February 25th, 2008
While Listening to… Hero Hill’s Ontario Mixtape
Those of you who have been waiting with baited breath for the next installment in Hero Hill’s Canadian Mixtape Project can rejoice, as the Ontario selection went up this weekend.
If you can’t tell, I’m a big fan of this project and recommend that everyone head on over and download it (as well as last month’s Nova Scotia installment). Of course, this time out I have a particular bias, as I was asked to submit some recommendations of my own.
Not wanting to make my picks overly redundant in the grand scheme, I cheated a little and tried to only choose bands that Hero Hill hadn’t previously mentioned at length. That was no easy task, as they’d covered just about everyone I could think of, but here are the 5 that I was left with:
Wax Mannequin (Hamilton)
The Burning Hell (Peterborough)
The Sunparlour Players (Toronto)
Sandro Perri (Toronto)
The Wooden Stars (Toronto)
None of my Toronto picks made the final mix, but I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing a collection of my own that focuses on Hogtown specifically. What do you think? Got a band or artist you feel ought to be included? Let me know and let’s get the ball rolling!
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Check out a track from the Wooden Stars’ excellent 2007 release, People Are Different, below:
Hear more at their Myspace page or buy a digital copy of the album here.
February 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
The funny thing is both Sandro Perri and The SPP were on the mix at one point, but then we decided to add a few hip hop artists so they got left on the cutting room floor.
February 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Diversity is a good thing! And you guys definitely have a better handle on the hip hop side of things than I do, so kudos.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Ohbijou, The Most Serene Republic, The Sea Inside… if you’re looking for hip-hop for a time I really liked Fenaxiz and Mathematik (two artists), but haven’t really heard anything they’ve been up to lately.
Just came across your blog - I’ll plan on coming back again.