"Read. Listen. Learn. Act. Please." @willmcguirk.bsky.social | Slow City urges you to take a listen to Evan Redsky's new single "Red Dress" www.slowcity.ca/sound/evan-r...

"Just a pause, a welcome pause in the hectic chaos. Four-time JUNO Award-winning singers, songwriters, banjo builders, and folk icons - provide that with ‘Last Call'" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins new single from Pharis & Jason Romero's upcoming album, out June 12 www.slowcity.ca/sound/folk-d...

"Kinda broody and kinda sad and plaintive and appealing in the pleas, for every act of creativity is an act of hope. Building for whatever lies beyond the moat of grasses, in the folds of the horizon." @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Jacob Brodovsky's "Past Mistakes" www.slowcity.ca/sound/indie-...

LISTEN: Ariel Posen's duet with Kathleen Edwards, plays TD Music Hall May 9 www.slowcity.ca/sound/ariel-... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social | Slow City || New album 'Bannatyne' out everywhere now

Great Lake Swimmers' 'Caught Light' now available, Ontario tour announced www.slowcity.ca/sound/great-... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social | Slow City

"Echos of a savage night at the opera in Chinatown, echos of the wavering splice between the lunge and the parry, or just the echos of a poster of a girl" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Julianna Riolino's "Would That It Were So Simple". From Echo In The Dust Deluxe LP www.slowcity.ca/sound/julian...

"We are nothing without each other and as the world worsens we need each other more so this is not just a song but a sign post." @willmcguirk.bsky.social | Slow City takes a long listen to Status/Non-Status "Good Enough" Ft. Julie Doiron. 'Big Changes' LP, out March 6 www.slowcity.ca/sound/status...

"Like that moment right before, that skin of time, the width of osmosis, just before the drop dissolves into the water, when it hangs there and then eases out into the surrounding." @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Cinzia & The Eclipse's new single "Thread" www.slowcity.ca/sound/cinzia...

"That place where one can enjoy the sadness of loss, the celebration of somewhere gone but not as gone as long as the mind can recall. ...walk with summersets by 70s homes, hockey rinks and garage distilleries" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins summersets new single www.slowcity.ca/sound/summer...

Purity Ring announce tour, play Opera House in TO May 11 www.slowcity.ca/sound/purity... | via Slow City | @willmcguirk.bsky.social

Broken Social Scene return with single, plus album and tour announcement www.slowcity.ca/sound/broken... via Slow City | @willmcguirk.bsky.social

"On this live version of ‘Disappear’, her voice grows up and out, as if into that great never-ending sky she grew up under; no limits may be the least of it." @willmcguirk.bsky.social screens Katie Tupper's live performance video of "Disappear". Tour dates begin May 2 www.slowcity.ca/sound/katie-...

“Every now and then slow down look back and then up and at it again” @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins David Vertesi’s “Mountainside (Acoustic)”. From ‘Cardiography (Acoustic)’ LP, out November 27 www.slowcity.ca/sound/david-...

"The track veers unexpectedly but smoothly, it’s what the holy fuck handle is for. Trust the process, trust the driver." @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a listen to Julianna Riolino's "The Less I Know". From the album 'Echo In The Dust', out everywhere now www.slowcity.ca/sound/the-le...

"Wavers between even lower-fi MacDeMarco and sugar high bedroom pop, like when a pillow fight breaks out." @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a listen to His His new EP '25' www.slowcity.ca/sound/toront...

"This nostalgia jaunt gathers me in all the beauty present in the Soo in middle north of Ontario, a time of Super8 life lost in the ongoing gentrification, where the pursuit of home always seems just out of reach" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins summersets new single www.slowcity.ca/sound/summer...

"The physicality of Gordon Lightfoot, the pensiveness of Skydiggers, the subtly of Cowboy Junkies, the Harvest of Young ... songs that hover like that initial moment of a sky dive" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Great Lake Swimmers new LP 'Caught Light' www.slowcity.ca/sound/great-...

