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Big News About The Littlest You Project
Just over a year ago, during the holiday season, Swept did a cover on what was then the harrowing history of and budding beginning to the Littlest You Project. You can find the original piece right HERE. Founder and Global Operations Manager of Live Large Music and driving force behind the Littlest You Project, Scott Reid, has given... More
Matt Venuti – A Rare Gem
If you think that there’s no way there could be such a thing as a mystical-esoteric-hippie-jazz artist, then you clearly haven’t heard Matt Venuti before. This guy has got some incredibly interesting music to share with the world. And based on the description above, you might be inclined to pass, but I sincerely think Venuti... More
Toronto’s Sun…Mogwai
“…If someone said that Mogwai were the stars, I would not object. If the stars had a sound it would sound like this…”. So goes the spacey, rambling spoken word intro to the first track of Mogwai’s first album, 1997’s Young Team. I have no idea whether the speaker means the band, or their namesake... More
Moreira – Fin del Deseo
If you’re looking for an incredibly ambient, electronic yet simultaneously engaging album of gut-wrenching emotion, then you must check out the latest release from Moreira, ‘Fin del Deseo‘ (End of Desire). Perhaps the first independent release out of Puerto Rico since it was devastated this year by hurricane Maria, Moreira, the musical moniker of one... More
Luca Bash – Keys Of Mine
If you’re up for a jazzy album that will definitely funk you up at the same time, then you need to check out Luca Bash’s latest album ‘Keys Of Mine‘. What a musical journey of some crazy compositions. The hills and valleys of this new album take you up over soaring sax solos and... More
Ivan Beecroft – Whatever
When I received this new album to review, I swore that I had heard the name Ivan Beecroft before. Indeed I had. Searching back through the many music reviews on Swept I came across a review of Beecroft’s single ‘Believe‘. This was the man I compared to both Florida Georgia Line and Guns’n'Roses. Well, that was... More
Keilan Creech – Honey Waits
If you’ve been looking for the perfect album to lay down to and just disappear into the ether, then look no further. Keilan Creech’s latest album (RELEASED TODAY) ‘Honey Waits‘ is one of the most chill yet simultaneously morose and magnificent albums I’ve heard in a long time. There is something to the quality of... More
#AssToClass
Even as I sit and write this article, Wynne’s Liberals have failed to pass legislation to get Ontario college teachers back to work. There will now be a 1 pm meeting tomorrow to re-table the legislation. With the NDP standing in the way of the teachers’ immediate return, there must be 500,000 students wondering just... More
Ontario College Teachers And Students Left Ou...
It’s now been nearly a month that the students and teachers of Ontario colleges have been left out in the cold by the college administration. Searching for better pay, more full-time teachers, and academic freedom teachers walked out of classrooms across the province while their union negotiates with the colleges. Unfortunately, it seems that there... More
A Place To Murder Little Boys
Jefferson Fenwick, Assistant Professor of Environment Studies, grew up in a home overlooking the Don River Valley along the eastern side of the city of Toronto. As a teenager, when he wasn’t in school or doing his homework or chores, he was in the Valley, even when the Valley was black, lit only by the... More
Sunbathers – Honeysuk
Wow! That’s the very first thing I said when I started listening to the latest single from the Sunbathers entitled ‘Honeysuk‘. Actually, that’s a lie. The very first thing I said was “holy fuck!” The vocal prowess of lead singer Sean Lynott alone was enough to floor me, not to mention the backing vocals of Pete... More
Devereaux – Kapowski
The electric funk persona Devereaux has just released a “taste” of his eccentric work in the form of the funktastic 90′s throwback track ’Kapowski‘. I managed to snag a brief interview with W. Heyward Sims, the breath that gives life to Devereaux. Check out the video, and then see what he had to say about this... More
Free Willy – Remember The Alamo
Cards on the table, I have to admit that I am really not a country fan. True, I do like some bluegrass and I’m a big fan of folk, but there’s something about the twang and put-on characterization of a typical country song that really grates on my nerves. That being said, I’m happy to... More
Von Strantz – Apple of Your Eye
Typically I’d be able to dish on just what genre of music I’m covering and compare indie artists to whatever groups they took influence from, but it’s not so easy when covering sister duo Von Strantz and their latest album release ‘Apple of Your Eye‘. These two musicians seem to go about creating music in the... More
It’s Just Craig – Dark Corners
I must say that ‘Dark Corners‘, the latest album to come from the self-purported Americana/Goth Country artist It’s Just Craig, AKA Craig Helmreich certainly has a bit of strange throughout it. There’s just always a hint of something off-kilter that strikes me in the listening of it. That being said, calling yourself an Americana/Goth Country artist is also... More
Jacqui L – PLANET PARALLEL 5
On Jacqui L‘s own SoundCloud page, it said that her latest (and perhaps debut) album ‘Planet Parallel 5‘ is “difficult to describe”. I don’t think that is so. It’s fairly easy to describe something as incredible, intricate, and epic. I think that was simple enough. Of course, there is more to it than that, but all... More
Kris Heaton – World Gone Mad
Bluesy pop-rock artist Kris Heaton has had a very expansive history with regards to the artists he’s played with. He’s opened for the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and he’s collaborated with the Brandenburg Germany State Symphony Orchestra. That’s a pretty wide open range. How could you possibly pin down his specific type of music? It... More
Oceanlux – Versa Vice
First off, I have to put my cards on the table. Pop is not typically my go-to genre. Neither is dance music. Nor is synth. And yet, I now have some synth-dance-pop stuck in my head. I’ve yet to really decide if that’s a good or bad thing for me. But it’s certainly a good... More
Belushi’s Toilet Season 1 Out Now!
With the legalization of drugs being a hot topic right now, this newly released sci-fi/rave original series considers the “not so distant future”, where recreational drugs have become socially accepted and commercialized. A group of friends risk their relationships and sanity to create the perfect new drug. It’s not a film about John Belushi’s antics,... More
Zealots Desire – The Fool
I wasn’t sure about Zealots Desire’s latest single when it dropped this summer. But ‘The Fool‘ turned out to be me because it is a pretty kickass song! The strained vocals in the opening seemed a bit forced, but once the musical intro kicked in, and the verse proper started, it all made sense, and... More