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Month: July 2022

  • Metal Rockers POLARITY Set Out on “Destruction Of Memory” with Release of New Single — Available Now!

    Website YouTube — “Destruction Of Memory” Canadian metal band POLARITY puts on a technical sonic showcase filled with wailing guitars and complex drum patterns while conveying observations in a world where history continues to be determined by exploitative forces. A combination of grit and raw musical expertise set the stage for POLARITY’s blistering new single,…

  • Montreal-Based Venezuelan Alt-Folk Artist SUNRAY MINOR Releases Sunny, Shimmery “Life of the Party”

    Song Arrives Ahead of Ambitious Album-and-Novella Project, One Day, Maybe — Out August 2022 Website YouTube — “Life of the Party” Sometimes there’s nothing like a house party among close friends to crystallize one of your life’s chapters and put everything into sharp, prismatic relief. Montreal-based alt-folk artist Sunray Minor captures all the important characters…

  • Opening in September: OUR AMERICAN FAMILY -NYC/LA Theatrical and US/Canada VOD Release

    Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only of the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. OUR AMERICAN FAMILY provides an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse. Captured at a pivotal “nothing to lose” moment, for over the course of a year, five family members…

  • UCLA Friends of Semel Upcoming Open Mind Programs

    The Fall 2022 schedule of virtualized and free Open Mind programs. An invitation to join the unique presentations that bring together thought leaders in science and culture for meaningful and relevant discussions about mental health issues.  Mark your calendars and make your reservations now so that you don’t miss any of our upcoming programs.  Wednesday, September 14, 5-6 PM PTTopic:…

  • THE HAPPY CAMPERS (feat Super Producer CHRIS BIRKETT) Release “Icky Cottage Blues” About Those Horrible Summer Getaways

    Website YouTube — “Icky Cottage Blues” Who hasn’t embarked on an outdoor adventure only to learn that the accommodations are a little bit … Icky? Appropriately (and maybe ironically) named Toronto duo The Happy Campers serve up a roaring rock-blues amalgam capturing all the nastiness of a lake cottage gone wrong in their new single,…

  • Up-And-Coming Genre Bending Singer/Songwriter Lozen Debuts Sugary Summer Love Anthem In Her Newest Single, “Something Bout Chu” 

    Website YouTube — “Something Bout Chu” A harrowingly romantic combination of what feels like the Dirty Heads and Jessie Reyez, Lozen tells a tale of coming and going, and the fire that comes with reuniting in her newest single, “Something Bout Chu” — available now! A light-hearted track that draws from American reggae influences like…

  •  Country Rockers Whiskey Blind Spin a Tale of Love with New “She Means The Most to Me”

     Website YouTube — “She Means The Most to Me” Langley, BC country rock band Whiskey Blind spins a tale of love with a song about breathlessly waiting to be with your lover on the electric new single “She Means The Most To Me” — available now! Their first foray into crafting a love song, “She…

  • Folk Rockers VILLAGE MANOR Explore a Parent’s Hard Work in New Single “Just Smile” 

    Facebook YouTube — “Just Smile” Life can be incredibly difficult just in terms of trying to survive, and children often aren’t blind to their parents’ struggles. In their hopeful-melancholy new single “Just Smile” – available now – Toronto folk-rockers Village Manor explore the routine of the daily grind from both the parents’ and a child’s…

  • Persephone Productions Presents Pool No Water – Sept. 1 – Sept. 15 at The Segal Centre Studio

    FOLLOWING A TWO YEAR HIATUS SHIFTING INTO A NEW ERA OF MONTREAL THEATRE PERSEPHONE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS POOL NO WATER     A DARK, COMEDIC, ONE-ACT PERFORMANCE SURROUNDING THE TRUE NATURE OF ARTISTIC CREATION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN THE MODERN WORLD DIRECTED BY INCOMING CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS LEILA GHAEMI & REBECCA GIBIAN  WRITTEN BY BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT MARK RAVENHILL  FEATURING A CAST OF…

  • Alt-Folk Artist Jackie K Releases Heartwarming New Single, “Night At The Opry” — Available Now!

