Vancouver Indie Funk Rockers Raincity Release CRAZY Video Ahead Of International Women's Day

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 Vancouver indie funk rock group Raincity are pleased to announce the release of their 'Crazy' video, premiering exclusively on Aesthetic Magazine today. 

‘Crazy’ is a track from Raincity's self-titled EP which was released in June 2019. The ‘Crazy’ video was directed by Wayne Chung and Bailey Wood, who also did their 'Give This Up'  video, and features artwork by Vancouver artist, Taka Sudo, who created the cover of Raincity’s latest EP.

'Crazy' is a song with a strong feminist message, so Raincity wanted the release of the video to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8th. 

“‘Crazy' is a song about betrayal and gaslighting," says Raincity vocalist Clare Twiddy. "It talks about a relationship where the other person is hiding information from you and making you feel crazy for looking into it. We wanted to portray the same feeling by showing ourselves on display in an art museum and having the critics look through us as if they weren’t hearing us. The stark contrast of lighting in the video and the shots where the critics are missing, allude to the experience of thinking 'it’s all in my head' which are the last lines of the song.”

Raincity (formerly known as Raincity Blue) recorded their debut album Stuck on Replay in 2017 and released the album to a sold-out audience at Vancouver’s Wise Hall in January 2018. Throughout 2018, the band progressed to the Top 100 of CBC Searchlight, performed at a number of festivals (including Victoria’s Rifflandia and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival), and won contests including: the Hard Rock Casino's Rock the Mic, Music Heals Covers for the Cause, and The Roxy Launch Project. 

The band recently won the Best in Vancouver band contest and opened for Vancouver funk legends Five Alarm Funk at The Commodore Ballroom in December 2019. Raincity plan to spend much of 2020 on the road and will be releasing a brand new single this summer. 

Raincity's self-titled EP is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services. For more information, please visit: thatbandraincity.com


UPCOMING RAINCITY SHOWS
March 12 - Campbell River, BC - Tidemark Theatre
March 13 - Nanaimo, BC - The Corner Lounge
March 14 - Victoria, BC - The Capital Ballroom
April 4 - Point Roberts, WA - Breakwaters
April 11 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret 
April 25 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret 

 

RAINCITY IS:
Vocals - Clare Twiddy
Saxophone - Kaylar Chan
Guitar - Ryley Kirkpatrick
Drums - Sheldon D’Eith
Bass - Ginger Chen

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Krystle Dos Santos' New Album BLOOM / BURN is out today!

Vancouver blues, jazz and soul singer Krystle Dos Santos is excited to announce the release of her new album Bloom / Burn out today on all digital music platforms.

Bloom / Burn is the 4th studio release from award winning musician Krystle Dos Santos. The two-sided album explores the darkness and light that life offers and features a mix of everything from sweet soul ballads to rock anthems, including singles 'Buried Alive' and 'Worthy'. It's music for all of life's up and downs.

 “We are constantly in an ebb and flow of renewal, always one leading into the next, and I wanted to write an album about how when something blooms in my life, something usually also burns away," says Krystle. "Neither is positive nor negative, but necessary to each other and being open to whatever each brings.”

Krystle Dos Santos grew up in Edmonton and her roots are Guyanese. She celebrated the release Bloom / Burn with an early album release show in Vancouver last week, and will follow that with hometown release shows in Edmonton on March 28th and 29th. See below for all upcoming tour dates. 

In addition to performing, Dos Santos is an actor and has starred in The Vancouver Arts Club musical 'Dream Girls', 'The Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen' at The Firehall Arts Centre, and created a show called ‘BLAK, exploring Canada’s Black History'. She loves performing for young audiences to share the 'History of Motown' in schools and is currently working on a cabaret style musical, 'Hey Viola!' about Viola Desmond with award winning producer/writer Tracey Power that premiere this September. 

Krystle Dos Santos' new album Bloom / Burn  is available NOW on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services. For more information, please visit: krystledossantos.com

 
KRYSTLE DOS SANTOS >> UPCOMING TOUR DATES
March 28 + 29 - Edmonton, AB - Spotlight Cabaret (Album Release Shows) 
April 7 - Vancouver, BC - Guilt & Company 
April 16 - Cranbrook, BC - Key City Theatre

KRYSTLE DOS SANTOS - BLOOM / BURN
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 28th, 2020
(Independent)
01.  Bloom
02.  Better
03.  Worthy
04.  Here 4 U
05.  Walk On Through
06.  Burn 
07.  Crazy Down
08.  I Cry
09.  Tired Of Love
10. Buried Alive
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Vancouver Indie Rockers Small Town Artillery Announce New EP + Cross-Canada Tour

1st Single ‘Day As An Arrow’ Out Today
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 After premiering their new single and video ‘Day As An Arrow’ yesterday, Vancouver indie rock band Small Town Artillery are excited to announce the release of a brand new EP on March 6th. Entitled Bright Side Bandits, the surprise release of the 4-song EP comes just as the band is about to kick-off their 2.5 month Cross-Canada Tour which starts in Vancouver on March 6th at the Rickshaw Theatre. See below for complete tour listings. 

