“GREY RUBBLE - GREEN SHOOTS” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed You! Black Emperor is back!! Last week the band quietly dropped the intense new track, “GREY RUBBLE - GREEN SHOOTS” and announced the new album, NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD, which is out October 4th.

The band did not elaborate on the title, but it is likely referencing a new report about the death toll of Palestinians in Gaza. They did, however, say the following when announcing the album:

THE PLAIN TRUTH==
we drifted through it, arguing.
every day a new war crime, every day a flower bloom.
we sat down together and wrote it in one room,
and then sat down in a different room, recording.
NO TITLE= what gestures make sense while tiny bodies fall? what context? what broken melody?
and then a tally and a date to mark a point on the line, the negative process, the growing pile.
the sun setting above beds of ash
while we sat together, arguing.
the old world order barely pretended to care.
this new century will be crueler still.
war is coming.
don’t give up.
pick a side.
hang on.
love.
GY!BE

Kirk

“Take Me For A Ride” by The Sheepdogs

Somehow I totally missed the announcement from The Sheepdogs of a new album (Paradise Alone - which is out now) and a new single “Take Me For A Ride”.
It’s a fun and catchy track, that sounds like a road trip song from the 70’s!

The band is currently out on a North American tour (you can hop over to Seattle and see them on the 20th), and then are heading to Europe in the fall.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to open the window and play some rock and roll!

Christine

“Four Chords” by Dan Mangan

Vancouver’s Dan Mangan has released his Being Elsewhere Mixed CD with all the b-sides and rarities from around the time he was creating the original album.

Today’s lyric video release is for the song “Four Chords”, which also originally played during the credits of the film FLOAT.
And speaking of movies, the video is set to all of the scenes between Wesley and Buttercup from the movie Princess Bride, which is just plain fun.

Christine

“a bit of coquitlam” by P:ano

I almost missed this, but a couple weeks ago, Vancouver’s P:ano announced their first new album in nineteen (19) years!!!

Now a quartet of Nicholas Krgovich, Larissa Loyva (of Kellarissa), Julia Chirka and Justin Kellam, the band released the chill single “a bit of coquitlam” as a tease of their upcoming album, ba ba ba.

You can take a listen below to the ode to the city where Krgovich and Loyva met, and mark September 17 on your calendar for the album’s release — as well as Sept 14 for their album release show here in Vancouver at the Cultch!

Kirk