Dirty Mags. No, not the ones you find shoved between the mattresses in your little brother’s room or the ones always found by train tracks and in forests for some reason. These Dirty Mags aren’t something you will want to hide or only listen to in the privacy of your own room. This quartet from Toronto, ON will have you calling every friend you’ve ever made and asking them if [...]
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No boring Monica story today. Just some random good tunes. This one is old, but came up when my library was on shuffle the other day and I remembered how much I loved it. Two young sisters Chloe and Asy from Seattle began playing music at the tender ages of 12 and 10 and formed the band Smoosh. This was long before Snooki and company gave this word a whole [...]
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I love when I hear a song and right away I put it on repeat. When the opening line makes me tap my toes and by the chorus I’m forwarding it to everyone I know. A musical act hasn’t knocked me off my seat in a while. No doubt there has been some amazing music lately, but JD McPherson‘s revitalization of classic rock ‘n’ roll picked me up and [...]
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When I was finishing highschool they still had grade 13 – so even though I was technically in school – that meant 2 classes that I rarely attended. When I got to university I vowed to pull up my socks and make sure that I stayed on the educational track. I know that I strayed a couple of times, but I thought for the most part that I was [...]
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When I was 22 I spent the summer living in a trailer in Lake Louise, Alberta. I went out there with my best bud Lena, but after 2 weeks, she went back to the luxury of home-made meals and air-conditioning while I tried to prove a point to myself by stickin’ it out. Being alone forced me to make friends – and in Lake Louise, you never know what you’re [...]
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I went on a Spanish adventure this summer and ended my trip in a place called San Sebastian. It was the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. Surfing, mountains, ocean, beach, history – it had everything. I actually contemplated quitting my job and moving there – then again, that might have been the 2 dollar bottle of wine talking. But as I sat on a rock ledge watching the [...]
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