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Semmie - As It Was (Harry Styles Cover)
"Semmie cover of Harry Styles song of 'As It Was'"
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James Taylor
Greatest Hits
1976
Warner Bros. Records (US)
2013
Rhino Vinyl (EU)
THE LOCALIST: 2025 Year in Review
DEW— Gorilla Secret (LP)
Release Date: Feb. 8, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Rock, Punk
The debut LP from DEW is a collection of loud, lo-fi, DIY basement punk recordings. The members of DEW are part of a growing youth movement within the local music scene and lead the call for more all-ages venues and events. The band announced their final show was played in September at The Union.
PAPERHATS — DEMAND MORE (EP)
Release Date: Mar. 14, 2025
City: Toronto
Genre: Post Punk
PAPERHATS is a two-piece band formed by the drummer of Toronto band Your Grandad and the guitarist/backing vocalist of local noise band Karloff. DEMAND MORE is an emotional rollercoaster both in its lyrics and sound, resulting in a listening experience that is abrasive, turbulent and uniquely captivating.
SOLSIC—Who Will You Blame (LP)
Release Date: Mar. 19, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Alternative, Hardcore
SOLSIC embraces a combination of hardcore and alternative emo influences on their electric six-track EP. With a relentless pace, the band highlights melodic vocals and harsh screaming layered over a thrashing instrumental performance. The band released a music video to accompany the track “No Loss to Mourn” in October.
Liral — Mooncalf (LP)
Release Date: May 1, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Emo,Folk
Mooncalf is the sophomore album and second full length release from Liral in 2025. This newest installment in the band’s quickly growing discography explicitly contrasts their first release, which featured an experimental exploration of industrial and harsh noise. Throughout Mooncalf, the band’s poignant lyricism intersects with minimalistic acoustic guitars, resulting in an album that is raw and emotionally honest.
Connor Gains — Good Time Buddies (LP)
Release Date: May 1, 2025
City: Cambridge
Genre: Alternative Rock, Blues, Soul
Conor Gains’ musical growth and experience continue to shine through his songwriting. Gains delivers a simultaneously laid back yet impressively passionate performance across the album. Drawing comparisons to The Allman Brothers Band and Nathaniel Rateliff, Good Time Buddies covers significant musical ground while exploring themes of friendship and personal change.
Bree Bartha— Flight Risk (LP)
Release Date: May 25, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Folk Pop
Bree Bartha’s captivating voice and intimate storytelling are front and centre on her album Flight Risk. Bartha’s BandCamp bio describes her writing style as “live from her bedroom floor”. The project contrasts familiar and accessible folk pop production with the complicated and bittersweet theme of homesickness.
BODY MINUS HEAD — An Exercise in Self-Sufficiency (LP)
Release Date: May 30, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Body Minus Head features members from other notable Ontario bands such as Basque, Exalt, Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck and Wayfarer. Their debut album has a total runtime of just under twenty minutes, where the band rips through an absolutely scorching ten track performance packed full of vicious guitar riffs and intense vocals. Physical copies are available via No Funeral Records.
SIN COLA—demo 2025 (Demo)
Release Date: Jun. 30, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Emo Folk
The sophomore demo release from SIN COLA is a compelling two-track installment featuring only vocals, acoustic guitar and the soft buzz of ambient noise filling the background. The recordings immediately establish a warm lo-fi charm that pairs thoughtfully alongside the intimate lyricism and delicate vocal delivery of Nicolas Couture.
Curbside — A Lifetime to Outgrow (LP)
Release Date: Aug. 8, 2025
City: Cambridge
Genre: Skate Punk
Curbside’s sophomore return is a fourteen-track high speed album that is an absolute blur in the best way. Consisting of members from other familiar local bands such as Handheld and Frank Dux, this long-awaited album comes thirteen years after their debut and is faster and heavier than ever! Expect blistering drumming, relentless guitars and intense vocal performances.
