Entries by Sarah

THE DEAD SOUTH ANNOUNCE SUGAR & JOY, THIRD LP OUT OCTOBER 11, 2019. BULLETS IN THE HOLE: THE DEAD SOUTH ANTE UP WITH NEW VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE, “DIAMOND RING,” BOTH OUT TODAY.

June 25, 2019 in /by

WATCH HERE ‘CANADA SERVED COLD’ FALL TOUR ON SALE NOW.   A rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler. To the gentlemen of The Dead South, a self-styled 4-piece string band from Regina, Saskatchewan, it’s about how, not what, you play. The Dead South’s combination of cello, mandolin, guitar and banjo has […]

SIX SHOOTER MANAGEMENT WELCOMES JULY TALK.

June 10, 2019 in /by

“Love Lives Here” July Talk shaping alt rock landscape through art, airwaves and advocacy.   Photo by Mitch Brown   Six Shooter Management is ecstatic to welcome July Talk to the roster. “We have been following July Talk for years as both friends and fans,” says Six Shooter’s Shauna de Cartier. “We love their music, […]

ENSIGN BRODERICK PREVIEWS BLOODMYTH, OUT 6/7/19, WITH SWOOPING BALLAD, “SWEPT AWAY.”

May 7, 2019 in /by

THE KEY OF X: ENSIGN BRODERICK JOINS SARAH SLEAN AND ERIN COSTELO FOR PIANO-FOCUSED SHOWS IN TORONTO AND NYC.  “A reclusive, romantic, tear-stained baritone and unabashed opus bringer.” – Globe and Mail “Broderick makes old-school glam sound urgent, gritty, and absolutely vital.” – Uncut     A condemnation disguised as a benediction, Ensign Broderick’s BloodMyth speaks […]

POLAR PUNK: CBS 60 MINUTES PROFILES TANYA TAGAQ.

May 2, 2019 in /by

FLAGSHIP NEWSMAGAZINE’S PROFILE OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED INUK ARTIST AIRS SUNDAY, MAY 5. WATCH A PREVIEW HERE. “One of the avant-garde’s most dynamic performers.” – Rolling Stone  “This fiercely charistmatic Inuk singer’s throaty voice demands full attention, whether she’s whispering in her softest register or howling at the sky.” – NY Times  “The Inuk experimental musician […]

THE NEW VOICES AWARD RETURNS FOR YEAR 2.

April 23, 2019 in /by

Six Shooter Records, Weber Shandwick and West End Phoenix present the second edition of the New Voices Scholarship for young music writers. Any individual 18 and under living in Toronto is encouraged to submit a short personal essay (no more than 400 words) on the question: “What song lyric most closely mirrors your life, and […]

THE SIXTH SENSE OF MEMORY: RHEOSTATICS’ DOUBLE LIVE NOW STREAMING.

April 5, 2019 in /by

29 Tracks recorded on tour with The Tragically Hip, at clubs, dive bars and theatres across Canada, available digitally for the first time since its 1997 release. Listen here.   Welcome to our live album. As we recorded it – that is, as we dragged two digital tape machines and a mixing board across the […]

MEET RIIT: NEW ARCTIC ELECTROPOP ARTIST NOW SIGNED TO SIX SHOOTER RECORDS.

April 3, 2019 in /by

LISTEN TO NEW SONG QAUMAJUAPIK HERE. “A sound that builds like a zipper being pulled upward into the sky.” – FASHION   Photo credit to Jen Squires   From the land that never melts comes a sound that radiates life, youth and promise. Riit, from majestic Panniqtuuq, Nunavut, Canada, is a new artist making space […]

INTERSTELLAR RODEO’S 2019 LINEUP IS HERE. QUEENS AND KINGS OF ART ROCK, SOUL POP, POETRY, COUNTRY SWING AND SWAGGERING ROCK TO CONVENE AT HAWRELAK PARK, JULY 26-28, 2019.

March 27, 2019 in /by

  Trip the light iconoclastic, Interstellar Rodeo’s 2019 lineup brings dazzlingly creative forces together from July 26-28, 2019. For its eighth edition, Interstellar Rodeo offers a lineup for the musically adventurous and socially engaged. This year, and as annually expected, Interstellar Rodeo’s lineup is a sonically serpentine, genre gambolling convergence of excellence and eclecticism. Fittingly, […]

SIX SHOOTER RECORDS PRESIDENT SHAUNA DE CARTIER TO RECEIVE CIMA’s 2019 ENTREPRENEUR AWARD.

March 26, 2019 in /by

ALLISON OUTHIT, SIX SHOOTER’S NEW VP INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, TO RECEIVE BRIAN CHATER INDUSTRY AWARD.     CIMA’s announcement of its 2019 Award Recipients is big news for Six Shooter Records. Six Shooter President, the inimitable Shauna de Cartier, will receive this year’s Entrepreneur Award in recognition of the success, longevity and vision of the […]

GO WITH THE FLOE: TANYA TAGAQ’S POLAR SCORE TOOTHSAYER OUT NOW.

March 1, 2019 in /by

Split Tooth audiobook nominated for 2019 Audie Award. Upcoming performances include London, UK, Rewire Festival and Washington, DC. LISTEN HERE Photo Credit: Rebecca Wood   “A three dimensional sonic soundscape that alternates between harsh and lush, barren and fecund.” – Passion of the Weiss “Full of thrumming echoes not dissimilar to flurries of snow; its […]