It’s time to start getting amped for a return to the sweaty dance floor you’ll soon be tearing up at a Meisha & The Spanks show when live music returns.
The garage rock/punk duo has stayed ultra busy over the past year releasing banger after banger from their new EP, ‘Singles’, which has garnered them a Western Canadian Music Award Nomination in the Rock Category. They also did a YouTube series in lead up to the EP Release called Spanks World which gave a thorough backstory of what led to the creation of the new music.
“Releasing a record without a tour schedule or live performances was so wild for us because we live on the road for months when we have new music. It’s the most authentic way to connect with our audience and we just love it so much. This time we had none of that,” explains Meisha Louie.
To fill the void we created a web series called Spanks World! We made it so we could share the ins and outs of every song, and what it was like making the record, because we knew this year we wouldn’t be able to chat at the merch table about it.”
Feature track: "I Want Fire"
Where to see them next:
Future Echoes Festival in Sweden - September 2021
(Although we are hopeful there will be some show announcements for some local dates before then. Stay tuned on their webpage.)
Stream ‘I Want Fire’ on your favourite streaming platform (Apple Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Youtube, etc.) here: https://orcd.co/iwantfirerelease
Folk-pop fans and dance music fans please check out both the original and remix versions of ‘Entre Nous’ from Jill Barber’s 2020 francophone release ‘Entre Nous’. Recently, four of the songs from her 2020 release have been remixed and I love them all.
Since early 2020, Jill has been one of the biggest online innovators in Canadian music. She created an online community that helped many of us from across the country stay hopeful in the darkest days, making the best of an unprecedented situation with an intimate Mother’s Day show, a live virtual reality show with a phantom band at the Palomar Supper Club (a venue that was demolished in 1955), and a Valentine's Day date night experience.
“A team of digital artists re-created a long-demolished jazz club from Vancouver's heyday, and I performed in front of a green screen, but it appeared to viewers as if I was actually on stage. My band all wore motion-capture suits and appeared as phantom-like figures backing me up. It was a really cool mix of Hollywood blockbuster-style computer imaging and independent music, and the result was a very unique online concert experience,” Barber recalls of The Palomar Supper Club performance. “It was a huge learning experience for me, and I never could have imagined pursuing it if not for the circumstances we were all in as musicians in a pandemic.”
She is currently nominated for Francophone Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.
Feature track: Entre Nous (TWIGG remix) / Entre Nous (original)
Snotty Nose Rez kids have been releasing new music all pandemic long, and all of it has been incredibly powerful, thought-provoking and community-building. I am so excited to see them perform live, and was ecstatic to see that they have a Drive-In Concert on their calendar. Live gigs are happening again!
They are currently nominated for Rap & Hip Hop Artist of the Year, and Indigenous Artist of the Year. Alfonso Chin who directed the video for ‘Screaming Indian’ is nominated for Video Director of the Year. The video for ‘Screaming Indian’ is an incredible piece of art in both the music and video production.
According to Snotty Nose Rez Kids: “This is an Indian (India) & “Indian” (Turtle Island) mashup with Skinny Local. We’re building bridges between our communities through music. This collab began almost two years ago & we’re finally getting this one out into the world. The video represents a true celebration of both our cultures.”
Feature Track: Screaming Indian (w/ Skinny Local)
Where to see them next:
Sunday June 20th - Grey Eagle Drive-In - Calgary AB - Tickets Here
Sunday June 25th - Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Online - Tickets Here
Stream One Headlight on your favourite streaming platform here (Apple Music, Spotify, Among Music, Itunes) here: https://sxl.fm/screaming