Vox Confidential — Journey to the Core of the Earth (EP)
Release Date: Aug. 16, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Psychedelic, Surf Rock
Kitchener’s self-proclaimed “best espionage garage rock band” makes their introduction with a three-track EP which is the perfect soundtrack to the grooviest spy film you can imagine. With vibrant 1960s organ, fuzz-laden guitar and overall surfy vibes, the band manages to sound vintage and familiar while remaining fresh and exciting.
A HORSE NAMED FRIDAY— Feeding (LP)
Release Date: Aug. 21, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Chamber Folk
This album was originally released on BandCamp as a direct fundraiser for Rama, a friend of the band, and her family, who currently reside in Gaza and require immediate support. Feeding is a beautifully somber collection of recordings and songs that were created using a phone. The process with which these songs came to fruition causes the collective project to feel innately delicate and vulnerable.
MAIDEN LANE — DEMAND Bedouin Medicine (LP)
Release Date: Nov. 7, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Garage Rock, Punk
Two years in the making, Maiden Lane presents their loudest and most intense performance to date. BEDOUIN MEDICINE draws its thematic inspiration from the band’s attempt to capture the feeling of modern-day chaos in an album. Blending the raw energy of punk with the simplicity of garage rock and the sonic experimentation of psychedelia, the band has truly hit their stride.
ARCADE ALLSTARS—Destined for Disaster (LP)
Release Date: Nov. 7, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: Ska, Punk
Arcade Allstars follow up their 2023 EP Insert Coin with their first full length album Destined for Disaster. Originally formed during the tail end of the pandemic, the group sounds more cohesive than ever. Their project is loaded with catchy, energetic hooks that will invoke an irresistible urge to get up and dance.
FRANKIE TEARDROP — Black Grasshopper Stew (EP)
Release Date: Nov. 28, 2025
City: Kitchener
Genre: No Wave
The experimental no-wave duo Frankie Teardrop, known for their unique live performances, have recorded their thought-provoking sound on their debut EP Black Grasshopper Stew. Driven by hypnotizing metronomic drum machines paired alongside guitars and vocals soaked in noise, distortion and feedback, the album is abrasive and anarchic, prioritizing an exploration of musical texture in exchange for traditional melodies. The album is available exclusively on Bandcamp.
CARRY ON — Where’d It All Go? (EP)
Release Date: Dec. 5, 2025
City: Waterloo
Genre: Indie Rock
Carry On is the solo project of Anthony Maracek whose sound combines folk storytelling with indie rock’s energy and experimentation. The highlight of the project is Mareck’s songwriting, often finding inspiration from his own stories and life experiences while explicitly leaving room for the audience to create their own interpretations.
Album artwork sourced from Bandcamp.
Featured collage made with contributions by Sangjun Han, Keegan Gingrich, Matt Andrew Lewis, Jo El-Deek, Erica Rippon and Harleen Kaur Dhillon.
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Winnie Ama présente DEKA, un premier album pop aux racines multiples
Artiste pop nord-irlandaise et ghanéenne, Winnie Ama dévoile son premier album intitulé DEKA. Avant de se lancer sous son propre nom, elle a commencé par l’écriture de poèmes puis de chansons pour d’autres artistes. Son goût prononcé pour le storytelling s’inscrit dans une tradition héritée du jazz, avec des influences revendiquées telles qu’Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Blossom Dearie ou Billie Holiday.
DEKA se présente comme une mixtape pop aux contours larges, mêlant disco, soul et folk. Le titre de l’album signifie « un » en éwé, la langue maternelle de sa mère originaire du Ghana. Ce choix symbolise à la fois l’unité et la diversité créative qui traversent le projet. Il marque également la première œuvre complète de l’artiste.
Écrit avec une équipe internationale de producteurs répartis entre la Belgique, la France, le Maroc et le Royaume-Uni, l’album affiche une identité sonore résolument globale. Winnie Ama y explore des thèmes universels tels que l’amour, la trahison, l’acceptation et le pardon. Les chansons abordent aussi la notion d’identité, le sentiment d’appartenance et l’importance des relations durables, notamment l’amitié.