    Website YouTube — “Night At The Opry”  From the scenic banks of Battleford, Saskatchewan comes alt-folk singer/songwriter Jackie K and her song about loss and the light that continues to exist in the absence of our loved ones with the heartwarming single “Night At The Opry” — available now! Initially released on her 2021 EP,…

  • Los Angeles Alt-Indie Darling FOX FAGAN Says “Let’s Get Lost” with Release of New Single

    Alt-Indie Darling Fox Fagan Says “Let’s Get Lost” with Release of New Single — Available Now! Song Arrives Fresh from 2022 EP, Daydream Mindtones Website YouTube — “Let’s Get Lost (Official)” Alternative indie darling Fox Fagan invites you, saying “Let’s Get Lost” with the release of new single — available now! It’s a mystical joyride through…

  • Pop Songstress Violet Vopni Releases a Head-Bopping Anthem for When You’re Out of Your Comfort Zone with New Single “Friendzone” 

    Website YouTube — “Friendzone” Meeting a friend’s other friends can sometimes be incredibly awkward, but when there’s a sex dungeon at the party, that takes it to a whole other level. Winnipeg-based Indigenous pop songstress Violet Vopni’s new single “Friendzone” addresses a sort of universal awkwardness between any two people where one might have feelings…

  • Breakout Spanish Rappers MC Pipo & Doc Filo Bring Tropical Heat To Listeners With Their Newest Single, “No Lo Consigo” 

    Website YouTube — “No Lo Consigo (Official)” Rooted in the duo’s unique ability to create musical experiences that are highly relatable, MC Pipo and Doc Filo debut their newest single, “No Lo Consigo,” just in time for summer love – and summer loss – and it’s available now! MC Pipo (Rick Alfaro) is a Venezuelan…

  • Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

    Wu-Tang Forever: The Art and Legacy of Shaolin’s Finest DIRECTED BY: BOBBITO GARCIA 2015 USA 99 MINUTES Watch in Cinema SAT JUL 23 Venue details “Wu-Tang Clan comin’ at ya, watch your step kid, watching your step kid…” With those lyrics from their debut single “Protect Ya Neck”, the Wu-Tang Clan took over the airwaves,…

  • Canadian Rockers Autopilot Unleash Their Take on The Cure’s “In Between Days” with New Release 

    Website YouTube — “In Between Days” Set it, and let it ride on Autopilot! Their latest rock offering “In Between Days” — available now — shatters the speakers and lauds itself in a tale of love lost packed with an indie punch, written and made famous by the incomparable 80s new-wave gurus, The Cure. Forced to…

  • World Premiere: The Swimmers is TIFF 2022’s Opening Night Gala film

    The Swimmers is a soaring epic that dramatizes the true story of two sisters who left their home in war-torn Syria for a new life in Europe — and the chance to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Swimmers joins Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmansand Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy as World Premieres at TIFF ’22, announced earlier this week.…

  • Out Now-The Gray Man

    NEW The Gray Man Anthony Russo, Joe Russo The Gray Man The Gray Man is CIA operative Sierra Six (Ryan Gosling). Plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton), Sierra Six was once a highly skilled, Agency-sanctioned merchant of death. But now the tables have turned and Six is…

  • History-Making Canadian Music Contributor Hill Kourkoutis Named 2022 Industry Leader -Winning for This Year’s Oshawa Music Awards

    Celebrating Music in Durham Region, the 2022 OMAs Take Place September 29th Oshawa Music Awards — Website Hill Kourkoutis — Website History-making, award-winning, and multi-talented Canadian music contributor Hill Kourkoutis is set to be named the 2022 Industry Leader Award recipient at this year’s Oshawa Music Awards.  The first woman to ever be nominated for…

  • Come Back Anytime DIRECTED BY: JOHN DASCHBACH

    COME BACK ANYTIME DIRECTED BY: JOHN DASCHBACH JAPAN PG 81 MINUTES Watch in Cinema FRI JUL 22 SAT JUL 23 SUN JUL 24 TUE JUL 26 THU JUL 28 Venue details Calling all foodies! Dig in to the mouth-watering story of self-taught noodle master Masamoto Ueda, the culinary genius behind Tokyo’s legendary Bizentei, which he…

  • Toronto’s Festival of Beer@ BET99 Bandshell at Exhibition Place June 24th-26th, 2022

    By Wayne Baggs Toronto’s Festival of Beer presented by The Beer Store is proud to be back and celebrating 25+ years of the festival. With more than 400brews, bubbles and more for patrons to slake their thirst while they soak in the summer sun, the #TOBeerFest runs July 22nd – 24th at Bandshell Park, Exhibition Place, Toronto. This year’s entertainment line-up includes Grammy-award winner hip hop headliner, NAS live on the BET99 Bandshell Stage on Friday July 22nd, followed…