Tegan and Sara bring their new sound to Halifax
Tegan and Sara Quinn stood on the Halifax Metro Centre stage, under simple lighting. After blasting open their show with two songs off the latest […]
Month: July 2013
Mix Picks SappyFest: This guy won’t give you the Doldrums
It’s percussive, it’s driven and it’s electro-pop like you’ve never heard it before – it’s Toronto-bred and Montreal-based Airick Woodhead with his creative genius known […]
Rewind: Calgary’s Folk Fest brings a party to Prince’s Island Park
To many, the Calgary Folk Fest is the most wonderful time of the year – or so I’m told repeatedly throughout the four-day festival, which […]
Soundcheck: New music from Shad, The Box Tiger, The Heavy Blinkers and more
Every Tuesday Mixtape likes to bring you the newest sounds and videos from Canadian indie musicians and this Tuesday we are bringing you some gems. […]
Your Friday Playlist: Bringing down the Hammer – songs from Hamilton artists
congratulations, friends – you made it through another work week. And as it is Friday, we here at Mixtape like to get your weekend started […]
Q&A: Gunner & Smith shares tips and tells stories about Ness Creek Music Festival
Every year hundreds of people flock to a private piece of property in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan (yes, Saskatchewan actually does have forests) […]
Rewind: A look back at the highlights from Evolve music festival
Someone asked me who was playing at Evolve this year. My answer to them: Does it matter? Evolve is one of the only Canadian music […]
Mix Picks Sappyfest: Montreal’s married duo AroarA
Every Wednesday we like to treat you to some new sounds. We suss out some of the latest bands, musicians and artists that you may […]
Soundcheck: New music from BRAIDS, JFM, AroarA and more
On Tuesdays, the Mixtape brings you a blog post full of the latest singles, albums, videos and news from Canadian musicians. It’s an aggregation of what we […]
Your Friday playlist: Songs that never made the cut
Welcome to Friday, folks! Just a few more hours and then you are on your way to the weekend – two full days of adventure […]