By Will McGuirk
“I’d rather be someone’s shot of whiskey than everyone’s cup of tea,” - Emily Mac
Wayfinding, photo by Levi Manchak
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: nêhiyawak, Tami Neilson, Kodaline, Particle Kid and Willie Nelson, the Secret Beach, and Julia Jacklin,
By Will McGuirk
“There are many important ideas and teachings that we were raised with in our lives, but few more important than water. It’s a modern conversation with complex meanings and understandings.” - nêhiyawak
“Sometime back in December 2020, in between endless rounds of chess and dominos, my dad looked up at me and said, ‘If I die when I’m high I’ll be halfway to heaven’. It took me a second to process, but I said , ‘Dad, that's the best song title I ever heard. You better write the rest of it quick.’ He said. ‘Why don’t you write it?’ So I did. That night I wrote it for him, about him. It’s really just a love letter to him. A tribute. - Particle Kid
“feeling lonely despite being surrounded by constant stimulation,” - the Secret Beach
Tami Neilson plays the Biltmore Theatre, Oshawa Thursday July 14 2022. Tickets here.
Julia Jacklin plays the Phoenix Theatre, Toronto Wednesday Sept 21.
nêhiyawak, photo by Levi Manchak
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with nêhiyawak, Holy Fuck, Jacques Greene, Loving, Sweet Alibi, The Crowleys, Craig Stickland, Tamino and Robert Glasper
By Will McGuirk
Been watching ‘Abstract’ on the Netflix - art is the answer, we are getting closer to the medium marrying the message, art is where the message and the medium become one. On Abstract S2 Ep 2 the message is we could perhaps build not as assembly, not as a factory with parts on an assembly line; we could build like nature, instead of assembling we could grow. Plant the seed, add time. We can grow not assemble.
“Why is nêhiyawak more than a band? Because our families, our nêhiyaw communities, and our ways of knowing and being inform our work. For me, our album nipiy represents an ongoing process of connecting, learning and growing with each other.” - Marek Tyler
“the robots are smarter than ever, and the algorithm knows more and more what we like as individuals, but we have to remind ourselves that there is music in the margins that can go missing and that that music is more important than ever.” - Holy Fuck