By Will McGuirk
“Lyrically, it is very much a stream-of-consciousness story about the disease of social media and online culture,” - A.C. Newman, New Pornographers
Elisapie, photo by LeeorWild
U.S. Girls
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: U.S. Girls, Payphones, Orchestra GOLD, Okonski, New Pornographers, and Lexy Panterra
By Will McGuirk
“I really wanted to concentrate on women empowerment and what makes us strong and unique. We made it pop with the music video with all my girls and I hope all the fans really enjoy this.” - Lexy Panterra.
‘Blue Hour’ Artwork by Yann Kebbi
Slowcity.ca Open Mic - turning inwards with Grace Potter, Jordan Klassen, Laurent Bourque, Yoke Lore, The New Pornographers, Close Talkers, Geneviève Racette and Reuben and the Dark
By Will McGuirk
Change is constant but there is reoccurrence, there is pattern, season, cycles and revolutions. It is time again to settle inside, to pull closer the elements of warmth, all that which brings comfort and look forward to the curve which brings it all back round again.
“It's so easy to just assume that the narratives we're telling ourselves about ourselves are true and that can be pretty debilitating. The song is about those moments when you're quiet and present and suddenly you realize that the story you've been telling is false, and there's this tremendous relief that maybe you'll be ok, that everything will be ok.” - Jordan Klassen
"but when you move quickly, you miss certain aspects of the journey. I could be missing out on some really wonderful information that I would get if I stopped to smell the roses once in a while. I worry that when something or someone really important comes around, I will be moving too quickly to catch it or them." - Adrian Glavin, Yoke Lore.
Grace Potter, photo by Pamela Neal
Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Start me up with Les Stroud, Raphael Saadiq, Mondo Cozmo, Saffron A, Common, Grace Potter, Juke Ross, Christian French and The New Pornographers
By Will McGuirk
I took a stroll to the lake today, the water is high, the waves were loud, the lake seemed more like an ocean but I thought Yr Not The Ocean, the sun was low and there was the feeling of summer’s end. But it is not an end, it is a beginning, it is always a beginning.
Slowcity.ca Open Mic - easing into it - with A Tribe Called Red, Tyler Childers, The Bobby Tenderloin Universe, New Pornographers, Half•Alive, The Wild and Reay,
By Will McGuirk
What day is it? Does it matter? Have we moved past measuring our time in 24 hour chunks, have we moved past measuring time at all. DO dates matter, maybe, do days matter? Does this seven day cycle matter - well I will say the cycle of the seven does, at least in years, at least in my life plan it does. Are we moving from days to moments, from moments to the now?
Here and now stepping up for their moments are A Tribe Called Red, Tyler Childers, The Bobby Tenderloin Universe, New Pornographers, Half•Alive, The Wild and Reay. Take that time which seems to no longer matter and fill it with moments that do.