“Real Good Guy” by Dan Moxon

Last month, Dan Moxon (of Bend Sinister) released his second solo album, All My Friends, and last week, released the latest single from it, “Real Good Guy”.

The 70s soul tune fits the vibe of the lyrics, reflecting on being a responsible, stay-at-home adult with real responsibilities. Which encapsulates the rest of the mood of the album, with Dan saying “As I started writing this album, right before the pandemic, I was struggling with the idea of leaving behind my youth and my 40s being just around the corner. I joked that every time I tried to get a friend to come to a show or meet up, they always had an excuse, or too much work, or couldn’t leave the kids at home and it became quite annoying. Jump to recording the album three years later in 2022, and now I had a newborn baby girl at home, a labradoodle puppy, a new house, and all of a sudden I was the one who wasn’t going out anymore.

We can all feel a bit of the struggle to get back to our social lives after more than two years of the pandemic,” Moxon adds, “But sometimes it’s ok to just sit back on the couch and watch a movie instead.”

Check out “Real Good Guy” below, and listen to All My Friends in all the usual places.

Kirk

“Waste Of Crime” by American Lips

Super-group American Lips features Sebastien Grainger drummer of Death From Above 1979, singer/guitarist Adrian Popovich (FRVITS, Tricky Woo) and bassist/vocalist Jessica Bruzzese.

They released an EP in 2017, but are back with more, released “Waste Of Crime” this month. The dance-able track is hard to pin-down genre-wise - which makes sense as the bands influences range from “mid-80s Cabaret Voltaire, to Ghostbusters OST, to Plastic Bertrand”.

Christine

“Bad Blood” by Wayfinding

To stay on the super-group trend, Wayfinding is the new project from Cassia Hardy (WARES), Ryan Beattie (HIMALAYAN BEAR, CHET), and Marek Tyler and Matthew Cardinal (nêhiyawak).

Of the track “Bad Blood” Tyler says: “I first read the lyrics and saw a person frustrated, mad, and coming to terms with a narrative that he had been sold and was now in the position of either turning a blind eye or doing something about it”.

Excited to hear more from this new act!

Christine