The Bright Side Bandits EP is the 4th studio release from Small Town Artillery, following their 3rd album Don’t Talk Away The Magic which was released in 2018. The video for the politically charged 1st single ‘Day As An Arrow’ features Amar Mangat, a teacher at Queer ASL Vancouver, and Vancouver-based dancer/performer Monica Gutierrez. 

“‘Day As An Arrow’ was born on the banks of the Xingu River in the heart of the Amazon 7 years ago after seeing the heartbreaking displacement of Indigenous peoples as a direct result of industry,” says lead vocalist Tom van Deursen. “In its final form, the song pulls taught the question of where you’d fly if you could move much faster than the frustrating snail’s pace of politics and reconciliation. It is dedicated to the Wet’suwet’en people of northern BC, who are relentlessly fighting as you read this for their voices to be heard.”

Small Town Artillery’s upcoming Cross-Canada Tour will see the band on the road for 2.5 months with 2 vehicles - a tour van and a 24 foot RV. The majority of the tour focuses on smaller markets off the beaten path with the band collaborating with local bands/artists and community programs where they can. While on tour, the band will also be filming a documentary about rural Canada and the people who keep art and music alive in each town, interviewing locals and capturing a band learning on the road. They also plan to raise awareness of the issues they hold close: Indigenous rights, climate, and the importance of live music.

Originally from Kaslo, British Columbia, and now based out of Vancouver, Small Town Artillery are often described as a ‘Rock band with a horn section’. To spin up a sonic image of the group, imagine if Billy Talent and Rage Against The Machine met up with Cat Empire and Bruce Springsteen, and wrote an album about the world. Founding members and blood brothers, Tom and Derek van Deursen, have been playing together for 20 years, realizing a lifelong brotherhood dream of seeing the world through their own music. 

In 2019, Small Town Artillery played more than 60 shows, including highlights such as: headlining Edge Of The World Festival on Haida Gwaii, the Holland stage at Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival, and organizing, hosting and headlining their own festival in Vancouver called the East Van Block Party.  They also completed their first tour in Ontario, opening up for critically acclaimed Canadian funk band Five Alarm Funk in September. The year ended with a Boxing Day show at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver with Five Alarm Funk, proving that Small Town Artillery is ready to energize larger and larger audiences. 

Small Town Artillery’s new single 'Day As An Arrow' is available today on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services. Their new EP will be available on all digital platforms on March 6th. For more information and the most up-to-date tour listings, please visit: smalltownartillery.com

SMALL TOWN ARTILLERY >> UPCOMING TOUR DATES
March 6 - Vancouver, BC -  Rickshaw Theatre
March 7 - Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
March 19 - Port McNeill, BC - Gatehouse Theatre
March 20 - Duncan, BC - Red Arrow Brewing Block Party
March 21 - Powell River, BC  - Evergreen Theatre 
March 25 - Penticton, BC - Slackwater Brewery
March 26 - Revelstoke, BC - Traverse Nightclub
March 27 - Golden, BC - Rockwater Bar & Grill
March 28 - Creston, BC - Casey’s Community House
March 30 - Kaslo, BC - JVH Lighthouse Theatre
April 2 - Camrose, AB - Bailey Theatre
April 4 - Edmonton, AB - Station On Jasper
April 7 & 8 - Meadow Lake, SK - TBA
April 10 - North Battleford, SK - Freebird Collective
April 11 - Nipawin, SK - Street Party (hosted by The Dam Smokehouse)
April 16 - Onanole, MB - House Party
April 17 - Winnipeg, MB - Times Change(d)
April 18 - Kenora, ON - Lake Of The Woods Brewing
April 20 - Dryden, ON - Midtown Stage
April 22 - Sioux Lookout, ON - Legion
April 23 - Fort Frances, ON - Little Beaver Community Centre
April 24 - Thunder Bay ON - Black Pirates Pub
April 25 - Wawa, ON - TBA
April 29 - Sudbury, ON - The Asylum
April 30 - Owen Sound, ON - Heartwood Cafe (Upstairs)
May 1 & 2 - Belleville, ON - Signal Brewery
May 6 - Fredericton, NB - Grimross Brewery
May 7 - Halifax, NS - Seahorse Tavern
May 8 - Charlottetown, PEI - Baba’s Lounge
May 9 - Saint John, NB - Pepper’s Pub
May 14 - Sherbrooke, QC - TBA
May 15 - Burnstown, ON - Neat Cafe
May 16 - Montreal, QC - La Vitrola
May 19-23 - Toronto, ON - Canadian Music Week 
 

SMALL TOWN ARTILLERY IS:
Tom van Deursen - Guitar/Vocals
Derek van Deursen - Drums/Vocals
Carson Webber - Bass
Alex Maher - Tenor Saxophone 
Phil Austrom - Trumpet

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Edmonton Indie Rockers Nature Of Release New Album TODAY + Premiere New Video!

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Today's the day! Edmonton indie rock band Nature Of's third full-length album, The Mean, gets its official release today and is available NOW on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and all other digital retailers and streaming services. To celebrate the release of their new album, Nature Of are also premiering the video for their single 'Middle of the Morning' and have announced some Canadian tour dates, including a belated album release show in Edmonton on April 4th. See below for full tour schedule. 

