Archive for January, 2012
Worth a listen…Samantha Savage Smith
Samantha Savage Smith is a Calgary based singer-songwriter making waves with her sultry, commanding vocals and impressive debut album. Tough Cookie, released in September 2011, is a collection of soulful and honest ballads backed by an impressive rock trio (Chris Dadge, Scott Munro and Brooker Buckingham), who add even more power to her distinct vocals,…
Each month, we’ll be bringing you a sample of the artists that we’ve been into. Check out our January edition below.
The Doozer, well known in the underground Cambridge music scene, are set to release their fourth full-length album, Keep It Together. Why we haven’t heard him before now is beyond us. Unlike previous records, The Doozer decided to go big on this one, and bring a cast of 11 players behind him, achieving a psych-folk…
Can we say…Horseshoe Love this week!? Thursday, Feb. 2 – Dinosaur Bones @ The Horseshoe Friday, Feb. 3 -Young Empires @ The Horseshoe Saturday, Feb. 4 - Juno Concert Series @ The Horseshoe Saturday, Feb. 4 – Scientists of Sound + TupperwareRemix Party & FOKUS @ The Garrison
This week’s picks….. This week, the much hyped Born to Die, from sultry NY singer Lana Del Rey finally comes out. The buzz around her debut album has definitely been an interesting story to follow, as it seems like ever since her questionable performances on SNL a couple weeks ago, much of the recent buzz…
On the heels of the buzz this week about Neil Young & Crazy Horse recording a new album, it seems like we are getting a sneak peak of the mastery that is going on inside the studio. Head over to neilyoung.com to stream the 38-minute jam session of “Fuckin’ Up” and “Cortez the Killer”. The…
New York-based Exitmusic is the brainchild of actress Aleksa Palladino and husband Devon Church. You may recognize Aleksa from her starring role as Angela Damondy from Boardwalk Empire, but Exitmusic’s first EP, From Silence, (released in October 2011) proves her talent goes beyond the small screen. Recorded at their home in Brooklyn, the album has…
Icons with style and musical talent as unique as the late Amy Winehouse are few and far between. In Paris this week, she was remembered by designer Jean Paul Gaultier in his couture week runway show, where models pranced down the stage with multicoloured beehive hairdos…. check it out.
Tennis just released their latest single, “My Better Self” (via Some Kind of Awesome) from the upcoming sophmore release, Young and Old coming out on Feb. 14 via Fat Possum. Check out the latest single below, and along with previously released “Origins.” Tennis will hit the Horseshoe on Feb. 29th, and you won’t want to miss it.
Each week Syncopated Sound will dig into the archives, sharing music from an artist we love, miss or can’t live without. This Thursday we take the opportunity to remember the legendary Etta James, whose legacy lives on in her recordings and performances. She is known best as the voice behind the classic “At Last,” but we…
