Why listening your way through the Polaris Prize shortlist is a good idea
Listening your way through the entire Polaris Prize long list can be a daunting task. Many people say they are going to do it; few […]
Month: July 2013
Ottawa Bluesfest Saturday: Stars, Austra, Half Moon Run, Roberta Bondar
Roberta Bondar It’s fitting the first band who played Saturday afternoon shares the same name as Canada’s first female astronaut. Women played a huge part […]
Mix Pick: St. John’s synth-pop rockers Repartee
What do you do when you are a talented opera singer but hate the formality of that particular music scene? Why you start a synth-pop band, […]
Soundcheck: New music from Corb Lund, Joanna Gruesome and the Polaris Prize short list
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 […]
Ottawa Bluesfest: Mother Mother, Cadence Weapon
Cadence Weapon It’s unfortunate Cadence Weapon was given such an early timeslot at Bluesfest. The Edmonton hip hop artist played a DJ set at 6 […]
Your Friday playlist: Songs you probably didn’t realize were covers
One of the coolest things about the Canadian music scene is that musicians aren’t afraid to honour other musicians who inspire them by covering one […]
Ottawa Bluesfest: Hannah Georgas, Tegan and Sara
Hannah Georgas Playing on the River Stage on Sunday, Vancouver’s Hannah Georgas started her set with “Waiting Game” the song that finishes her latest album. […]
Video: Hooded Fang live from Quebec City
Mixtape was in Quebec City for Festival d’été and saw Classified, Wu-Tang Clan and Whiz Khalifa on Friday night but happened to stumble upon another, smaller festival happening […]
Mixtape Magazine presents In-Flight Safety in Halifax
Halifax band In-Flight Safety have been cooking up some new tunes for their album coming out in the near future. The band is taking a […]
Mix Picks Evolve: Toronto’s Pick a Piper
You probably haven’t heard of Pick a Piper…yet. In fact, this self-called “organic/electronic” band has been around for a while (since 2009) without much attention. […]