L’artiste décrit DEKA comme un choix assumé de lumière, sans nier les périodes plus sombres qui l’ont précédé. Chaque morceau possède, selon elle, un battement propre, à l’image des différentes étapes de la vie. Le disque revendique une énergie positive tout en reconnaissant la complexité des émotions humaines. Cette approche confère à l’ensemble un caractère à la fois intime et fédérateur.
Avec DEKA, Winnie Ama signe une entrée remarquée sur la scène pop internationale. L’album reflète son identité nord-irlandaise et ghanéenne tout en célébrant la richesse des parcours personnels. Ce premier projet pose les bases d’un univers musical ouvert, sincère et profondément humain.
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/6N5lXxIthFWuHhdVs8vC4b?si=VpakT9mQQ1qKfMBvQo8bYg
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No Museums - While I'm Still Warm
"...fuzzy, whirring, jangly, melodic brilliance that may well be his finest yet !"
U2 - Neue Live-Aufnahme. U2-Frontmann Bono und -Gitarrist The Edge haben gestern eine gemeinsame Akustik-Performance veröffen......
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Sébastien Lacombe interroge notre époque avec “La vie des autres”
Sébastien Lacombe, auteur-compositeur montréalais, célèbre cette année vingt ans de carrière. Nomade dans l’âme et conteur attentif à son époque, il revient avec La vie des autres, second extrait d’un album attendu au printemps 2026. Après Satan en maillot, dévoilé en avril, ce nouveau titre s’inscrit dans une continuité artistique assumée.
L’artiste y aborde sans détour la place envahissante des réseaux sociaux dans nos vies quotidiennes. À travers une narration précise, il questionne les valeurs matérialistes souvent véhiculées par ces plateformes. Les paroles mettent en lumière la tentation permanente de se comparer aux autres. Lacombe souligne ainsi la fragilité de notre rapport au manque et à l’envie.
Musicalement, La vie des autres s’inscrit dans une folk-pop entraînante, teintée d’un charme rétro discret. La chanson rappelle l’importance de vivre et d’aimer sa propre existence plutôt que d’envier des vies idéalisées. Sébastien Lacombe signe le texte, la musique et la coréalisation du morceau, tout en assurant la guitare acoustique, la voix et les percussions.
Il s’entoure pour l’occasion de musiciens reconnus, dont André Papanicolaou, Vincent Carré, Charles Imbeau, Olaf Gundel et Marc Thériault. L’ensemble apporte une richesse instrumentale qui soutient le propos sans jamais l’alourdir. Ce nouvel extrait confirme la cohérence d’une démarche artistique engagée et accessible. Il s’inscrit pleinement dans une œuvre marquée par l’observation lucide du monde contemporain.
Avec La vie des autres, Sébastien Lacombe livre un titre actuel et réfléchi, fidèle à son parcours d’auteur engagé. Ce nouvel avant-goût annonce un septième album attendu au printemps 2026. L’artiste sera également en concert le 23 septembre prochain à Montréal pour souligner ses vingt ans de carrière.
#album2026 #auteurCompositeur #chansonQuébécoise #folkPop #LaVieDesAutres #musiqueFrancophone #nouvelExtrait #SébastienLacombe
Timus trace sa route avec “Notre Himalaya”
Timus est né de la rencontre entre François Godot et Jean-Baptiste Meyer, deux amis réunis à la vingtaine par leurs études. Très vite, l’écriture et la composition deviennent un terrain de jeu commun, nourri par une véritable complicité artistique. Installé à Nancy, ce duo lorrain développe un univers chanté en français, porté par des mots simples et sincères.
Auteurs-compositeurs, ils explorent les émotions humaines dans leurs nuances et leurs contradictions. Leur méthode de travail repose sur une complémentarité assumée entre la guitare de Jean-Baptiste Meyer et la créativité de François Godot au chant. La guitare acoustique occupe une place centrale dans leur identité sonore. Leurs influences, larges et éclectiques, vont de la pop au folk, en passant par le rock et la scène française.
