Hey everybody! I haven’t personally posted to M-S-G proper in a while. Thankfully KAT has taken the reigns and kept it going and fun and fresh. Anyways, I did a video for the new Jellyfish vinyl box, When These Memories Fade. It’s a fun view, check it out. I’ll check in again soon. Thanks. xo… Read More Unboxing Jellyfish “When These Memories Fade” vinyl box
First off, let’s start with the fact that Martha Zed is an absolutely bangin’ grunge rock name. It’s earnest but still has that rock and roll purr, much like “Cat Song,” Zed’s debut tune. This track is ice cream and hot fudge alt-rock, a classic slacker rhythm with cutie pie vocals. The wailing guitar at… Read More Martha Zed’s debut – Cat Song
Les Cooper knows how to set the mood. Hailing from the Toronto area, this multi-instrumentalist and producer has a long history of orchestrating ambivances through working with musicians, symphonies, and television shows. With his new release Noise, Cooper uses his decades of skills to paint portraits of uncertainty. Gentle but tinkling rhythms and a solid… Read More Les Cooper’s new album Noise is Pensive and Engaging
Trying to write while neck deep in the grind means sometimes good tunes fall through the cracks. Here I’m going to offer my inbox some relief while sharing worthy musical goodness with you lovable clickers. Five tunes not to miss coming right up! Opeongo – tragedy Opeongo’s voice is so uniquely clear that it paints… Read More Five New Tunes Not to Miss
Finally! After years of wait, our own Soda Survive has finally brought his newest project into the daylight. Coventry Carols is a reunion of (e)motion picture’s Soda and drummer Terry Taylor, along with bassist Clifford “Sugarbear” Catropa. Together, the trio have emerged victorious from their first gig in nearby Connecticut, and have released their premiere… Read More Coventry Carols Debut Single – The Well
This mustachioed magician’s new EP has left me spellbound. Peter Cat (Cat Cat) is the mostly solo project of Graham Neil Gillespie, the dapper “sophisti-popster” behind glam-o-rama hit The Saccharine Underground. Peter Cat brings his brand of wry humor and introspection to a new four track EP, entitled The Magus. I was lucky enough to… Read More Addictive new EP The Magus from Glasgow’s Peter Cat
Les Cooper a Toronto’ based producer, mixer, multi-instrumentalist, JUNO award winner, and very cool name haver, has released his debut single, “Stranger.” It starts with buzzy tones before Les’s haunting vocal slides into consciousness. Layers upon layers of swirling instrumentation weave through Cooper’s mellow voice. The speaker of the song seems to carry a very… Read More “Stranger” – Debut Single from Les Cooper
Fresh face Smudgeout, also known as 19 year-old Deanna Fielding, delivers a driving rock track called “Cheap Jewelry.” Smudgeout tells us her frustration with crass consumption and the fashion industry’s stranglehold on people’s wallets and minds. Driving guitars and contralto vocals make me think she’s got shades of Florence sans the Machine in there. But… Read More New Song – “Cheap Jewelry” by Smudgeout
A big thanks to my buddy Soda for giving me the space to share some tunes with you! Thumpasaurus greeted the world with their 2018 sensation “Mental Karate,” and now the rest of us will have to spend our lives scouring eBay for hard copies of their brash debut, Book of Thump. Now they’re back… Read More Thumpasaurus – Thumpaverse album review
Glasgow artist Pinc Wafer’s newest track, his first since his dreamy Needed EP, is a crisp lo-fi constitutional through the struggles of managing a relationship through problematic drinking. Not unlike a good brandy, “0%” wraps you in its smoothness, but finds a moment midway to add a little gravity to the groove. It’s a worthy… Read More Pinc Wafer – New Single “0%”
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