimental pop that weaves elements of jazz, electro, R&B and soul into something simultaneously complex and playful, and utterly unique. Dann wrote Eau de Bonjourno with long-time collaborators Daniel Fortin (bass), Felicity Williams (vocals), Thom Gill (keys/guitar), and Philippe Melanson (e-percussion/drums), at a Toronto Islands artist centre. Between them, they ve performed with Bahamas, Andy Shauf, Lido Pimienta, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and others, and their extensive CVs are apparent from the first song. Adding
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NOW’s favourite Toronto music of February 2021
Check out some of our favourite new releases, including a Black History covers compilation, Luna Li s new Jams EP and much more By Richard Trapunski and Kelsey Adams
Feb 5, 2021
Warner Music has put out a Black History Month covers compilation dedicated to Jacksoul s Haydain Neale (pictured here).
We’re deep in quarantine winter doldrums, but great new Toronto music continues to drop. Today is Bandcamp Friday, so give a listen to some of our favourite new release albums, singles and virtual live performances and pick up what you can on Bandcamp wherever you can to send your money straight to the artists or their chosen charities.
Happy New Year, indeed. Many lessons were learned from the previous 365-day span … but most importantly, it is the music that shall continue to help see us through. So here we go, giving you the skinny, the business, and the 415 about what is good and on the horizon this year. Good Things!
BERNICE, GROOVE ELATION
I’m going on four years of being oh-so-deep in the bag for Bernice, the Toronto-based project of vocalist and songwriter Robin Dann, so much so that I’ve even drummed up comparisons between the group’s work and that of Joni Mitchell. Those correlations may be a bit overstated Bernice is a tad funkier version of Laurie Anderson. I’ve actually gone out of my way to play the group’s uncanny songs that’s their vibe to a friend who in turn looked me dead in the pupil, while writing down a trustworthy weed connect, and then walked away briskly, in silence.