LOOK | LISTEN: @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins The Deep Dark Woods' new single "Can't Keep From Singing". From the album 'The Circle Remains', out everywhere now www.slowcity.ca/sound/deep-d...

"Its a beaut of a track and the vid covers all the best of being in this land and being able to take the time. Aspirations." @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a look at the music video for Georgia Harmer's "Slow Down". From the LP 'Eye Of The Storm', out everywhere now www.slowcity.ca/sound/slow-d...

"Edwin Raphael has this new mellowed bedroom pop R&B track and its all sonic wash but stick with it as a tide of guitar overtakes the song and its all next level rush. Ride that wave" @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes "Then There's You" out for a spin www.slowcity.ca/sound/then-t...

"Julianna Riolino is fast becoming one of those iconic Canadian artists, wholly their own, wholly outside description or easy categorization. One to watch, one to catch" @willmcguirk.bsky.social checks out new single "Full Moon". 'Echo In The Dust' LP out Oct. 24 www.slowcity.ca/sound/julian...

"When life throws out the curve ball, knocks you off balance, bruised - perhaps a rest, a reset. The Deep Dark Woods with frontman Ryan Boldt continues to create those pockets to sit into" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins "Circle Remains Unbroken" www.slowcity.ca/sound/deep-d...

"Bringing this rock back to the root full circle on this bluegrass take on the rolling guitar brashness of the original ..the perfect metaphor for Lightfoot’s approach to this new record" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Terra Lightfoot's cover of Treble Charger's "Red" www.slowcity.ca/sound/terra-...

"If Laurel Canyon led down to Tofino and Judee Sill was at the beach fire - something akin to this lovely track from Dana Sipos would appear in the flames’ slow burn" @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a look at the music video for Dana Sipos' "Soft Feeling" www.slowcity.ca/sound/dana-s...

"Running the gamut from Neko Case to Etta James" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Julianna Riolino's new single "Seed". From the upcoming LP 'Echo In The Dust', out October 24 www.slowcity.ca/sound/julian...

"Cosmic country with a video which suggests a turntable as a portal. Blue Rodeo Queen St era, a 1965 Uncle Neil taking a trip south to ye olde Yorkville. The big time is just around the corner" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Evan Redsky's new single "Cosmic Carousel" www.slowcity.ca/sound/evan-r...

‘Seering in its rocking rolling vibe but with cute pop snuck in there, Lemonheads, Matthew Sweet -ish guitar rocking but with the late great Garth Hudson organ thrills. It's all of it" @willmcguirk.bsky.social presses play on Julianna Riolino's "On A Bluebird's Wing" www.slowcity.ca/sound/julian...

"The vox is uncanny, emotion in a mouth drop. ... that melancholic feeling of infinite hope as one stares into the night sky high above the deepest darkest woods." @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a long listen to The Deep Dark Woods new single "Traded In Your Name" www.slowcity.ca/sound/deep-d...

"Leans into some lonesome Americana, cloistered country, a la Big Pink, lets just bunker down and let the wind inform the songs, but with Patrick Watson and City & Colour in the crew" @willmcguirk.bsky.social talks Braden Lam's 'The Cloudmaker's Cry' www.slowcity.ca/sound/bigger...

"BSS are as seminal to rock n roll as the Clash and Nirvana. They are not just a group, they are a federation and we have a lot to learn from them on how to navigate this new environment. @willmcguirk.bsky.social looks forward to tomorrow's release of 'ANTHEMS' www.slowcity.ca/sound/bss-tr...

"A rainy car ride number., a hazy Kathleen Edwards or plaintive Ron Sexsmith and on par with The Weather Station" @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a listen to the title track of Georgia Harmer's upcoming LP 'Eye Of The Storm' www.slowcity.ca/sound/georgi...

