Yonatan Gat drops new cut from upcoming album

12 February 2015

Yonatan Gat - North To South

Yonatan Gat got us salivating last month when he dropped ‘Goldrush‘, the first single off the upcoming full-length album Director. The album will hit stores on March 3rd via Joyful Noise Recordings. To keep us excited, the composer and guitar virtuoso is giving us another taste from the album, with ‘North To South‘, a Carnival of a song with lyrics sang in English, Portuguese and Hebrew.  Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Cotonou, Orchestra Baobab and Bembeya Jazz are some of the Western African bands quoted as influences on the guitar work on ‘North To South‘. Get dancing.

In other related good new,  Yonatan Gat has announced a North American tour supporting of Montreal and Deerhoof in March, and also appearances at SXSW. Check out all the tour dates below.

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The Holy Gasp share video for new single ‘A Daily Affirmation’

10 February 2015

The Holy Gasp - A Daily Affirmation

Hailing from Toronto, five-piece The Holy Gasp describe themselves as “a damn-the-Man beatnik revival conga revolution, a boxcar and a jug of wine, a groove, daddy, and the farthest thing from a king sized bust”. Initially birthed by poet and composer Benjamin Hackman, The Holy Gasp turned into a quintet now also comprising Daveyoso, Sebastian Shinwell, Christopher Weatherstone and James McEleney.

The Last Generation of Love is the quintet’s debut album and we’re only a couple of weeks away from its release. As the quintet puts it,  the album “re-contextualizes beatnik aesthetics for the modern listener, and makes a desperate cry for humanity, for change–for people to not only care, but to see that to give a shit is profound”. Recorded by Josh Korody (Beliefs, The Dirty Nil, Dilly Dally), The Last Generation of Love is out on February 24th and it will be available digitally and also as a limited edition cassette via Arachnidiscs.

The Holy Gasp have recently unveiled a fittingly excellent and bonkers video for the new single ‘A Daily Affirmation’. It’s a jolly and contagious song and you’ll probably feel compelled to do anything good. Check it out below.

Michael Feuerstack drops new single ‘The Devil’

07 February 2015

Michael Feuerstack

With just over a week to go until Canadian singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Feuerstack releases his new album, The Forgettable Truth, the man is giving us another taste from the album with the new single ‘The Devil’. Stream it below and get the album when it’s out on February 17th via Forward Music.


In support of the new album, Feuerstack has just started a European tour, with a stop in London at The Strongroom Bar & Kitchen on March 3rd.

Stage Hands share new single ‘#unabomber’ feat. The One and Only Matt Miller

06 February 2015

Stage Hands - Stage Hands

After previously sharing ‘The Populating Of Empty Space’ from their upcoming self-titled debut album, Stage Hands have teased the effort again with the mind-blowing and addictive ‘#unabomber’, featuring guest The One and Only Matt Miller on vocals. I have been listening to it over and over all week. Listen to ‘#unabomber’ below and grab their new album when it drops this Tuesday 10th via My Idea of Fun.
And to keep you going till then, check out the excellent mixtape that Brandon Locher, one half of Stage Hands, put together for Cast the Dice this month.