Song of the Day: The Violet Archers – Animal Song

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“Animal Song” is the latest single from The Violet Archers, out now via Six Shooter Records. Check it out.

Song of the Day: ShitKid – Dirty Guy

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I must say that I was pleasantly surprised to see that an album of previously unreleased material by Stockholm’s ShitKid is on its way. After all, when Åsa Söderqvist put an end to all things Shitkid back in 2021, it seemed pretty final. And considering that the band put out a total of 4 releases in 2020, I assumed there wouldn’t be much left in the vault.

But no, as it turns out, there’s a whole “lost” ShitKid album coming out – Rejected Fish, the original version of the band’s debut album Fish, which Söderqvist shelved back in the day, apparently because it “sounded too good for ShitKid.”

And now it can finally be heard, with the album coming out December 1st as part of a series of special releases in honour of PNKSLM‘s 10 year anniversary. “Dirty Guy” is the lead single off of Rejected Fish. Check it out below.

Song of the Day: Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Sonicwonderland

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Submitted to your attention for grading, a recorded game session starring the musicians playing with the jazz pianist Hiromi. Please disregard aphysical changes in gravity and cohesive theme, as well as the free pilfering of no longer IP-protected elements from Super Mario Bros., 1942, and numerous other legendary NES gems.

Sonicwonderland is out now via Concord Records.

Concert Review: Slow Pulp, Babehoven, November 7, Horseshoe Tavern

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“Hello Toronto, how we doing? We’re Slow Pulp. We’ve got some songs for you.”

And with that unassuming introduction, Slow Pulp launched into their set, starting things off with “Slugs” and proving that yes, they did indeed have some songs for us. Some pretty good ones too.

Touring behind their latest album Yard, the Chicago-based indie rockers played a solid set for a sold out crowd at the Horseshoe Tavern, with tunes like “Cramp”, “Broadview” and the aforementioned “Slugs” standing out as highlights and showcasing the band’s songcraft.

Slow Pulp has a sound indebted to ’90s indie rock with a touch of country/folk influence, a trait they share with their tourmates Babehoven, whose singer Maya Bon joined them onstage for a song. For their part, Babehoven also put on an impressive performance which inspired me to delve deeper into their catalogue.

Slow Pulp singer Emily Massey took a moment later in their set to give a shout out to the venue, noting that it was fun to walk into the ‘Shoe earlier in the day as it reminded her a bit of Twin Peaks, describing it as being like a cross between The Red Room and The Roadhouse. An interesting observation, and one that, as a Twin Peaks fan, sent my mind off on a tangent at that moment, as I imagined a scene where the crowd fades away and The Man from Another Place appears on the Horseshoe’s famous checkerboard floor to do a weird little soft shoe for a bit to the sweet sounds of Slow Pulp.

Such thoughts, however, quickly passed and soon I came back to reality and was able to enjoy the rest of the show without any distractions. I was, however, left with a craving for a piece of pie and some damn good coffee …