Après quelques années d’éloignement, leurs chemins se croisent de nouveau, comme une évidence. Devenus pères et professionnels de santé, ils n’ont jamais perdu leur envie de créer et de partager de la musique. C’est dans ce contexte qu’est née la chanson « Notre Himalaya », écrite comme une interrogation autour de l’appel du voyage.
Le titre évoque l’envie d’évasion et la rupture avec le quotidien, inspirée par les tours du monde et les grands départs. En filigrane, la chanson aborde aussi les attaches affectives et les limites de cette quête de liberté. En 2024, Timus se lance dans la production de son premier EP autoproduit, intitulé Nouvel air, composé de dix titres. En 2025, le duo revient sur scène et accompagne cette nouvelle étape par la sortie du single « Notre Himalaya ».
Avec « Notre Himalaya », Timus signe une chanson intime et universelle à la fois. Le morceau reflète leur regard sur le monde et leur désir de liberté, sans occulter les racines qui retiennent. Une entrée en matière sensible pour un projet musical profondément humain.
https://soundcloud.com/timus-869643168/notre-himalaya-mp3
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Various Artists - Start-Track - SAMPLER 2023
"Sampler '23 of cassette label Start-track.com"
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Kindness Inc. - The Ballad of the Crone
"a simple folk song, with a simple theme: an old woman waiting on the shore for her man - who will never come back"
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“Show Me The Light” finds Maddie Rose turning personal healing into quiet clarity. https://thebandcampdiaries.com/post/803377675846778880/maddie-rose-show-me-the-light
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Lydia Hahm - The Leaves Are Still Green
"This is a folk pop song about enjoying the limited time you have with the people around you."
1,8 Mio. Menschen in Deutschland leben mit Demenz..
„Ein letztes Mal" - unsere neue Ballade über das Verschwinden von Erinnerungen und das, was bleibt
- ist ab heute überall streambar.
Hör gerne rein und sag uns, was der Song mit dir macht. Du hast Demenz oder Alzheimer schon in der Familie erlebt? Wenn du magst, teile deine Erfahrungen in den Kommentaren.
#einletztesmal #neuesingle #demenz #alzheimer #awareness #deutschpop #folkpop #familienleben
Oehl - Dunkle Magie. Weihnachten ist manchmal viel zu viel. Zu viel Konsum. Zu viel Gefühl. Doch ist es nie zu viel des G......
#AngelVassilev #DieHeiterkeit #Oehl #RaphaelKrenn #RomiRabić #TristanBrusch#Album #AmbientPop #FolkPop
https://www.musikblog.de/2025/12/oehl-dunkle-magie/
Song: River of time
Artist: #JormaKaukonen
Album: River of time
Year: 2009
Genre: #FolkPop
"A river of time, it marks our life
From birth to death, there is no rhyme
A chance to meet, along the way
Will we go or, will we stay?
There is no sound of, tolling bells
The task on earth is living well"
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Joanna Sternberg Sings “I’ve Got Me”
Listen to this track by New York City-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist Joanna Sternberg. It’s “I’ve Got Me”, the title track of their second record that came out in June of 2023. It followed their debut Then I Try Some More from 2019, a record that established their artistic voice as one who leads with stark self-examination, candour, and with a homemade approach to presenting music that is highly personal and universal at the same time. Scoring high marks with critics upon its release, music publications noted that this follow-up revealed greater ambition beyond that debut while still retaining its aural coziness.
Sternberg wrote the songs that appeared on the record during a period of personal transition out of bad relationships and substance use. Putting the new record together had been challenging on other fronts, corresponding with the initial phase of the pandemic. Sternberg included songs they’d tinkered with for many years even before their debut while also writing new ones.
Old and new, the songs are couched in a sound that suggests 1930s dustbowl folk textures meeting with the melodic qualities of the American Songbook. Sternberg’s voice sounds like it belongs to someone you know, singing the tunes as they sit beside you, if not directly for your benefit. In fact, it seems like this song, and others on the record, are necessary for the songwriter to sing, rather than presented primarily as a way to entertain an audience.
