Make Your Ears Happy – Jan and Feb 2019
Happy New Year! Like some critters, I’ve emerged from my winter hibernation. It looks like I left the oven on, so I’m dreading to see my hydro bill. What I also did was listen to a whack of music these...
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PeteHatesMusic’s Top Albums of 2017
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic You can’t have a Top Songs of 2017 list without a Top Albums of 2017 list, right? Assuming you are all nodding along in agreement, you’re in luck and you’ve clicked the right post. Rather than wax poetically...
PeteHatesMusic’s Top Songs of 2017
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic New Year’s Resolution for 2018: Blog at least twice a month. Life gets busy, and travelling for the past 2 months has meant 0 blog posts (ignore the months before that please…). I’ll make it up to you...
Make Your Ears Happy! June 2, 2017 Edition
No need to pinch yourself – you’re not dreaming – I actually posted two days in a row for the first time since before President Trump started destroying Planet Earth. This must mean one thing: I quit my job! there...
Make Your Ears Happy! May 16, 2017 Edition
As I put away my rubber rain boots and pull out my summer dresses, I’m reminded that I am a man who doesn’t wear dresses, and that I should also probably make a new playlist. We see the return of...
Make Your Ears Happy! April 5, 2017 Edition
Since I missed my April Fool’s Day prank of making an ironically shitty playlist (Whoomp There It Is, plus 15 Whoomp remixes), you’ll have to settle for songs I like instead. Probably a much better deal. We have a slew...
Weekend Catch Up: Andy Kim
You might not recognize the name Andy Kim, but you know Andy Kim. Let’s find out in this edition of Weekend Catch Up. Andy Kim wrote the 1960s Archies’ hit Sugar’ Sugar. Recently, he has knocked out a couple of...
Best Concert Photos of 2014 by PeteHatesMusic and Martin Bazyl Photography
We here at PeteHatesMusic are lucky enough to have the talented Martin Bazyl from Martin Bazyl Photography shooting most of the shows we attend. He’s been there for several CMW and NXNE festivals, as well as weekend benders like Field...
Concert Review: Field Trip Day 2 (Sunday)
Day 2 of Field Trip! Check out our Day 1 review and photos over here. Enough chatter – read below to find out how the Sunday events for Field Trip in Toronto went. Spoiler alert: swimmingly. Gord Downie, the Sadies...
Field Trip Festival: 3 Bands You Can’t Miss on Saturday and Sunday
The 2nd year of the Arts & Crafts festival Field Trip kicks off a bigger and theoretically better music event this year. They have kept the same great venue, at historic Fort York and Garrison Common. They have kept headliners...
CONTEST! Win Weekend Passes for Field Trip Festival in Toronto!
UPDATE: We’ve drawn our 3 winners. See tweet below We've randomly drawn our Field Trip winners! Congrats to @poothroat (nice name?!), @marinigh and @BonJovisCousin! I'll contact you for info — Pete! (@PeteHatesMusic) June 2, 2014 Now this is a contest...
Morning Music Notes – Bands Have Come and Gone Between Albums
We have some more music that features the newly travelled R&B / pop route carved out by the likes of James Blake and to a lesser extent The Weeknd, and newcomers like SOHN. The latest artist is Talos, and he’s...
Morning Music Notes – Eight Hour Tea Shop Jams
Dallas Green and his City & Colour moniker have a new song from fourth album, The Hurry and the Harm. The Juno nominee and performer new song is called The Lonely Life and is seemingly named after me. *tear The...
Morning Music Notes – Let’s Talk About Sex
We have another song from Ottawa singer songwriter Kalle Mattson. We featured his stunning track, Darkness, and now we have An American Dream, which is the lead track on forthcoming album Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold. The horn-filled track...
Morning Music Notes – Blogging is Like Being a Soldier, Too
One of the most underrated bands has to be Manchester’s Doves. They write the kind of stirring and layered tracks that should be more popular on both a critical and commercial level but just aren’t for some unknown reason. After...