"There’s a subtle passion to Ken Yates’ ‘Sidewinder’ - some Future Islands, some Don Henley, some Dan Mangan, some pop mysticism too like you’re listening to Two Hours Traffic on the car stereo but you’re in the back seat" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins new Ken Yates www.slowcity.ca/sound/ken-ya...

"Small and intimate and burrowing but not bunkering, a genuine openness, almost a conversation between friends. Lovely stuff." @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a listen to Dan Mangan's new single "Diminishing Returns". From the upcoming LP 'Natural Light', out May 16. www.slowcity.ca/sound/dan-ma...

"Operatic Spaghetti western-isms, the whole of life in one voice ...this is how it should end as a stowaway with rage and poetry, an understanding on life’s undertow" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Jolie Laide's new single "Cheyenne". From new LP 'Creatures' www.slowcity.ca/sound/jolie-...

Moonshine release mixtape and short film www.slowcity.ca/sound/montre... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social

"A big silver Blue Bird Wanderlodge, dustclouding to Las Vegas through the desert. ... the dusty denim dreams of Gram Parsons and the fulcrum that is the Joshua Tree @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Leif Vollebekk's cover of "Take It To The Limit" Feat. Angie McMahon www.slowcity.ca/sound/leif-v...

"From an icy single drop, the song ripples out, swells into waves lapping at the edges of contentment. Gorgeous company for any storm. ... a beautiful piece" @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a long listen to Ambre Ciel's "the sun, the sky" from upcoming debut LP www.slowcity.ca/sound/2025/4...

"The final resting place of the final payphone in New York City is in a museum. Seek it out and muse and pine and maybe write a eulogy for a time so fleeting and yet so concrete" @willmcguirk.bsky.social picks up The New Pornographer's "Ballad of the Last Payphone" www.slowcity.ca/sound/pick-u...

LISTEN: @willmcguirk.bsky.social drops the needle on the title track of Ken Yates' upcoming LP 'Total Cinema' www.slowcity.ca/sound/ken-ya...

"Check out ‘Golden Rule’ and then jump on the back saddle for a non-taxing sunny daze motor bike ride through your twenties" @willmcguirk.bsky.social urges you to spin young friend's debut LP 'motorcycle sound effects' www.slowcity.ca/sound/2025/4...

Dan Mangan releases 'Cut The Brakes', announces tour www.slowcity.ca/sound/dan-ma... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social

"It’s the sound at the tip of a mountaintop, has that sweep of subtlety" @willmcguirk.bsky.social urges you to take a listen to The Deep Dark Woods new single "Ruby" www.slowcity.ca/sound/deep-d...

PUP and Jeff Rosenstock co-headline tour, new single 'Get Dumber' now out www.slowcity.ca/sound/pup-an... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social

"the momentary mood of maybe being in love with place and person, and the momentary mood of enjoying the basking in a little early morning light" @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a listen to Georgia Harmer's new single "Little Light". www.slowcity.ca/sound/georgi...

DEBBY FRIDAY releases anthemic dance pop '1/17' www.slowcity.ca/sound/debby-... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social

"One special singer/songwriter, she wavers between Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell territory in her singularity. ...a melancholic meander, all porch swing in the rain musings, delightful in its slow unfolding" @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Rose Cousins new single www.slowcity.ca/sound/2025/2...

"Gary Numan synths with David Byrne-like chorus ...a whole Destroyer vibe to the EP. You should lean in." @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins Tariq's new EP 'Scroll Before You Sleep' www.slowcity.ca/sound/tariq-...

LISTEN: @willmcguirk.bsky.social spins TAURO's "restrained piece of dream pop" and new single "Change Is Strange" www.slowcity.ca/sound/change...

"Its even still in a manner, like burrowing down in the sheets in a basement apartment kind of still, a kind of still there-ness" @willmcguirk.bsky.social takes a listen to Georgia Harmer's new single "Can We Be Still" www.slowcity.ca/sound/georgi...

Bittersweet track ‘I Like Girls’, new from Vancity’s young friend www.slowcity.ca/sound/bitter... | via @willmcguirk.bsky.social