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Retro Download: Sunndown
Sunndown played a handful of shows in Saskatoon in 2005 – 2006. Loud riffs and beer were probably the two biggest influences on the band. The band came together jamming in the back room
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Download of the Week: Jessica Jalbert
I first heard about Jessica Jalbert from Edmonton ukulele-pop wunderkind Doug Hoyer. Doug seems to the busiest man in Edmonton, playing his own music in multiple bands, promoting shows with frightening frequency and generally
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Download of the Week: Falklands
I’ve always been a sucker for bands who have the foresight/gumption to put a little thought into their cover art. You know, because the world really needs another CD cover of a black and
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Download of the Week: Heedless by No Joy
The first time I saw this band all I could think about was the time that Dinosaur Jr. toured with Sonic Youth. I wondered if J Mascis and Kim Gordon fooled around and had
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Retro Download: Voyd
This article is part of Ominocity’s newest regular feature the Retro Download. Here we give away lost albums by great, defunct local bands. If you are interested in distributing your own album through Ominocity,
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Download of the Week: Gold Tits City by Black Taboo
While on tour I had to spend a night at a stranger’s house in Quebec City. Diminutive, bookish and possessing a deadly anglo wit, apparently he ran a Quebecois gangsta rap label. And after
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Download of the Week: Black Top by Laureate
Laureate, a Montreal-based four-piece, have somehow managed to harness all the crucial elements of what was so essential about ‘90s punk rock – Marshall stacks, obligatory backing vocals, lyrics about girls, Samiam worship, an
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Download of the Week: Quarter Sticks by Long Weekends
More Haligonian madness, the Long Weekends offer blissed-out garage rock that doesn’t skimp on the stereotypes of the genre. Tellingly, like any real long weekend, this is jean-short-shorts-no-shirt-and-BBQ-style fun times
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Download of the Week: I’m With You by Cold Warps
Weird Haligonians Cold Warps blast through breezy pop rock like a punk rock hissy fit that ends with a blast of beach sand to the face a la one of those old-timey Charles Atlas
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Download of the Week: Ellis Island by Citizenship
Citizenship, a Montreal duo that emerged from the ashes of Murder Ford Monument, are difficult drone-pop combined with driving indie rock-isms filched from their previous work. Vocalist Jesse Legallais has finally found the perfect
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