Now the running joke when I worked at an alternative rock station back when Canadian rock radio was all about Nickelback, Default, and Theory Of A Deadman was that those three bands sounded so alike that we coined them "Theory Of A Nickefault'…clearly the record companies loved that…l-o-v-e-d.
I've been a fan of Juno Award winner Meaghan Smith long before she was named Bell Media's Future Star, last month, with her winning song "Have A Heart."
So my latest "hit replay and listen to the song 10x in one day" song is from a new Canadian artist that was just signed to Warner Music Canada.
Truth be told, when I first heard the track I thought he was from across the pond—in my musical brain he has a UK music vibe to him (and in my books that's a very good thing, because I do love me some UK music).
Introducing . . . (drum roll please) . . . Scott Helman.
Brett Kissel is a twenty-three-year-old singer from Flat Lake, Alberta.
He has been dominating the Canadian Country Charts over the last few weeks. He has had the #1 Canadian country song for five weeks (and counting) and the #1 video at CMT for two weeks straight, all with his debut single "Started With A Song."
And to those musical accomplishments, Brett can add this stat: He set a Canadian country radio record for most adds in the first week of the single’s release.
The Ottawa electro-indie rock band FEVERS have just released their debut album, 'No Room For Light' (available on iTunes).
It was produced in Ottawa and Toronto by acclaimed producer Laurence Currie (Sloan, Wintersleep, Hey Rosetta!), and has already been picked up by CBC Music as a must listen: "It’s a challenging thing to make a care-free dance rock album while carefully stepping through a maze of wires and cables on a studio floor. Ottawa’s Fevers has accomplished that feat on their debut album, No Room for Light."
Today on the Bsides, we spotlight a new band hailing from Canada, by the name of Cygnets.
Having shared the stage with acts, such as You Say Party! We Say Die! and Shout Out Out Out Out, they are definitely a group that has been drawing attention.
Fevers are an Ottawa-based five-piece musical unit, who describe themselves as "purveyors of independent electronic pop."
Their music is a fresh take on the classic genre, combining indie rock and electronic music. They built on the work of M83, Passion Pit and The Postal Service and developed their own distinct modern sound...and they do it well.
"I want to help people who think they are stuck in life and can't make it better, to keep it moving. I want to be someone's rock and safe place when everything falls apart." ~Rebecca Raabis
This up and coming independent singer/songwriter is about to prove that dreams really can come true.
