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[berrym00n]

bramble redesign

[ghostcousin]

Our video for "Breakfast and Tea" was released this morning.

[ohnoimlateforschool]

Band: Layne L'Heureux

Band location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Why we like it: Layne L'Heureux is a Canadian producer, engineer, co-label head and a bunch of other things. This guy really explored a bunch of different genres and made it work somehow. United Hotcake Preferred opens up with a new wave song then jumps into a beautiful shoegaze song featuring Jessica Jalbert (you should check her music out if you haven't). It then goes into a synth heavy song and I think you get the idea then it gets kinda rock n roll from there. It's all good though. The album is mostly about drugs. I think i read that in an interview but I could be making that up.

Where to buy/listen: Bandcamp

[thepastisunwritten]

This is my Edmonton Jam #31

This week’s Edmonton Jam is brought to you by The Joe! The Joe knows CJSR is cool community radio. Donate to the station's 2013 FUNdrive by clicking here. Pump up the jam, pump it up:  http://www.thisismyjam.com/pastisunwritten

[birdsofcanada]

Old Ugly's latest addition to it's growing body of definitive Can-pop essentials is SCOTLAND by Ghost Cousin. 

Take note of the vintage harmonies, moody psych guitars, and the gradual rise-and-fall song structures. Similar to what you would find in a casual perusal of Grizzly Bear and early Midlake. 

http://ghostcousin.bandcamp.com/

[birdsofcanada]

Honey + Bread by Mikey Maybe is the whole package, everything there is to love and hate about Canadian hip-hop, ranging from outright mockery to high-intellect innovation. It's out as we speak on Old Ugly. 

http://mikeymaybe.bandcamp.com/

[vsmallflames]

WTD's Advent Calendar - 20 - Old Ugly's Christmas With Friends

Only five days until Christmas so I thought I'd share another festive release. Edmonton's Old Ugly label have put together a Christmas album featuring some talented folks from variety of genres. The collection of songs is a combined effort between Old Ugly and their Cabin Songs offshoot so while there is your fair share of beautiful acoustic music there is also some nice ambient/experiemental stuff too. just compare the two selected tracks below to see the kind of variation on this release. It's a lovely change from the usual awful covers that surface at this time of year.

Chris Tenz - Glimpses by OLD UGLY

Butterbones - Golden Rivers II by OLD UGLY

Download it for free on Bandcamp and enjoy while wrapping presents or cooking your turkey.

Tomorrow's post won't be from Canada, promise.