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IRON KINGDOM Forge “Blood and Steel” w/ Second Single From New Album “Shadows and Dust”

April 28, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Vancouver, Canada’s traditional heavy metal torchbearers IRON KINGDOM return with the second single from their upcoming sixth studio album “Shadows [,,,]

Vancouver Symphonic Funk Rock Group The Living Orchestra Share New Single – ANIMAL PARTY

March 23, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Vancouver-based symphonic funk rock collective The Living Orchestra share their bold new single, ‘Animal Party,’ the first [,,,]

Canada’s IRON KINGDOM Unveils First Single “Defenders” From Sixth Album “Shadows and Dust”

March 23, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Vancouver, Canada’s traditional heavy metal torchbearers IRON KINGDOM proudly announce the release of “Defenders,” the first single and music video from [,,,]

GRAHAM BROWN BAND share new single + video for “Tell The World”

March 15, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – It’s coming up on a year since Vancouver’s Graham Brown Band released the album Outside Within, the latest addition to [,,,]

Sean Thomas Builds a Pop Cathedral on New Single “BETTER”

March 15, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – There is something undeniably compelling about an artist who does it all. Writing. Producing. Recording. Mixing. That [,,,]

Reid Jamieson and CVM Share New Single “Blue Jeans” Co-Written With Johnny Irion

March 15, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Vancouver’s Reid Jamieson – a vocal powerhouse hailed by the Globe & Mail as “gorgeously sun- struck [,,,]

Chè Aimee Dorval Shares New Single “Carnal Needs”

February 23, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Vancouver artist Chè Aimee Dorval returns with her evocative new single,’Carnal Needs’, available now on all digital [,,,]

MARK BRANSCOMBE Releases Solo Album – FIELD RECORDINGS

January 18, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – The original concept of field recordings dates back to the early 20th century with the work of [,,,]

Sarah McLachlan Shares New Single ‘Reminds Me’ ft. Katie Gavin; New LP ‘Better Broken’ Out Friday, September 19; Fall Tour Announced

September 17, 2025 Joel Naphin Comments Off

On Sept. 16, 3X GRAMMY Award winner and global phenomenon Sarah McLachlan released “Reminds Me” featuring MUNA’s Katie Gavin, the [,,,]

Canadian Dream Pop act bloom effect release new single – “Surreal” (Kingfisher Bluez)

September 16, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – bloom effect is a shoegaze/dream-pop trio based in Vancouver, BC. Formed by Argentine-born vocalist/bassist Jula Lafit, UK-born [,,,]

The Eisenhauers Release Heartfelt New Single “Something’s Gotta Give” Ahead of Upcoming Album Back Burner

August 17, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Kimberley, BC-based folk-roots duo The Eisenhauers return with “Something’s Gotta Give”, the soul-stirring second single from their forthcoming sophomore album Back Burner, out [,,,]

Suzie Ungerleider Digs Deep into the Detailed Heart of Familial Relationships on New Album: AMONG THE EVERGREENS

May 19, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber There has always been a deep wellspring of authenticity, reality and strikingly honest self-exposition in the [,,,]

‘Abyss’ Sees Canada’s Unleash the Archers Return With Epic Conclusion To The Immortal/Matriarch War

September 24, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

Melding the best elements of a host of different metal styles, British Columbia metal quintet Unleash The Archers is hitting [,,,]

Australian Singer/Songwriter Tullara Examines The Precipice Between Love and Heartache with ’16 Seconds’

June 2, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

A rising star on the Australian music scene, talented singer/songwriter Tullara Connors recently released her first single of 2020, an [,,,]

Can You See Me? – The Evocative New Release from Singer/Songwriter Maya Rae

May 18, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

Age is just a number, as the old expression goes. And in the case of the soulful maturity of Vancouver’s [,,,]

Vancouver’s Spell Tackle Big Issues With Big Riffs and Insightful Lyrics on New Album – Opulent Decay

May 14, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

Hailing from the mountainous west coast of Canada, Spell is a hard rock/metal power trio that combines old school musical [,,,]

New Canadian Metal Band Imonolith Release Scintillating Debut Album – State of Being

April 8, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

If you hear a distant rumbling coming from the west coast of Canada, fret not, it’s not the ‘Big One’ [,,,]

Piper Cole Unleashes The Creative Spirit Within on Debut EP, Wildish

July 21, 2019 Jim Barber Comments Off

Sometimes an EP is a lot more than just an EP. For Vancouver songwriter/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Piper Cole, the release of her [,,,]