Art in general plays an important role for many people to make sense of their lives and existence in a world that often feels so isolating. Even for people without ADHD, autism, and being non-binary as Sternberg is, feelings of self-doubt, self-consciousness in social settings, and struggles with identity and purpose plague many of us.
Navigating the intricacies of relationships and how that corresponds to how we view ourselves in them and outside of them challenges everyone. Sternberg reflects these themes strongly in this tune, which presents many of these struggles upfront. But it also contains a turnaround that captures something that’s equally powerful in everyone’s life.
Joanna Sternberg performing in 2019. image: Roberta (cropped)The song starts off in a bleak but plain-spoken place nested in an undeniable truth; that good or bad, we’re stuck with ourselves. However we present ourselves to the world, or how other people project traits, characteristics, roles, and identities onto us, we can’t escape our own internal voices, fears, doubts, and feelings. When we wake up, there we are. When we go to bed, there we are still.
In between as we engage in the routines and rhythms of our lives, the internal chaos of our histories, perceptions, and anxieties come right along with us. Sometimes those inner demons speak out of turn at exactly the wrong moments. We have our baggage to carry with us, no matter how heavy it is. And the only way forward is through.
“And all my faults and flaws and lies
Are no one’s fault but mine
Between self-hatred and self-awareness
Is a very small thin line
I can’t stop my worry, and my fury
Of all that I’ve done wrong
I waste so much time I mean it
So much time …”~ “I’ve Got Me” by Joanna Sternberg
Left by itself, this section of the tune might be construed as an exercise in wallowing in self pity, employing stark language that hits like a hammer, in particular the lines between self-hatred and self awareness is a very small thin line and I waste so much time, I mean it, so much time.
But “I’ve Got Me” isn’t a self-pitying statement of suffering, dissatisfaction, or hopelessness. It’s a journey away from it. Sternberg accomplishes this by being upfront with their language, as always. But they also manage to convey a temperature change in their delivery as the song progresses, doing so with great subtlety.
As much as “I’ve Got Me” is about being subject to forces that have shaped us beyond our control, it’s also a song about taking back that control. It’s a statement about ownership and of doing the things that are necessary to set ourselves on the right roads as we see them after making mistakes. This involves taking actions even if those actions seem small.
Why is it so hard to be kind and gentle to myself?
Take the box of self-deprecation
Lock it and put it on the shelf
Then wait five days, take that box
Throw it in the fire
Maybe one day
Oh, yeah
One fine day
“I’ve Got Me” catches the song’s narrator at a point of realization. They haven’t quite put their self-doubt and insecurity to rest. But the vision for how to do that is here. “I’ve Got Me” is a declaration. It’s a manifestation that if laying down one’s burdens can be pictured, then it’s also achievable. By putting it in a song, the song itself becomes a vehicle for emancipation for its author, just by singing it. For us, it models our own struggles and therefore reminds us that we aren’t as alone and powerless as we think.
In this, “I’ve Got Me” isn’t a diary entry or even primarily a means of art therapy for its author. It’s also an expression of empathy and care for anyone who feels a bit lost and unsure of their own worth sometimes. It acknowledges that the act of pushing through struggles, baggage, and pain is a human reality beyond just a single set of circumstances. The implicit takeaway in “I’ve Got Me” is a call for self-love in the midst of that, no matter who we are or what we’re carrying around with us.
By the end of two minutes and change of a running time, Sternberg’s tune can be as much about us as it is about them. We’ve all got ourselves, warts and all. But we’ve also got ourselves; whole universes of warm emotions, treasured memories, unique perspectives, and possibilities that the world has never seen the like of ever before.
Joanna Sternberg is an active musician, songwriter, and visual artist today. You can learn more about them at joannasternberg.com
For more on Joanna Sternberg and the role that songwriting and making art plays in their life, check out this 2023 interview on Pitchfork.
Enjoy!
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