I was on a roll of sorts, making a few posts a week. I had even started another killer playlist. Then the Leafs started playing well, and free time went into watching them. Then St. Patrick’s Day and it’s weekend...
We continue our recent trend of combining indie acts with new songs from music juggernauts. This 4 song playlist features brand new stuff from Alt-J, Coldplay’s continued return to form, and indie bands Glass Gang and HAERTS. Check out the...
Happy March, or as you might be forgiven for thinking by being outside in Toronto the past few weeks, Happy May. We have a boatload (well, a small paddleboat load) of new songs. We have stuff from far and wide,...
Happy Family Day aka Made Up holiday day, for those of you in Ontario. We celebrate with a short playlist. We have brand new Lana Del Rey. But perhaps more exciting is an excellent collaboration between 2 PeteHatesMusic favs –...
A new month, a new playlist from PHM. We have a mix of new stuff and old stuff, because you can never be too snobby to discover music from 2016. Check out tracks by Arcade Fire, The Record Company, Editors,...
Happy new year to those that believe in calendars (or at least the calendar that a lot of the world chooses to follow). Below is a playlist with just a small snippet of tunes that were dropped towards the end...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic Hot on the heels of our Top Songs of 2016 list comes our Top Albums of 2016. Sadly, the Jingle Cats failed to release an album this year, so they are not featured. We’ll keep it short and...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic I’ve been a bit of an absentee father from the blog the past few months (depending on how generous your definition of “few” is). Excuses include travelling to Iceland, travelling to New York (and seeing CHVRCHES at Radio...
Today could very well be the last show ever for Canadian music legends the Tragically Hip. There are more than enough think pieces out there, so I’ll spare you the 5 minutes. Instead, let’s focus on some of the unsung...
Good day citizens of the Internet. If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard from me for awhile, I’ve been abducted by aliens in solitary confinement since May 8, listening to Radiohead’s new album, A Moon Shaped Pool, on loop. And...
One of the small joys of Canadian Music Week is venue hopping, but only when the scheduling works in your favour, otherwise it is the worst part of CMW. The third band of the night found us heading west on...
The second band on my bill for a Thursday night Canadian Music Week show was Australian act Gosti, proving that you don’t need to be Canadian to partake in a week celebrating Canadian music. Venue: Cameron House (Back Room) First...
The first band for our Thursday night Canadian Music Week experience was Boreal Sons. They played the somewhat awkward Cameron House (in that you walk right beside both the front room stage and then past the back room stage to...
The Indies at CMW2016 closed out with east coast headliners, Wintersleep. They were one of the first interviews we ever had, so check out our 2012 chat with them here. Venue: The Phoenix First Impressions: Like The Zolas before them,...
The penultimate band at the Indies was one of the hottest indie bands around, The Strumbellas. The band are making waves in the States, and played as part of CMW2016 last night. Check out our thoughts. Venue: The Phoenix First...