Nature Of teamed up with producer Marcus Paquin (The National, Arcade Fire) to record The Mean, which refers to the point on a spectrum where the scales no longer tip in favour of one side or the other.

"Perfect balance is hard to find and harder to maintain so it’s less about stasis and more about moving in directions that inspire growth while remaining grounded," says lead vocalist Steven Schneider. "The songs on The Mean explore a personal struggle to exist within the push and pull; between the extremes in life. A large part of these recordings were done at home so there are lots of creaks and cracks unintentionally contributing to how the record sounds.”

After meeting through the skateboard community in their hometown of Edmonton, the band released their self-titled debut album in 2014 and their 2nd album Cherish in 2017. Nature Of is poised to breakout this year with the release of The Mean and have already been featured on CBC Music, the Edmonton Journal, and recently toured with Close Talker. 

Look for Nature Of on tour in support of The Mean this spring. For more information and the most up-to-date tour listings please visit: natureofband.com

NATURE OF >> UPCOMING TOUR DATES
March 26th - Jasper, AB - Whistle Stop Pub
March 31st - Kelowna, BC - Vibes Bar
April 2nd - Calgary, AB - Ironwood Stage & Grill 
April 3rd - Red Deer, AB - Red Hart Brewing
April 4th - Edmonton, AB - CKUA (Album Release Show)
April 10th - Regina, SK - Revival
April 11th - Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret
April 15th - Ottawa, ON - The Rainbow
April 16th - Kingston, ON - The Underground
April 18th - Toronto, ON - The Burdock
April 21st - Saskatoon, SK - The Capitol

NATURE OF - THE MEAN
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 21st, 2020
(Independent)
01.  Summer Boy
02.  Night Skiing
03.  Tiffany
04.  Behave
05.  You And Only 
06.  Now You're Out 
07.  High Again
08.  Middle Of The Morning
09.  End Of My Station
10.  Alright Moonlight
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NATURE OF IS:
Steven Schneider - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Cole Switzer - Guitar 
Kyla Rankine - Bass
Cam O'Neill - Drums 

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Alberta Indie Folk Rockers Elk Run + Riot's New Album MORNING LIGHT Out Today!

Western Canadian Tour Dates Starting February 14th

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Alberta indie folk rock group Elk Run + Riot are excited to announce the release of their fourth full-length album Morning Light, out today on all digital music platforms. They will also be touring in support of the album starting on February 14th in Field, BC. See below for full tour schedule.

Morning Light was written by Elk Run + Riot in one night in a cabin in Golden, BC. The guys went on a songwriting retreat for a night to come up with new material and ended up with enough songs for an entire album! With this album, the band really tried to create a sound that is as true to their live sound as possible. 

"We feel like oftentimes artists tend to lose a bit of themselves in the studio, creating something that by the end of the project sounds nothing like how they actually sound, and we always try to be as honest with our fans as we can," says vocalist/guitarist Ryan Schepens. "This album was written in one night and recorded live off the floor in just two days and we are super proud of the end result. We hope our fans enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it!”

Morning Light was recorded at Studio D in Calgary, Alberta by Steve Dierkens, who co-produced the album with Elk Run + Riot. The album touches on things like addiction, love/friends lost, growing up, and he many times they’ve been crammed in the back of a Dodge Caravan for weeks and months at a time just trying to make a name for themselves.

Formed in 2013 in Canmore, AB, with each release Elk Run + Riot have consistently built on their strengths—three and four-part harmonies and a no-nonsense group mentality reminiscent of The Band. Since releasing their 3rd album Animalia in early 2018, Elk Run + Riot have been tearing up western Canada, and in the process winning over scores of new fans with their high-energy brand of alternative folk.

Elk Run + Riot’s new album Morning Light is available NOW on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services. For more information and the most up-to-date tour listings, please visit: elkrunriot.com


ELK RUN + RIOT >> UPCOMING TOUR DATES
Feb 14 - Field, BC - Field Community Centre
Feb 28 - Banff, AB - Banff Legion 
March 7 - Panorama Resort, BC - T-Bar and Grill 
March 21 - Castle Mountain Resort, AB - Beats In The Base
March 27 - Revelstoke, BC - The Last Drop
April 3 - Calgary, AB - Ironwood Stage & Grill
April 11 - Lake Louise Resort, AB - Kokanee Cabin
April 12 - Lake Louise Resort, AB - Kokanee Cabin
April 23 - Edmonton, AB - The Aviary
April 25 - Saskatoon, SK - Capitol Music Club

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ELK RUN + RIOT - MORNING LIGHT
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 31st, 2020
(Independent)
01.  Brothers
02.  Morning Light
03.  Castle Wolf
04.  Lost Bets
05.  Make It Count
06.  Time Flies
07.  Down On My Luck
08.  Victoria
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ELK RUN + RIOT IS:
Ryan Schepens - Vocals/Guitar
Andrew Cotter - Vocals/Guitar/Bass
Brian Bailey - Mandolin/Bass
 

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